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E-books and 'real books' : digital reading and the experience of bookness / Laura Dietz, University College London

By: Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Publisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025Copyright date: ©2025Description: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 251 pages) : illustrationsISBN:
  • 9781009490795
Other title:
  • Electronic books and 'real books'
  • Digital reading and the experience of bookness
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 9781009490764. | 9781009490771. | Erscheint auch als: E-books and 'real books'. Druck-Ausgabe New York : Cambridge University Press, 2024DDC classification:
  • 028 23/eng/20240710
LOC classification:
  • Z1033.E43
Online resources:
Contents:
Bookness -- Paratexts and first impressions: taking a chance on an e-book -- Ownership and permanence: e-book transactions -- Materiality, convenience, and customization: e-books and the act of reading -- Reading lives and reading identities: genre, audience, and being a reader of e-books.
Summary: "This book explores a paradox of the digital reading revolution: mass adoption without full acceptance that e-books are 'real books'. Drawing on original data from a longitudinal study, it investigates how movement between conceptions of e-books as ersatz books, digital proxies, and incomplete books serves readers in unexpected ways"--PPN: PPN: 1922675474Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-94-OAB
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