FromGutenbergtoGoogle:ElectronicRepresentationsofLiteraryTexts

Astechnologiesforelectronictextsdevelopintoevermoresophisticatedenginesforcapturingdifferentkindsofinformation,radicalchangesareunderwayinthewaywewrite,transmitandreadtexts.Inthisthought-provokingwork,PeterShillingsburgconsidersthepotentialsandpitfalls,theenhancementsanddistortions,theachievementsandinadequaciesofelectroniceditionsofliterarytexts.Intracinghistoricalchangesintheprocessesofcomposition,revision,production,distributionandreception,Shillingsburgrevealswhatisinvolvedinthetaskoftransferringtextsfromprinttoelectronicmedia.Heexploresthepotentials,someyetuntapped,forelectronicrepresentationsofprintedworksinwaysthatwillmaketheelectronicrepresentationbothmoreaccurateandmorerichthanwaseverpossiblewithprintedforms.However,healsokeepsinmindthepossiblelossofthebookasamaterialobjectandthenegativeconsequencesoftechnology.