E-books and 'real books' : digital reading and the experience of bookness /
"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 i...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2025.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 251 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781009490795 1009490796 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/9781009490795 |