How the E-Book Will Change the Way We Read

and Write

Steven Johnson

Background Book-length

publications in digital forms

Can be purchased or downloaded immediately

Amazon Kindle

Interesting Observations“Kindle users buy

significantly more books than they did before owning the device”

Interesting Observations The bookstore now follows you

wherever you go Shorter attention spans Reading experience compromised as

people merely read bits and pieces

Interesting Observations“for nonfiction and short-story collections, a la carte pricing will emerge”

Key Messages Readers can choose to

purchase a single chapter instead of the entire book

Different type of reading experience as compared to when you read the entire book

Key Messages No dedicated client for email

and web browsing

“Amazon has already released a version of the

Kindle software for reading its e-books on an

iPhone”

Key Messages “It will expand the

universe of books at our fingertips, and transform the solitary act of reading into something far more

social.”

Key Messages

No longer a solitary affair Browse through comments from

people around the world, annotating or debating the passage’s true meaning

Platform for conversation

Personal Assessment

8/10

Discussion Do you think e-books will replace

printed books in future?

Do you think e-readers will positively or negatively influence reading experiences?

The End

Acknowledgements http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123980920727621353.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-book