Posted AT 3:43 AM EST on 05/06/08
Future of reading is taken to extremes
The discussion of the future of the book in the digital age continues to preoccupy the literary classes. Two extreme positions tend to dominate: Either the digitization of everything will lead to a golden age of reading and knowledge, or it will result in a crass bazaar of entertainment products that devastates the precious copyright that artists require to earn an income.
Two recent articles demonstrate the anxieties of the mandarins right now.
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