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Are papyrus, parchment, and paper the predecessors to electronic books or are electronic books simply a technology fad doomed to fail? Is the doomsday scenario as described by Henry Yuen, Chairman and Chief Executive of Gemstar-TV Guide International, where “hackers and inadequate reading devices” may cause a “crash landing before anything takes off electronically”, a valid prediction (Italie, 2000a)?
“The first printed works did not immediately change the appearance and form of medieval manuscripts; in fact, the early printers went to great lengths to produce precise imitations. So closely do some of the early printed works resemble manuscripts that they are virtually indistinguishable to the untrained eye.” Ronald J . Deibert, Parchment, Printing, and Hypermedia, 1997
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Henke, H. (2001). eVolution not Revolution. In: Electronic Books and ePublishing. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0317-2_1
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