ALL BOOKS ARE BECOMING eBOOKS
Saturday, December 26, 2009 17:21In ever increasing numbers books are going digital; i.e. becoming eBooks. Though industry numbers vary, some sources already place eBook sales at 35% of the overall total of yearly book sales.
Book reviewers are increasingly likely to review eBooks, which either appear solely in digital format, or as alternatives to their tangible world counterparts. And not only do eBook reviewers now regularly give their thumbs up or down to specific eBooks, but entire websites are available to review, catalogue and otherwise provide valuable information on eBooks in an increasing number of categories.
The search engines, with Google leading the way (and Yahoo! and Bing, close behind) are years into developing systems that will digitize the printed word. Despite copyright infringement lawsuits from traditional book publishers, steps have been taken to digitize several large libraries whose collections presently exist in the public domain (thus not subject to copyright law). Microsoft, for instance, is digitizing 100,000 such books from the British Library. Additionally, Random House became the first of the traditional publishing behemoths to realize their future, in part, relied upon selling eBooks, and began digitizing portions of their catalogue some time ago.
Experts predict that in the future, if we read something, it will be read online and online only. Trusted offline information will be digitized to replace currently less trusted online information. Access to information will even be available for purchase piecemeal to accommodate specific needs and interests. Examples include a chef’s recipe without the entire cookbook, a Bible verse without both testaments, a single chapter relevant to a students research paper, and access to the foreign city a traveler will visit without lugging the entire guide around.
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