E-BOOKS
Find and discuss your own example of a new form of publishing (i.e. how has new technology affected the way we communicate and design our ‘documents’?)
There are still those people who love to open a book and smell the old pages or the fresh, newly printed pages, as opposed to those who prefer to read from a technologically advanced gadget. iPads and tablets that take on the form of an 'e-book', where the books and their pages are downloaded on to a format that is read from a screen.
Electric books, essentially doned as 'E-Books' is a new form of technology, we would never had of realised was possible. It is essentially an up-dated version of a book, on technological gadgets such as tablets and iPads. Google even has their own
Google EBooks has partnered up with Dymocks to create a new outlets for 'Booklovers'. They have created a new range of electronic books where "hundreds of thousands of downloadable nations and international titles on Dymocks.com.au" are available for your smart gadget, computer, laptop or e-reader device.
There is an option to live-stream the book, where you are connected to interent, or download the book and read it offline. "Whenever you re-open your book, it'll pick up right where you left off reading".
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