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The book is dead. Long live books.!e"!ar#is $onday!une %& 2''(. )he uardian We need to kill the book to sa#e books. +o, relax. -.m merely arguing that the book is an outdated means of communicating information. Thanks to the searchable& connected internet& books could be much more.
The book is dead. Long live books.!e"!ar#is $onday!une %& 2''(. )he uardian We need to kill the book to sa#e books. +o, relax. -.m merely arguing that the book is an outdated means of communicating information. Thanks to the searchable& connected internet& books could be much more.
The book is dead. Long live books.!e"!ar#is $onday!une %& 2''(. )he uardian We need to kill the book to sa#e books. +o, relax. -.m merely arguing that the book is an outdated means of communicating information. Thanks to the searchable& connected internet& books could be much more.
2. Do you prefer printed documents or electronic? Why? 3. Are printed books/press in danger of extinction in the face of e publishing? The book is dead. Long live books. !e" !ar#is $onday !une %& 2''(. )he *uardian We need to kill the book to sa#e books. +o, relax. -.m not suggesting burning books& nor replacing them ,ith electronic gi/mos in some paperless future of fable and fantasy. -nstead& -.m merely arguing that the book is an outdated means of communicating information. And thanks to the searchable& connected internet& books could be much more. 0et ,e pro#e to undermine e"orts to update the book because& culturally& ,e gi#e extreme re#erence to the form for the form.s sake. We hold books holy1 children are taught there is no better use of time than reading a book. Academics perish if they do not publish. We tolerate censors regulating tele#ision but ,ould ne#er allo, them to censor books. We e#en ignore the undeniable truth that too many books& and far too many bestsellers& are pap or crap. All this might seem to be the medium.s greatest ad#antage1 respect. 2ut that is ,hat is holding books back from the progress that could sa#e and spread the gospel of the ,ritten ,ord. When - ,rote this on my blog& defenders of the printed faith came after me ,ith pitchforks and cries of& 34hilistine56 After 7ournalist 8e#in 8elly ad#ocated for the digital future of books in a recent edition of +e, 0ork )imes& !ohn 9pdike took to the stage at the 2ook:xpo conference to criticise him. 34retty nai#e stu"&6 9pdike moaned& 3thro,ing us back to the le#el of preliterate societies.6 ;r holding us back in a predigital society. )oday& any medium that de<nes itself by its medium is in trouble1 ne,spapers& broadcasting and books must be #alued for their substance o#er their shape. -s a book bound paper? ;r is it the ideas and information ,ithin? -f there are better ,ays to share kno,ledge& ,hy should it su"er the limitations of the printed page? 2ooks are fro/en in time& yet in digital form& they can li#e in ne#erending editions. =hort of footnotes and bibliographies& books ha#e little connection to related sources and debates> online& the simple link sol#es that. ?ear 2en @ershbo, of the -nstitute for the Auture of the 2ook1 34arts of books ,ill reference parts of other books. 2ooks ,ill be ,o#en together out of components in remote databases and ser#ers.6 And 8e#in 8elly1 3-n the ne, ,orld of books& e#ery bit informs another> e#ery page reads all the other pages.6 )here are also too fe, books. )rade publisher 2o,ker reports that in the 98& more ne, book titles ,ere published last year than in the 9= 2'B&''' # 1C2&'''. -n print& books rely on scarce shelf space& gatekeeping agents and editors& and expensi#e production. 2ut online& ,riters could reach the mass. And <nally& unless you are 4lato or =hakespeare& your book ,ill #anish ,hen there is no space left for it. 4rint is ,here ,ords go to die. )here are other problems to consider1 copyright la, is built for an old ,orld. ?o, can ,riting be supported in a postscarcity information economy& ,here there is no shortage of ,ords? What social and technical barriers ,ill there be in getting authors and readers access to tools and connecti#ity? Abo#e all& there are cultural issues. We ha#e to get o#er the idea that lecture media is al,ays superior to dialogue. We ha#e to mo#e past our one,ay culture. While ,e ,orship the book ,ith its present limitations& ,e cannot rein#ent it. )he book is dead. Dong li#e books.
I. ead the te!t and choose the correct answer: 1. Which statement best summarises the main idea of the text? aE 4rinted books are no longer read in presentday postindustrial societies. bE )he future of books lies on digital formats gi#en their greater capacity to share and expand kno,ledge. cE $ost printed books are lo,Fuality ,orks. 2. -n the ,riter.s opinion& ,hat is keeping printed books ali#e is aE culture.s ,orship of the printed format o#er the content of books bE readers. reluctance to use ne, technologies cE society.s stress on authorship 3. Defenders of the printed faith stand against the digital future of books aE because they fear the expansion of illiteracy in a purely digital society. bE because they ignore the limitations of the printed page. cE because they ,ant to hold readers back in a pre digital society. G. )he author.s ideal of a future ,orld of books is a ,orld aE ,ith free and unlimited access to books bE in ,hich books are connected and rein#ented by online links cE ,ithout libraries full of dead books %. According to the ,riter copyright la, is built for an old ,orld because aE it pre#ents the expensi#e production of books bE it fa#ours a dialogue bet,een ,riters and readers cE it pri#ileges authorship and lecturing o#er readership and dialogue. II. "ind words and e!pressions in the te!t that #ean the $ollowing: 1. ;ldfashioned& not current or belonging to the present time HHHHHHHHHH... 2. to make something become gradually ,eaker or less e"ecti#e HHHHHHHHHH... 3. )o examine cultural products and remo#e ,hat is considered ob7ectionable HHHHHHH. G. DiIcult or impossible to negate& irrefutable HHHHHHHHHH... %. Do,Fuality& foolish material Jinformal languageE HHHHHHHHHH... B. )o extend& enlarge HHHHHHHHHH... C. Komplained& lamented HHHHHHHHHHH L. )o be connected and combined into a uni<ed ,hole HHHHHHHHHH... (. )o disappear lea#ing no trace HHHHHHHHHHH 1'. )o sho, de#otion or re#erent lo#e HHHHHHHHHHH %&'LE (LA)) DE*ATE +',- A1 0ou.re the manager of a printing house and a strong defender of printed books and press. )hink of as many ad#antages as you can in reading& buying and commerciali/ing printed materials and ,hy e documents ,on.t make them obsolete +',- *: 0ou.re the manager of an online site speciali/ed in selling ebooks and readers. )hink of as many ad#antages as you can in reading& buying and commerciali/ing edocuments and ,hy they ,ill make printed materials obsolete. .E/: I. 1 b> 2a> 3a> Gb> %c. II. 1. outdated 2. undermine 3. censor G. undeniable %. crap B. spread C. moaned L. be ,o#en together (. #anish 1'. ,orship