LEADER 02638nam 2200553 450 001 9910807256803321 005 20231206213231.0 010 $a1-77212-143-6 010 $a1-77212-120-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9781772121438 035 $a(CKB)3710000000751881 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4827163 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11370599 035 $a(OCoLC)935108411 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/s2djc8 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4827163 035 $a(DE-B1597)662599 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781772121438 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4616221 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000751881 100 $a20170425h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aWho needs books? $ereading in the digital age /$fLynn Coady 210 1$aEdmonton, Alberta :$cThe University of Alberta Press,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (73 pages) 225 1 $aCLC Kreisel Lecture Series 311 $a1-77212-124-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 330 $a"We look around and feel as if book culture as we know it is crumbling to dust, but there's one important thing to keep in mind: as we know it." What happens if we separate the idea of "the book" from the experience it has traditionally provided? Lynn Coady challenges booklovers addicted to the physical book to confront their darkest fears about the digital world and the future of reading. Is the all-pervasive internet turning readers into web-surfing automatons and books themselves into museum pieces? The bogeyman of technological change has haunted humans ever since Plato warned about the dangers of the written word, and every generation is convinced its youth will bring about the end of civilization. In Who Needs Books?, Coady suggests that, even though digital advances have long been associated with the erosion of literacy, recent technologies have not debased our culture as much as they have simply changed the way we read. 410 0$aHenry Kreisel lecture series. 606 $aBooks and reading$xTechnological innovations$xSocial aspects 606 $aElectronic books$xSocial aspects 610 $aCanadian Literature/Essay. 615 0$aBooks and reading$xTechnological innovations$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aElectronic books$xSocial aspects. 676 $a028.9 700 $aCoady$b Lynn$f1970-$01639890 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807256803321 996 $aWho needs books$93983183 997 $aUNINA