When I enrolled at University of the People, I chose to pursue a degree in Computer Science because we live in an age where technology is almost completely unavoidable. It is a career field that has nearly endless possibilities and is tremendously interesting to me. An area of personal interest to me is literature and the publishing industry. If I were ever afforded the opportunity to work in that field, I would jump at the chance. It is for that reason that I chose to write about literature in the digital age.
As a matter of personal preference, I will most often choose to sit and read a physical book. I enjoy feeling the weight of the book in my hands, the smell of the pages and the feeling of physically turning to the next page. I …show more content…
Without adding any additional memory to this, I can add thousands of books to my virtual bookshelf, directly from the store’s website, and carry them in my purse. This feature is perfect for readers with finicky taste or those who read very quickly, affording the ability to jump from one title to another without the bulk of multiple books. The book market is flush with e-books that can be used on any number of operating systems and devices. “E-books now make up around 30% of all book sales, and Amazon has a 65% share within that category, with Apple and Barnes & Noble accounting for most of the balance" (Bercovici 2014). In addition to this, many public libraries also offer people the ability to download lendable digital books for a time period, through apps like Overdrive Media. Audio books are another form of digital books offer a completely different sort of reading experience. When I head out for a run or have to travel a long distance, I will often listen to one of the books on my Audible account, with titles easily purchased and downloaded directly from the app …show more content…
As with the music and movie industry, digital books can also be uploaded to file sharing sites and illegally downloaded for use without paying a dime for them. This combined with the increase in digital platforms on the whole has led a fairly dramatic slump in sales of hardcover books. In 2015, sales fell 18.7 percent. There was however, a slight upturn in sales of softcover titles (Berkowitz 2016). Jim Milliot of Publishers Weekly believes that this data suggests to some that there has been a slight backlash in the over saturation of digital media and lack of high quality and low cost e-readers (Milliot 2016). It could also be explained by patrons like myself, who go back and forth with their method of purchase. Another obvious pitfall with regard to digital book is that they require battery power. If you are reading somewhere and have no method of charging your device, sooner than later, you will be out of luck. This is clearly not an issue with physical books. All things considered, this technology must be viewed as a mostly positive thing. This makes reading more easily accessible to the public. While many people live near libraries and book stores, there are large portions of the US population that to do not. This advancement in technology can be of great use to those who are homebound or live in remote areas. In my personal opinion, anything that gets people to read more almost has to be a good
As a matter of personal preference, I will most often choose to sit and read a physical book. I enjoy feeling the weight of the book in my hands, the smell of the pages and the feeling of physically turning to the next page. I …show more content…
Without adding any additional memory to this, I can add thousands of books to my virtual bookshelf, directly from the store’s website, and carry them in my purse. This feature is perfect for readers with finicky taste or those who read very quickly, affording the ability to jump from one title to another without the bulk of multiple books. The book market is flush with e-books that can be used on any number of operating systems and devices. “E-books now make up around 30% of all book sales, and Amazon has a 65% share within that category, with Apple and Barnes & Noble accounting for most of the balance" (Bercovici 2014). In addition to this, many public libraries also offer people the ability to download lendable digital books for a time period, through apps like Overdrive Media. Audio books are another form of digital books offer a completely different sort of reading experience. When I head out for a run or have to travel a long distance, I will often listen to one of the books on my Audible account, with titles easily purchased and downloaded directly from the app …show more content…
As with the music and movie industry, digital books can also be uploaded to file sharing sites and illegally downloaded for use without paying a dime for them. This combined with the increase in digital platforms on the whole has led a fairly dramatic slump in sales of hardcover books. In 2015, sales fell 18.7 percent. There was however, a slight upturn in sales of softcover titles (Berkowitz 2016). Jim Milliot of Publishers Weekly believes that this data suggests to some that there has been a slight backlash in the over saturation of digital media and lack of high quality and low cost e-readers (Milliot 2016). It could also be explained by patrons like myself, who go back and forth with their method of purchase. Another obvious pitfall with regard to digital book is that they require battery power. If you are reading somewhere and have no method of charging your device, sooner than later, you will be out of luck. This is clearly not an issue with physical books. All things considered, this technology must be viewed as a mostly positive thing. This makes reading more easily accessible to the public. While many people live near libraries and book stores, there are large portions of the US population that to do not. This advancement in technology can be of great use to those who are homebound or live in remote areas. In my personal opinion, anything that gets people to read more almost has to be a good