The NY Times reports on a new hybrid "media platform" that replaces traditional books with the capabilities to provide electronic text, pictures, videos, and sound/music: the Vook. For more, see: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/01/books/01book.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
Quoting from the article: |Some publishers say this kind of multimedia hybrid is necessary |to lure modern readers who crave something different. But reading |experts question whether fiddling with the parameters of books |ultimately degrades the act of reading. | |“There is no question that these new media are going to be superb |at engaging and interesting the reader,” said Maryanne Wolf, a |professor of child development at Tufts University and author of |“Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain.” |But, she added, “Can you any longer read Henry James or George Eliot? |Do you have the patience?” I wonder. How long before we have the first David Myers' Vookie textbook? -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
