Where in the New Literary World Are We?

Forfattere

  • Margaret Mackey Margaret Mackey, Professor at University of Alberta, Canada (margaret.mackey@ualberta.ca)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7146/ntik.v1i1-2.25610

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Læsevaner

Resumé

Da salget af e-bøger er fordoblet i løbet af blot seks måneder i USA og Amazon nu sælger flere elektroniske bøger end papirudgaver, er det tid til at gøre status over hvor vi er og hvor vi er på vej hen på bogområdet. Det vrimler med geografiske metaforer i dette ”territorium”, men det er tydeligt at vi nærmer os et skelsættende øjeblik, som kalder på en vurdering af implikationerne ved vores nuværende situation. Denne artikel, der trækker på udviklingen i Canada og globalt, kortlægger det litterære landskab anno 2011. Hvor langt er vi kommet i retning af elektronisk læsning, og hvilke aktuelle udfordringer vil læserne også stå overfor i fremtiden? Denne artikel leverer et øjebliksbillede af den aktuelle situation, vurderer betydningen af en række aktuelle forandringer og udforsker konsekvenserne for vores fremtidige læsevaner.

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2012-03-22

Citation/Eksport

Mackey, M. (2012). Where in the New Literary World Are We?. Nordisk Tidsskrift for Informationsvidenskab Og Kulturformidling, 1(1-2), 7–17. https://doi.org/10.7146/ntik.v1i1-2.25610