The end of novels

This digital age has brought about the end of books or has it?

This subject is much more relevant in this day and age where we are surrounded by all the latest computer technology like the Apple Mac Books to the I Pads which allow you to do a lot more than the book has ever been able to do.

One upon a time the book improved the quality of text conservation and the access to information. The book has allowed information to flourish in political, economical possibilities as well as the word of religion. The book has always been looked at as the launch of information which allowed people to record information and read about other people’s thoughts and ideas.

Computers have taken over the aspect of writing or reading a book. The internet alone has given people more variety and allowed people to be much more creative. Books have no way of being updated or corrected which isn’t ideal in this day and age.

In this lecture we looked at digital culture in a whole and within this lecture we looked at revolution of modern technology to the somewhat ancient book.

Just like the sources I’ve looked up and read, I would definitely agree that the ‘book’ is always going to be good for what it provides but just doesn’t give you many options such as being as accessible or searchable reason I believe that it may be the end of books.

"They have no metadata. They carry no conversation. They are thrown out when there’s no space for them anymore. Print is where words go to die."

(The Book is dead. Long live the book) http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/05/19/the-book-is-dead-long-live-the-book/ By Jeff Jarvis