Table of Contents
Introduction 7
1 The Digital Age Has Not Significantly Changed the Way People Read Robert Darnton 15
2 Digitizing Books Will Change Publishing for the Better Jason Epstein 22
3 Digitizing Books Devalues the Work of Professional Writers Ewan Morrison 27
4 The Ability to Revise Digitized Books Yields Benefits and Risks Nicholas Carr 37
5 Digitizing Historical Texts Eliminates the Thrill of Scholarship Tristram Hunt 42
6 Digitizing Historical Texts Does Not Demean Scholarship James Gleick 45
7 No Company Should Be Allowed a Monopoly on Book Digitization Brewster Kahle 50
8 Large-scale Digitization Projects Will Benefit Writers and Readers Richard A. Posner 54
9 A Digital Public Library Will Increase Access to Books for All People Megan Geuss 59
10 Digitizing Books Will Increase Book Piracy Scott Turow 67
11 Digitizing Books Will Not Substantially Increase Book Piracy Alastair Harper 71
12 E-books Are an Environmentally Friendly Option Julia Silverman 75
13 E-books Are Not Better for the Environment than Print Books Nick Moran 80
14 Colleges Should Mandate That All Textbooks Be Digitized Marc Prensky 90
Organizations to Contact 96
Bibliography 101
Index 109
