Words Onscreen: The Fate of Reading in a Digital World

by Naomi S. Baron

Book Overview

People have been reading on computer screens for several decades now, predating popularization of personal computers and widespread use of the internet. But it was the rise of eReaders and tablets that caused digital reading to explode. In 2007, Amazon introduced its first Kindle. Three years later, Apple debuted the iPad. Meanwhile, as mobile phone technology improved and smartphones proliferated, the phone became another vital reading platform...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199315760
• ISBN13: 9780199315765
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.3"