‘Books invite systematic reading…hypertexts ..invite exploration although they can, with effort, be systematically read’ Pickering Beyond the Book, pp. 47-8
‘if it [the electronic book] promises immediate access, even enhanced authenticity, the electronic environment also promises endless deferral’ Sutherland, Beyond the Book, p. 13
‘the electronic text effects, too, an associated shift in authority, from editor to reader…the professional editor withdraws from the editorial process at a much earlier stage’ Walsh, Politics of the Electronic Text, p. 31
‘Well I get to the bottom of the page and I start at the top of the next page. What do you mean how do I read?’
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