From Papyrus to Hypertext: Towards the Universal Digital Library

摘要

This is a fascinating hook that is not well served by its title. To elucidate: This book was originally published in French as Du papyrus a I 'Hypertexte. Essai sur les mutations du texte et de la lecture. However, in this new English translation, the subtitle has been changed to Towards the Universal Digital Library rather than using the literal translation of An Essay on Changes in Text and Reading. To dwell on this at the beginning of a review might seem unnecessarily pedantic if it were not for the possibility that this title change seems likely to have a profound effect on the book's readership, both intended and actual.