The Impact of the Digital Era on the Future of Books

摘要

The organic consumption of the cyberspace has generated a number of transformations on our readers, regardless of place: South America, Europe or the United States. The hybrid texture of the Internet has been silently altering society in terms of the recorded music industry, editorial content delivery, media enterprises, and telecommunications. Some examples are: the Universities of Stanford and Michigan directed part of their collection of 7.4 million books to Google Books; The New York Public Library handed over to Google material not protected by copyright laws.