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Author: Peter L. Shillingsburg
Edition: 1
Binding: Kindle Edition
ISBN: B0014C6FN4

From Gutenberg to Google: Electronic Representations of Literary Texts

As technologies for electronic texts develop into ever more sophisticated engines for capturing different kinds of information, radical changes are underway in the way we write, transmit and read texts. Get From Gutenberg to Google computer books for free.
In this thought-provoking work, Peter Shillingsburg considers the potentials and pitfalls, the enhancements and distortions, the achievements and inadequacies of electronic editions of literary texts. In tracing historical changes in the processes of composition, revision, production, distribution and reception, Shillingsburg reveals what is involved in the task of transferring texts from print to electronic media. He explores the potentials, some yet untapped, for electronic representations of printed works in ways that will make the electronic Check From Gutenberg to Google our best computer books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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