booke vs.ebook
ìCataloging Electronic Booksî, Robert Bothmann,
LRTS 48/1 2004 describes the taxonomic states of the eBook. The ebook may have different manifestations. It can be a facsimile, a reproduction or, rather than a surrogate, it can be a unique manifestation of a conceptual work.
Also important in the
booke vs. ebook context is the nature of the work as monographic; as a ìnon serial bibliographic work that is complete or intended to be complete in a finite number of partsî. If ìit acts like a book, reads like a book, and generally ëfeelsí like book, except that it is electronic, then it probably is a book.î
Or is it? Without regard to the
comparative haptic features the electronic book mismatches the print book, both in cataloging and in reading in another important aspect. Ebooks must be cataloged in a context of their ìmode of access or system requirements necessary for their operationî. With a print book the interface remains the reader alone.
back to books
Who wrote the Gospels? Turns out that the first century authors were not reporting on events, they were reading and rewriting now lost books. These precursive manuscripts; venerated, inspiring and yet troubling books of the period, engendered a world religion.
Books are still witnesses to the spirit world.
Get the whole story, including the news that Luke was a woman, from Randel Helms’
Who Wrote the Gospels.