Table of Contents
Chapter
One: What is an e-book?
Describing an e-book
The Marketing of E-books: an Evolutionary Process
Chapter
Two: What is Electronic Writing?
The Connection between Electronic Texts and Intertextuality
An Introduction to Hypertext
Electronic Texts as Artificial Text?
The Virtual and Literary Realm of Electronic Texts
Chapter Three: What
are the Different Types of Hypertext?
Pure Hypertext
The Importance of Links in Hypertext
CR-ROM Hypertext
Chapter
Four: The Role of the Reader
Types of Readers
The Reader as Author
The Connection between Literacy and Orality
Chapter Five: Electronic
Texts Change our Reading Patterns
Reading Comprehension and Electronic Texts
Different Reading Objectives Require Different Reading Patterns
Conclusion (The Electronic Intertextual Reader)
Bibliography
Appendix
Glossary
of Important Terms
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