Table of Contents

Introduction

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
Book Magazine Comical View on the Future of Books
RCA eBook Advertisement


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