(Especially the Bible.) Today, the move to electronic texts is a fantastic development for people interested in learning, access to ideas, and publishing. The widespread use of moveable type in Europe in the mid-1400s was perceived as “bad news” for some leaders of the Christian church in Rome, who wanted to maintain their hold own power by perpetuating ignorance and limiting the access “regular people” had to the written word. Rather than lament “ the death of the book,” we should celebrate. In July 2010, NPR reported sold more eBooks than paper-based books in the first half of the year.
EBooks are proliferating, and the trend toward reading more content as bits instead of atoms (in digital rather than paper-based forms) is going to keep gathering momentum in the months ahead.
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