Comments on: Should technology change the way we read? http://theharperstudio.com/2009/01/should-technology-change-the-way-we-read/ the 26th Story Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Speakeasy » Blog Archive » Literature – shaken and stirred http://theharperstudio.com/2009/01/should-technology-change-the-way-we-read/comment-page-1/#comment-1447 Speakeasy » Blog Archive » Literature – shaken and stirred Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:34:26 +0000 http://theharperstudio.com/?p=1955#comment-1447 [...] is entirely understandable.’ And finally, the folks at HarperStudio have posed the question: Should technology change the way we read? I don’t know about you folks but I think, yes it darn well should. Well, maybe not change how [...] [...] is entirely understandable.’ And finally, the folks at HarperStudio have posed the question: Should technology change the way we read? I don’t know about you folks but I think, yes it darn well should. Well, maybe not change how [...]

]]> By: Vanessa http://theharperstudio.com/2009/01/should-technology-change-the-way-we-read/comment-page-1/#comment-1446 Vanessa Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:25:52 +0000 http://theharperstudio.com/?p=1955#comment-1446 How about both? In fact, I think that the advantage, should the book world decide to embrace it, of digital media is that a book does not simply have to be a book (ie the way we think of them). Books, whether the traditional kind, or e-Books or any other kind of thing can be expanded in ways we've never before thought of. How about a combination of audio and written words? We don't have to confine those things to our kids' Leapsters, after all. Or having a soundtrack to a book included? Can we score a book? How about adding not just static pictures, but video content combined with those words? And yes, I see that just as possibly in "traditional" book format as I do online or on our iPhones and Kindles. Books have the potential to become so much more, and rather than fighting technology, or decrying the death of the book, maybe we can embrace it and use it to our advantage? How about both? In fact, I think that the advantage, should the book world decide to embrace it, of digital media is that a book does not simply have to be a book (ie the way we think of them). Books, whether the traditional kind, or e-Books or any other kind of thing can be expanded in ways we’ve never before thought of. How about a combination of audio and written words? We don’t have to confine those things to our kids’ Leapsters, after all. Or having a soundtrack to a book included?

Can we score a book? How about adding not just static pictures, but video content combined with those words? And yes, I see that just as possibly in “traditional” book format as I do online or on our iPhones and Kindles.

Books have the potential to become so much more, and rather than fighting technology, or decrying the death of the book, maybe we can embrace it and use it to our advantage?

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