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The State Of Book Publishig In A Tablet Based Society, Shannon C. Whitehill
The State Of Book Publishig In A Tablet Based Society, Shannon C. Whitehill
Graphic Communication
The adaption of tablets and e-readers for publication purposes will require a lot of work and changes from a design and production team that is set up for print production. Book design in it’s classic form (a bound book printed with ink on paper) is an art form that has been perfected over many centuries. The sudden entrance of the tablet has shaken the print publishing industry.
Electronic Readers Versus Printed Material: An Ecological Comparison, Daniel Lloyd
Electronic Readers Versus Printed Material: An Ecological Comparison, Daniel Lloyd
Graphic Communication
Abstract
With accelerating adaptation rates of technological devices, the benefit of electronics in our society has been under scrutiny for some time. People want to know how much are these advancements truly going to benefit the environment instead of harming it as previous practices have done? This study set out to research the current trend of Electronic Readers, also known as E-readers, by comparing them to already established concerns with printed material.
This report was written in order to expose truthfulness in regards to the E-readers' footprint on the environment and the current inadequacies found in observation of practices offered …