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Peter Meyers
Transforming Books and the Reading Experience
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Breaking The Page by Peter Meyers is a comprehensive guide to the world of digital reading. It explores the shift from print to digital media, and provides readers with new strategies for reading in a world dominated by screens.
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Ebooks can improve the reading experience in some genres.
Do you read ebooks? If you do, you know how different they are to “normal” books.
At first, many thought that ebooks would be just another fad. But now it’s safe to say they’re here to stay. But while they won’t dethrone classical books, they will begin to dominate in some areas.
One reason ebooks have become so popular is that the reader’s attention nowadays is scarce: he wants the most relevant information and he wants it now. But traditional books aren’t the easiest to skim through, and it’s difficult to hone in on the information you want.
Things are different with ebooks. If designed in the right way, they make it much easier for the reader to search and access the content he wants. If, for example, different formatting is used to highlight the most important parts of the text, even hurried readers know what to look at immediately.
However, ebooks aren’t well-suited to all forms of content. Fiction, whose content is mostly dependent on text, will largely stay in the traditional format. But non-fiction books will be able to take advantage of all the new opportunities that ebooks offer.
In traditional books, there is relatively little flexibility outside of arranging blocks of text. Although it’s possible to add illustrations to certain pages, it’s harder to do and the options are limited.
That’s not the case with ebooks – in fact, there’s the opposite problem. On the screen, large chunks of text are hard to read and follow, so you need to add more media – videos, photos, designs, and so on – to make the book more readable. Ebooks are thus an exciting medium for authors who play with layout or who have skills in areas other than writing.
They are also a work in progress. In the following blinks, we’ll examine the state of ebooks today and see what opportunities they hold for the future.
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What is Breaking The Page about?
Breaking The Page (2014) explores the new possibilities ebooks offer to readers. Throughout these blinks, you’ll learn about the differences between traditional books and ebooks, and why we need to rethink what a book is in order to make the most of the powers of the digital wor(l)d.
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Breaking The Page (2018) by Peter Meyers is an enlightening exploration of the evolving landscape of digital reading. Reasons why this book is worth reading:
- It uncovers the hidden mechanics behind the design and format of digital books, giving readers a deeper understanding of the reading experience in the digital age.
- Through illuminating case studies and real-world examples, the book demonstrates the immense potential for interactivity and engagement that digital reading offers.
- It challenges traditional notions of reading and pushes the boundaries of what books can be, making it a fascinating and thought-provoking read for anyone interested in the future of literature.
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In the religious wars over which will prevail – print or digital – I have become somewhat of an agnostic. (Perhaps Universalist is a better way to put it.)
—Peter Meyers
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- Publishers, editors and authors
- People interested in the future of writing and publishing
- Anyone who has felt dissatisfied after reading an ebook
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What is the main message of Breaking The Page?
Breaking The Page teaches us how to navigate the evolving world of digital reading and make the most of its potential.
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Is Breaking The Page a good book? Is it worth reading?
Breaking The Page is a valuable read, offering insights into the changing landscape of reading in the digital age.
Who is the author of Breaking The Page?
Breaking The Page is written by Peter Meyers.
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