New forms of publishing

Lots of publishing items are now available online. No matter is it a personal diary up to journal and even some confidential documentation has taken the advantage of this technology. Books are now available online and this e-book which are gaining more popularity and demand. ‘Technology is socially applied knowledge, and it is social conditions which make the crucial difference in how it is applied’. (Kress and Snyder(eds), 1997).

Traditional once the printed items or books are published, it cannot be change printed unless the book or the items itself are physically affected or damaged. The original fonts and layout, structure colour and design will remain the same. Elaborated and great detail designs in the printed form are richer than the electronic version.

The eBooks on the other hand are more flexible and be change. Readers will be able to change its font’s sizes and styles which also include the line spacing. With these flexibilities the flow of the whole passages and structures will be disrupted. The page numbers will also change as when the whole structures are adjusted. On the other hand the printed books will have a fix page and will not be the same from the eBooks versions.

 

 

Reference:

Kress, G, Snyder, 1997, ‘Visual and verbal modes of representation in electronically mediated communication: the potentials of new forms of text’, ‘Page to screen: taking literacy into the electronic era’, Allen & Unwin, St. Leonards, N.S.W., Ch. 3, pp. 53-79.
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