Posted by: Ayanta on: October 8, 2009
The development of computers has undoubtedly made an impact on many aspects of our life. In the field of literature, the option to display text on screens has raised an important debate: should we publish books on paper or in an electronic format?
E-books offer a variety of advantages and disadvantages in contrast to printed books:
Advantages:
A [...]
Posted by: Ayanta on: October 5, 2009
The International Children’s Digital Library is an online source of digitized books for children. It was launched in November, 2002, and so far it has achieved a collection of 4347 books in 54 languages. The responsibles behind it aspire to archive more than 10000 books in at least 100 different languages as a goal.
The library [...]
Posted by: Ayanta on: September 26, 2009
With the appearance of the Internet, authors’ rights over their own works are undergoing a crisis. Since almost any content that is uploaded to the web can be easily downloaded to any computer, the number of people that violate the law by reproducing protected works or distributing them without permission has increased.
Authorities believe that it [...]