I remember when I was a child the time of the bookstore, library, and bookshelves. The only way for me to get a book to read was to make the trip to the library and burrow the book from the library using my library card. When I young child we would read books that were printed on paper in black ink, It usually had a pretty cover and hundreds of pages to turn. These books were kept on wooden shelves. I would use my fingers to turn the pages. The idea of swiping a screen with your figure to turn a page was unthinkable. The digital revolution that has transformed everything to become digitized. For anyone that owns a computer, Smartphone, or a tablet they now have unlimited access to books.
Digital books are on the rise and it has caused books stores like Borders to close. With the closing of all these book stores on the rise it give publishing authors less places to sell their books. If there is nowhere to sell new books, will this mean the end to used books? Will children ever know what a printed book looks like? Will they be bombarded with only the new digital technology? According to a Wall Street Journal article by Steven Johnson, the new digital books changes the way we read, write and purchase books.
Accodring to a CBSNews article, Digital books allows people to have books were ever they are going without having to worry about luggering around a heavy 500 page book, you can have 4 700 page books all downloaded in your smart phone or tablet. Digital revolution has changed the way we read books it has given people away to always be connected to their favorite books and provided people with an endless supply of information.
"I'm always with a book of some sort, whether in hard copy on my Kindle or on the phone," she said. And although the gadgets haven't replaced her physical books, she does find that they come in handy. "Amazon has a lot of the classics for free, so I'll read a few pages when I'm in line." USAToday