The book as a system: toward a new concept of book

  • Julio Alonso Arévalo
  • José Antonio Cordón García
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_CDMU.2015.v26.50628
Keywords: ebooks, social reading, digital reading, hypermedia, transmedia, multimedia, disintermediation, disruptive technologies.

Abstract

The times we live in are not exactly times of certainties. Nothing we now know, even the latest scientific discovery, is guaranteed a space in a hyperconnected and fast-changing planet. In this context, we are witnessing a shift from analog to digital. In this paper we discuss the development of a new concept of book which, with its digital transformation, is operating beyond the object to be a transmedia communication system through three processes: disruptive technologies, disintermediation, and socialization of the book and the act of reading. Keywords: ebooks, social reading, digital reading, hypermedia, transmedia, multimedia, disintermediation, disruptive technologies.

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Alonso Arévalo J. y Cordón García J. A. (2015). The book as a system: toward a new concept of book. Cuadernos de Documentación Multimedia, 26, 25-47. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_CDMU.2015.v26.50628
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Vol. 26 (2015)
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