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I recall, although my recollection may be faulty, a powerful article by Giorgio Manganelli explaining how a classy reader can know whether or not a e-book is worth studying even earlier than he opens it. He wasn’t referring to the capability often required of an expert reader, or a eager and discerning reader, to evaluate from an opening line, from two pages glanced at random, from the index, or typically from the bibliography, whether or not or not a book is value reading. Though many books are produced digitally, most digital variations are usually not out there to the public, and there is no decline in the price of paper publishing. In response to Herodotus (Historical past 5:58), the Phoenicians introduced writing and papyrus to Greece across the 10th or ninth century BC. The Greek phrase for papyrus as writing material (biblion) and e-book (biblos) come from the Phoenician port … Read the rest