old-fashioned‚ quiet and basic as reading a book. Or‚ at least‚ that used to be the case. But with the competitive flood of electronic readers‚ or e-readers‚ hitting the market as well as e-reader applications for smartphones‚ the reading experience has been getting a progressively modern makeover. The stats are in and the fight is on. Overall book sales have dropped in 2008 and 2009‚ according to the American Association of Publishers (AAP). While adult hardcover books actually increased by over 6% in 2009
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The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray is a novel written by Irish writer‚ Oscar Wilde. The main character‚ rich and beautiful Dorian Gray‚ owns his portrait‚ which instead of him becomes older and where are traces of sin and mistakes. While Gray becomes uncontrollable and ruthless‚ his appearance stays youthful and flawless. At the end‚ in his despair‚ Gray destroys the picture and himself. The novel gives us a very good lesson – we can do whatever we want
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the first books was printed in 1455? The first book was the called the Gutenberg Bible. It was written in Europe by Johannes Gutenberg. They were both handwritten and bound. The second book that is also considered the first book is the Epic of Gilgamesh. In 1878‚ the first movie was produced‚ even though it was only 15 seconds long it was still considered a movie. It was called the horse in motion. It was made by setting a camera to go of at certain times then putting together the pictures. It was
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DELHI BOOK FAIR 2012 CONCLUDES SUCCESSFULLY ON sept 9‚12 By : Vijeta Verma One of the most eagerly awaited events in the capital‚ the 18th edition of Delhi book fair and 14th edition of stationary book fair was organized by the India Trade Promotion organisation (ITPO) at Pragati Maidan ‚ New Delhi in hall nos. 18-12A from 1st sept-9th sept‚2012.The Delhi
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Electronic Book Verse Paper Book Reading is a big part of our lives‚ whether you are reading for work‚ school or pleasure‚ books‚ newspapers or magazines‚ it is something that most people do on a daily basis. Today‚ there are different ways you can read: either electronically or by paper. Electronic devices are starting to run our lives‚ by getting an e-book or e-reader (kindle‚ nook‚ iPad‚ etc…) reading could change for the average reader. Electronic readers are better than paper books. Having
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Case 1: Forecasting the Adoption of E-Books Product p q Market Structure (=0.3) Product Characteristics (=0.7) Weighted Numerical Score CD player 0.055 0.378 5 5 5/20.4=0.245 Cable television service 0.100 0.060 7 3 4.2/20.4=0.206 Home Personal Computer 0.121 0.281 4 6 5.4/20.4=0.265 Cellular telephone 0.008 0.421 3 7 5.8/20.4=0.284 Weighted Average for e-book 0.0684 0.2990 Question 1 The size of the market for e-books in the long-run: 293.7 million x 46
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BOOK FAIR- 2012 WHEN E-BOOKS MEET THE MANGO PEOPLE… It was a fine sunny morning when I with my bunch of my classmates went to the 18th annual Delhi book fair on 6th September 2012 at Pragati Maidan. It was a nine-day affair featuring discussions on proliferation of e-books and interaction with authors‚ apart from availability of vast number of books on divergent genres. We were supposed to report for a radio show as per our curriculum and were told to reach Pragati Maidan at 10 in morning. Getting
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Influence is our greatest downfall is the theme presented in The Picture of Dorian Gray. The characterization of characters and symbols present this theme throughout the novel. Dorian Gray’s characterization illustrates the theme throughout the story. At the beginning he is a charming‚ innocent young man who does not care so much about his looks. He then meets Lord Henry Wotton who severely influences his views and outlook on life. Lord Henry explains to Dorian that his looks are everything. Once
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“A book is a gift you can open again and again‚” wrote Garrison Keillor. People read all the time. They read for information‚ for escape‚ for entertainment‚ for instruction‚ for guidance. They read recipes and tweets and texts. They read newspapers‚ blogs‚ and Facebook replies. In a recent survey by Pew Research‚ the number of people who actually read a book in the past year was 72 percent in 2015. I am one of those. As I consider my reading experiences‚ I realize they represent the journey I have
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Whenever the mention of banning books comes up in literature or conversation‚ most people picture the ancient times when books were burned in piles of thousands. While this is an event that only occurred at the beginning of the ban on literature‚ it is nowhere near the end; In fact‚ different works of literature are still banned today‚ whether the novella is a year old or one hundred. Piles of literature may not be destroyed in today’s century‚ but the inability to read everything published still
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