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过去，书被定义为装订在两个封皮之间的出版物。如今，书的纸页在消失，只留下了一个概念性的结构——需要一定时间体验完成的一堆有主题的文本。 In the past a book was defined as anything printed between two covers. Today the paper pages of a book are disappearing. What is left in their place is the conceptual structure of a book - a bunch of text united by a theme into an experience that takes a while to complete. 当出版商千方百计地将多媒体内容融进数字出版，读者也不会仅仅停留于分享书中某个段落，他们还会分享插图、表格，以及电影、动画等丰富的内容。这就会导致一个问题：到底什么才是真正的书？无论是从多媒体的内容属性，还是"读者"能不能分享的角度，"书"和"杂志"不久即将在很大程度上几乎等同于内容丰富的网站。 As publishers grapple with the multimedia issues inherent in digital publishing, readers won't just share passages from books, but illustrations, charts, and rich content such as movies and animations. And this will lead to the question: What really is a book, really is anyway? "Books" and "magazines" will soon, in large part, become indistinguishable from the richest of websites, both in terms of multimedia content, and "readers'" ability to share that content. |
