En historisk påminnelse

E-boken som fenomen har ju inte fallit alla på läppen. Det finns gott om skepsis. Därför kan det kanske vara på sin plats med en liten historisk påminnelse:

"When printed books first appeared, far from being embraced as a technological and cultural breakthrough, they were viewed with suspicion and derision, seen as inferior or even dangerous, compared with illuminated manuscripts."

John W. Warren: Innovation and the Future of e-Books,
The International JOURNAL of the BOOK, Volume 6, Number 1.

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