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Above all, the translation of books into digital formats means the destruction of boundaries. Bound, printed texts are discrete objects: immutable, individual, lendable, cut off from the world.

Tom Chatfield
Book, Mean, Cutting
"Do writers need paper?" by Tom Chatfield, www.prospectmagazine.co.uk. October 20, 2010.
Above all, the translation of books into digital formats means the destruction of boundaries. Bound, printed texts are discrete objects: immutable, individual, lendable, cut off from the world.