Meshing of Ideas

So after brainstorming up our own ideas (click here for mine) for our e-book “Digiliteracy” based on novels and this digital era of consuming literature online we all are putting our ideas together. So in order to collaborate eight peoples’ ideas all together here is a rough draft of the table of contents that I came up with:

Reading in the Digital Age: What it Changes

Saren: “Welcome to the age of Digiliteracy” The Digital age is changing how we read, and we must find our home in this new world.

Shelby: “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks” There is a sense of nonacceptance to change into the more digital sense of reading on a platform such as the Kindle. 

(I think that this could also go along with Shelby's third idea, click here)

Lauren: “The Double Edged Sword of Digital Reading” We can both gain and lose experiences by only participating in the Digital world of literature.

Nathan: “Reading outside of the book” We are commonly reading books out-of-order, or maybe even skipping to the end. 

Reader Response

Jenna: “Digital Footprints” Goodreads and Amazon use the reviews or "footprints" to tailor our digital experiences.

Nathan: “Digitally Accounatable” Our opinion can be readily shared due to social medias such as Goodreads and Amazon.

Meghan: “The Social Norm” While writing and rating on Goodreads we can be influenced by what is socially accepted instead of voicing our opinions.

Emily:“Goodbye Innocence” We can encounter many spoilers or even fail to read a book because of poor reviews published on Goodreads and Amazon.

Saren: “Watch how you review” The way we review books is different on Goodreads and Amazon.

The Authors  

Jenna: “Who wrote it?” Self-publishing has become increasingly popular, but will this distract us from the rawness of the original work?

Shelby: “Piracy” With the sense of entitlement readers can search to illegally download an author’s work.

Emily: “Readers becoming the Author” Authors are able to communicate with readers, and readers with authors through blog discussions and other mediums. Could the readers voice take away the Authors’ creativity?

Literature Availability 

Meghan: “Book Ownership” There are diverse ways in which we can read books. There is now the option of renting books.

Leah: “Re-consumption” Novels are more accessible on Amazon’s Kindle and therefore allowing us to reread many of the classics.

Meghan: “Piracy Epidemic” Instantaneous gratification is more prevalent and the consumer is becoming entitled and may even believe that they should receive books immediately and free of any cost. 

So there is A LOT of really great ideas in there and even more if you continue reading on the blog! 

Another chapter could be based on reading on the Kindle specifically; like a feature review. For example, there is a vocabulary builder based on words that you looked up in the dictionary. There is also a way to highlight and take notes. So it would be helpful to have one chapter about that.