In Steven Holtzmans piece “Don’t’ look back”, he discusses the arguments between todays’ media and the ‘book’. Many say that the internet, CD’s and other technological medias are taking precedence over the original version of media, in example the paperback book. The new advances of recording, storing and conveying knowledge is moving forward, off the paper and onto digital media. Speed and efficiency are among just a few advantages that technology has to offer now a days, but will it be able to replace the book in totality, or what kind of value does the book still hold?
As we progress through his reading, we see that he to