Joseph Esposito has written a reflective essay on electronic books --the book as portal, as self-referencing text, as platform, as machine component, and as network node. (Thanks to the Digital Copyright list.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 7/29/2002 11:58:00 AM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.