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I. Definition
[edit]II. Concept as a Phenomenon and Trends
[edit]i. Promotional Trend
Easily seen within the area of e-books, publishing houses use the electronic format as “digital appetizers” within “prepublication digital giveaways.” Often they offer the digital formats at a reduced cost to the printed versions or else produce “digital-exclusive publications” for use on e-book readers, such as the Kindle. One example of this was with the simultaneous launch of Amazon’s Kindle 2 with the Stephen King novelette Ur. [1]
III. Examples
[edit]The following provides a list and examples of media that is considered to be common born-digital media:
i. Things that have always been ‘born-digital', in that they have always existed as digital entities
- Websites, forums, communities, wikis. Anything that was or has been created in a digital environment.
ii. Things that have migrated/are migrating toward ‘born-digital’
These forms have been created, shared and used independently of or prior to the use of computers, however they are increasingly using a digital format, resulting in separate born-digital creations.
- Formally print resources:
- e-books, which are any electronic files on digital displays. [2]
- newspapers online,
- Webcomics are disseminated online, and are considered to be “born-digital.” Webcomics follow the tradition of user-generated content and may later be printed by the creator, but as they were originally chosen to be disseminated through the internet, they are considered to be “born-digital” media.
- internet disseminated TV shows (these are specifically shown exclusively on the internet, not reruns available online). Examples of these include full-length internet shows, such as The Guild, as well as shorts, which are either user-generated content or used as promotional material by industries. The Guild is mentioned specifically because it has a series based format much like shows that exist on television do.[3]
- ^ Eaton, Lance. "Books born digital: The emerging phenomenon of books published first in digital format." Library Journal. 134. 9 (May 15, 2009)pg.26.
- ^ Romano, Frank. “E-Books and the Challenge of Preservation.” Building a National Strategy for Digital Preservation: Issues in Digital Media Archiving. April 2002. Pg. 28
- ^ http://www.watchtheguild.com
Eaton, Lance. "Books born digital: The emerging phenomenon of books published first in digital format." Library Journal. 134. 9 (May 15, 2009)pg.26.
Romano, Frank. “E-Books and the Challenge of Preservation.” Building a National Strategy for Digital Preservation: Issues in Digital Media Archiving. April 2002. Pg. 28 http://www.watchtheguild.com