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Originally Posted by HYPE
I believe the only notable revolutions are the invention of the libraries, of the printing press, and of the ebooks [readers included].
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Those certainly are big.
One might also add copyright and steam-powered printing.
I wonder if the biggest reading revolution of recent years isn't in the device area, but in self-publishing. It's even more of a revolution if you include not just books, but also the reading of posts in forums like this.
Now, personally, I am unaware of ever having read a self-published book (other than titles like
What Color is Your Parachute? that started out self-published but were past that stage by the time I read them). However, it is quite recent that self-publishing best-sellers became common. Over time, self-publishing is going to have an even bigger effect on the kind of reading material available to us.