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1、WORD格式整理版2014年6月英语四级阅读段落匹配题真题及答案TheEndoftheBook? ByJohnSteeleGordon A).Amazon,byfarthelargestbooksellerinthecountry,reportedonMay19thatitisnowsellingmorebooksinitselectronicKindleformatthanintheoldpaper-and-inkformat.Thatisremarkable,consideringtha
2、ttheKindlehasonlybeenaroundforfouryears.E-booksnowaccountfor14percentofallbooksalesinthiscountryandareincreasingfarfasterthanoverallbooksales.E-booksalesareup146percentoverlastyear,whilehardbacksalesincreased6percentandpaperbacksdecreased8percent. B
3、).Doesthisspellthedoomofthephysicalbook?Certainlynotimmediately,andperhapsnotatall.WhatitdoesmeanisthatthebookbusinesswillgothroughatransformationinthenextdecadeorsomoreprofoundthananyithasseensinceGutenbergintroducedprintingfrommoveabletypeinthe1450
4、s. C).Physicalbookswillsurelybecomemuchrarerinthemarketplace.Massmarketpaperbacks,whichhavebeendecliningforyearsanyway,willprobablydisappear,aswillhardbacks学习好帮手WORD格式整理版formysteries,thrillers,"romancefiction,"etc.Suchbooks,whichonlyrarelyendupinper
5、manentcollectionseitherprivateorpublic,willprobablyonlybeavailablease-bookswithinafewyears.Hardbackandtradepaperbacksfor"serious"nonfictionandfictionwillsurelylastlonger.Perhapsitwillbecomethemarkofanauthortoreckonwiththatheorsheisstillpublishedinhar
6、dcopy. D).Asforchildren'sbooks,whoknows?Children'sbooksarelikedogfoodinthatthepurchasersarenottheconsumers,sothemarket(andthemarketing)isinherentlystrange. E).Forcluestothebook’sfuture,let’slookatsomeexamplesoftechnologicalchangeandseewhathappenedt
7、otheoldtechnology. F).Onetechnologyreplacesanotheronlybecausethenewtechnologyisbetter,cheaper,orboth.Theegreaterthedifferential,thesoonerandmorethoroughlythenewtechnologyreplacestheold.Printingwithmoveabletypeonpaperreducedthecostofproducingabookbyo
8、rdersofmagnitudecomparedwiththeold-fashionedoneshandwrittenonvellum,whichcomesfromsheepskin.ABible—tobesure,alongbook—requiredvellummadefrom300sheepskinsanduntoldman-hoursofscribelabor.Beforeprintingarrived,aBiblecostmorethana学习好帮手WORD格式整理版middle-cla
