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Encyclopedia—bookModern Book ProductionIn recent years computer technology has revolutionized book production and the printing and distribution of comparatively inexpensive softcover books, or paperbacks, has expanded. During the latter part of the 20th cent. the standing of the book as an information source was challenged by other media including television, computers, and on-line databases. In addition, the very definition of a book as a collection of printed sheets of paper has also been challenged, as books recorded on audio tape and CD-ROM have become increasingly common and electronic book readers (small computers designed to display pages of books on their screens) have been introduced that can store many books in digital form. Sections in this article: The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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