Media Now Chapter 3

E-commerce

is the ability to buy and sell online.

Literacy

is the ability to read and understand a variety of information.

Censorship

is when authorities or perhaps others in positions of power suppress types of information or news to audiences.

Subscription library

lent books to the public for a fee

Book publisher

offer an array of services, from editing to promoting to selling a book.

Print-on-demand

technology prints books only when they are ordered by customers.

E-book

are book content that appear in digital text format. They can be read on mobile devices, computer tablets, and e-readers.

Almanacs

are book-length collections of useful facts, calendars, and advice.

E-reader

are devices that are used to display digital content found in books, magazines, and newspapers.

Novels

are extended fictional works, usually of book length.

Mobile device

are handheld computers or cell phones with display screens. They access and send information using cell phone or Wi-Fi connections to the Internet.

Backlisted books

are older books that are not actively promoted but are still in print.

Orphaned books

are older books, perhaps still under copyright, whose authors are unknown.

Softcover

are usually printed and distributed in a manner similar to that of hard cover books. They are larger, exhibit more intricate artwork on the cover, and are more expensive than mass-market paperbacks.

Audiobooks

can be heard on a CD, the radio, or downloaded onto a mobile device.

Book

was defined traditionally and narrowly as a set of pages bound together between covers.

Dime novels

were inexpensive paperback novels of the nineteenth century