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lareviewofbooks.org
lareviewofbooks.org
However, I never understand popups/modal windows on top of articles I'm actively trying to read, spawning after I scroll down the page. If anything, it will rather irritate me for the interruption rather than succeed in upselling me to subscribing to a newsletter from a website I've only just visited for the first time.
The legal problem remains, and is significant.
Yes, that's a huge advantage tomes have over scrolls, for example. It was a big breakthrough!
> Perhaps hyperlinked electronic versions will soon make things easier.
Or this thing called "search," maybe.
I don't think the author has done any study on or deep pondering abuot different media, how they came about or how they work.