A publication of the Michigan Council ofTeachers ofEnglish

E-reading has become a phenomenon in the last two decades as physical texts have begun to make the digital transition. This transition started on the computer screen as scholarly journals, newspapers, magazines, and some books became available on line. Through databases such as JSTOR and Projectmuse, stu dents began to access articles and other scholarly works on their computers rather than solely at the library. In more recent years, e-reading has advanced even further with the advent of handheld e-reading devices that offer a unique blend between the computer and the book, and the newest version of the Ama zon Kindle is commonJy praised as being the most book-like of them all. While there are many conflicting and impassionedPhysical texts have stances on the issue of e-readers begun to make the in the classroom, one thing is for digital transition. certain: the differences between the computer and the physical book are slowly being elimina