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- 1. W H O ' S R E A D I N G O V E R Y O U R S H O U L D E R ? Privacy in the Age of the E-Reader Created by xxolgaxx - pixabay.com
- 2. Reading is a solitary and private act Created by Photoangel - Freepik.com "...an intimate exchange between the reader and the words on the page" [1]
- 3. “To escapeinto a book and know that no one is watching” [2] Created by Freepik
- 4. E-READERS NOW PROVIDE READERS WITH A LIBRARY OF BOOKS AT THE TOUCH OF A FINGER [3] Created by Mrsiraphol - Freepik.com
- 5. E-Readers 80% 20% E-BOOKS MAKE UP BETWEEN 15 AND 20 PERCENT OF ALL TRADE BOOK SALES [4] Created by Freepik e-Book Sales
- 6. WITH E-READER USE ON THE RISE, IS READING STILL THE PRIVATE ACT IT ONCE WAS? Created by Canva
- 7. E-readers “gather an astonishingly detailed portrait of our book-reading habits: what we buy, what we browse, the amount of time we spend on a page and even the annotations we make in an ebook” [5] Created by Jannoon028 - Freepik.com
- 8. “IF WE CAN HELP AUTHORS CREATE EVEN BETTER BOOKS THAN THEY CREATE TODAY, IT'S A WIN FOR EVERYBODY.” [1] JIM HILT VICE PRESIDENT OF E-BOOKS, BARNES & NOBEL
- 9. If data collection is helping build better books, What's the concern? Created by Jannoon028 - Freepik.com
- 10. "The e-Book means giving up more privacy than browsing through a physical bookstore or library, or reading a paper book in your own home" [6] Created by Creativeart - Freepik.com
- 11. With every finger swipe and page turn, your e-reader analyzes your actions, leaving an electronic trail behind you [5] Created by RemazteredStudio - pixabay.com
- 12. The electronic trail left by e-book users is potentially profitable for publishers, and can be used as government surveillance [5] Created by Pexels - pixabay.com
- 13. In 2008, a student at Nottingham University downloaded the al- Quaida training manual from a US government website while researching counterterrorism for his PhD studies Created by Chrisreadingfoto - pixabay.com He was detained for 7 days and subjected to a police investigation [5]
- 14. This surveillence "erodes the privacy that is necessary to enjoy our freedoms" [5] Created by Lachetas - Freepik.com
- 15. HOW WILL E-READER DATA COLLECTION AFFECT AUTHORS? Created by Jcomp - Freepik.com
- 16. The information collected on consumer e-book reading habits is being shared with publishers and editors [2] Created by Jcomp - Freepik.com
- 17. The e-Reader data- driven approach could "hinder the kinds of creative risks that produce great literature" [1] Created by Pexels - pixabay.com
- 18. Created by kiwikashif - pixabay.com "Will mystery writers be scolded (and perhaps dropped from their publishers’ lists) because a third of their fans didn’t even stick around long to enough to learn who committed the murder?" [1] "Will authors be urged to write the sorts of books that the highest percentage of readers read to the end?" [1]
- 19. What is currently in place to protect e- reader privacy? Created by Unsplash - Pixabay.com
- 20. The California Reader Privacy Act: "Mirrors the strong privacy and free speech standards that are already in place and extends them to digital books and electronic reading records" [7] Created by jarmoluk - pixabay.com
- 21. FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE VULNERABILITY OF READERS IN THE DIGITAL AGE WOULD BE RECOGNISED IN STATUTE [5]
- 22. Created by Kaboompics - Freepik.com How will the data- driven approach affect the age of the e-reader? Only time will tell. However, steps must be taken to ensure that privacy as a fundamental freedom is protected.