From papyrus to hypertext : toward the universal digital library / Christian Vandendorpe ; translated from the French by Phyllis Aronoff and Howard Scott.

Introduction
In the beginning was the ear
Writing and the fixation of thought
The power of the written sign
Writing and orality
Standards of readability
Linearity and tabularity
Toward the tabular text
Meaning and effect
Filters in reading
Textuality : form and substance
Textual connections
Instances of utterance
From Interactivity to the pseudo-text
Varieties of hypertext
Context and hypertext
The limitations of lists
Aporias of hyperfiction
Reading images
The writer and images
The rise of the visual
The period, the pause, and the emoticon
Op. cit
The reader: user or consumer of signs?
Intensive and extensive reading, or the rights of the reader
Metaphors for reading
Representations of the book
The role of the publisher
The CD-ROM and nostalgia for the papyrus scroll
Giving the reader control
Text and interactivity
Managing hyperlinks
I click, therefore I read
The end of the Page?
On the fragment
The body of the text
The decline of the novel
The rise of the blog
A culture of participation and sharing
Toward the universal digital library.