So now we have Peter Brantkey of the Digital Library Federation--his topic is how digitized literature can empower us in ways we have not imagined--DLF is an org of large research libraries--Traditionally, books are read in a private and quiet space....but reading is also a social product(says Peter). 

Reading is being redefined as information delivery, engaging with others around data and books are all changing.

Reading digitally is much more of a social act. Reading as embedded in a network of people and books in a new way.

So what is published..is less about the book but the people who read them. (Susan sez: Do I believe this, not sure).

Digitize ALL nonfiction & translate them, indexed & searchable,multiple languages as a transformative idea.

(Susan sez: Seems like book people are (still) obsessed with semiotics, hypertext)