presented by the rise of digital media. The opening of the work introduces the context of the Internet's burgeoning influence in the mid-1990s, establishing key historical milestones and the rapid adoption of the medium. Lebert raises critical questions regarding the relationship between traditional print and the emerging online format, probing whether they are competitive forces or complementary partners. Additionally, the introduction lays out the structure of the study, which encompasses various topics such as online bookstores, digital libraries, and the evolving nature of publishing in response to new technologies, foreshadowing a thorough exploration of these themes in the subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.)