Writing Papers

Bolter traces the history of writing materials all the way back to the ancient civilizations of Mesopetamia. He then states "when in the history of writing a new technology appears, it may supplement an established technology or replace it" (Bolter 22). Several thoushand years ago the Egyptians used papyrus to write, evetually the papyrus was replaced with paper which made writing a little more easier. Today, even after the invention of the printing press allowed books to be massed produced relatively cheaply, we are still finding new ways to read the same things. A recent tecnological innovation is the kindle. This portable compact "E-Book" allows you to read on a cystal clear sceen and the convience of storing several books on one device so a person could be able to read one of their possibily multiple favorite books all from this one little device. Not even the ability to make writing materials cheap and effective can stop the innovation of new writing apparatus' and there will surely be something even more advanced than these E-Readers.