Library of the Future, 4 children's book section

In the children's book section of the Library of the Future, you can have your type in any color you want, no matter how old you are.

In the Library of the Future, 3

In the Library of the Future, you'll be able to read any book in any size type, in any font. Youll be able to specify different fonts for different types of paragraphs — headings, footnotes, quotes, bibliography — and different colors if you wish. Important text or ideas will be shown highlighted if you're trying to study; if you're short of time, you can switch to the condensed version. You can have the text read aloud to you, with different voices for different characters in a novel or play. If you want, illustrations, photographs or video of the subject you're reading about can be viewed with the text.

Photograph used by permission, J. Lurie-Terrell.

In the Library of the Future, 2

In the Library of the Future, when you're reading Robert Graves' "I, Claudius," you'll be able to switch to primary texts like Suetonius' "Lives of the Caesars" or to contemporary histories. (OK, maybe you'll do the switching when you're re-reading Graves.)

Photo by Max Hirsch. Used by permission.

The Library of the Future

In the Library of the Future, you won't need any buildings to get your information or entertainment — it'll be at your fingertips wherever you are. Your e-reader may even look like a book.

Photo by Daniel K. Gebhart, www.fotex.at. Used by permission.