★This book offers an in-depth analysis of how the digital revolution is reshaping reading and learning, proposing how education systems can embrace the digital world while preserving the unique value of printed books for cognitive development.
★Author Alenka Kepik Mohar has nearly 20 years of experience observing the publishing industry. Her doctoral research and participation in the EU e-reading project provide a solid academic foundation for this book.
★This book reveals the benefits of printed reading for independent thinking and advocates for books as a sacred refuge for thought and imagination.

The digital revolution transformed lifestyles, redefined reading, and revolutionized learning. Unlimited access to digital devices altered material culture while leaving its mark on cognitive processes rooted in autonomous thought. This shift repositioned publishing, the existence of books, and education itself.

The path to synchronizing digital and print media lies in understanding what happens in the brain during reading and its impact on individual cognitive development. As education’s cornerstone, this demands urgent answers: How is education evolving? What does digitization bring to school systems? Crucially, can schools initiate youth into book culture while navigating digital realities and recognizing print’s cognitive advantages? This reflection sparks a societal reset—a return to books as sanctuaries for thought, imagination, and science.

Alenka Kepic Mohar

She has monitored Slovenia’s publishing landscape for nearly two decades, recently deepening her expertise by researching reading’s significance and books’ role in pedagogy. She contributed to the multi-year EU project E-READ on reading’s evolution during digitization, earned a PhD on digitalization’s impact on editorial work, and published scholarly articles on this subject.