In searching for Merrill Distad's article, I used EBSCO database site and searching by using Merrill Distad AND Future AND Print. In searching for Ewan Morrison's article, I used google and searched the article using Ewan Morrison Are Books Dead and came up with the guardian's article from Ewan Morrison.
In using ASPECT from EBSCO with Merrill's article, first the Authority of EBSCO shows that it is credible. Sources comes from Merrill himself who is a university librarian along with partners from the university of alberta. The Purpose of his article is to elaborate the future of books, and how e-books are making their way into the print market. Evenness, although he leans more on the e-book side, he shows the other side in which people still prefer books over e-books. I would say it's Relevant considering it is his article. Finally, Timeliness is recent since the article was published in 2011.
For Ewan Morrison's article of "Are books dead, and can authors survive," Authority is from the guardian which is a respectable publisher in the UK. The sources Ewan Morrison uses are from ebook stores to even articles about piracy which gives merit. The Purpose to his article is to give his readers a glimpse at a grim future of books and possibly authors as well.Evenness is not so even in the sense that he sounds very biased about the future of books and authors. I would say it's Relevant in the sense that he could possibly be right, especially with the sources that back his theory up. Timeliness is only a year old and is still relevant and recent.
I like Merrill's Distad article about the future of books, he writes about the pros and cons on using books and e-books. He continues to later talk about how both can co-exist with each other and the benefits of using e-books vs regular books and vice versa.
He concludes his article by saying that although books could potentially be obsolete, in the end the fate of printed books rests in the hands of children today.
