What does he mean by "can no longer be experienced as originally intended"? Is it known how it was intended to be experienced?

"Electronic Literature is considered a "born digital" art form with unique approaches to thinking about and working with digital technologies for the purpose of creating literary art."

EL is not a solely digitized written work (where there is first a literary text - e.g. storing William Shakespeare´s Sonnets in PDF format), but rather the other way round: using the possibilities provided by the digital technologies to create literary art.

"The book is dead, long live the link" and "hypertext is a way of life" - these two statements reflect the writer´s idea of what is important and unique about electronic literature:

• it can be found on the Internet
• the texts are linked to each other.

Brian Kim Stefan is not giving a clear definition for the term as his intention is to provide the readers with "simples" of digital literature. "These simples describe some element of the deep structure of the text/algorithm inherent in all digital textuality - ...the mathematical underpinnings of text and how artists exploit them to create unique effects".

The artwork that he mentions here: Young Hae Chang Heavy Industries', Shelley Jackson' and David Clark's work are really fine examples of electronic literature.

E-lit is any text using the digital medium. In my opinion, it then includes written work (from PDFs to game stories) as well as oral texts (podcasts and recordings). I´m wondering whether graphic stories (solely graphic, without written/oral texts included) should be included here or it would be considered as part of the visual arts (like paintings and sculptures). I´m also curious to know how we handle the "private life" of the authors. In critical editions you can find included letters and diaries and I´m not sure how these sources can be accessible without violating the author´s privacy (I´m talking about late authors who cannot make public their own texts any more and no heirs to make such decisions).