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Our methods for accumulating and testing evidence of a hypertext's successes and shortcomings are numerous but poorly understood. This paper surveys the most influential approaches to evaluating hypertexts and considers their impact on crafting a new literary economy.

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HT '10: Proceedings of the 21st ACM conference on Hypertext and hypermedia
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