Philosophical implications of The Book of Sand aside, the book described 30 years ago in the story does closely resemble the mercurial content and design envisaged by those in digital publishing.
且不論《沙之書》的哲學意涵，30 年前波赫士對書的描述，已經非常接近出版人對數位世界裡資訊與形式變幻無窮的想像。