To be knowledgeable about the latest technology, you've got to keep abreast of the (relevant) 'literature'.
Her education gave her an appreciation for great 'literature'.
Can you send me some 'literature' about your product?
(..) I don't know, the Eastern influence, the comic book influence ... ... that had been meshed into kind of Western philosophy. There's a synthesis from the literature ... ... the exposure that they've had in cinema, their lives ... ... what they're interested in or find funny and cool. (..)2001 The Matrix Revisited