Add to ORKGThe transition to e-books is happening fast and there are many issues to address. It seems like the e-book juggernaut is moving along like a train with no brakes. The author, a veteran librarian and publisher, shares some of his perspectives on what we need to think about with respect to e-books and how we and our users and organizations will need to adapt and change our understanding of the very concept of a book. Are we entering a period of Frankenbooks where the creation will turn into a monster that destroys both the good and the bad? Or will the creation ultimately be a positive transformational change, unseen on this scale since the printing press
Since the mid-2000s, the ebook has stabilized into an ontologically distinct form, separate from PDF...
Providing a practical appraisal of e-books, this book addresses the key questions: Where do e-books ...
In this digital age, it is easy to predict that print is dead and soon people will be reading nothin...
Digitalization has changed the preconditions for most media in recent decades, offering a rare oppor...
It has become unimaginable to provide information – particularly scientific information – without e-...
About five years ago, when many believed digitization would become the panacea for libraries, some o...
Over recent years there has been considerable confusion over the use of the term ‘e-book’, and this ...
With so many advantages, it seems logical that librarians would be eager to switch from purchasing b...
There’s a sea change in e-books and e-libraries as the currents bear the market towards free acces
The e-book is raising fundamental questions around the dynamics and habits of reading; the role of b...
The emergence of the e-book as a major phenomenon in the publishing industry is of interest, world-w...
The e-reader is sweeping the book and library world like a storm, with some theorists arguing that t...
The shift towards electronically mediated texts entails major structural issues for libraries and th...
Electronic books, while not as popular as electronic journals, continue to be produced, marketed, an...
Part of the book "Aspects of the Digital Library" - http://hdl.handle.net/1956/182
Since the mid-2000s, the ebook has stabilized into an ontologically distinct form, separate from PDF...
Providing a practical appraisal of e-books, this book addresses the key questions: Where do e-books ...
In this digital age, it is easy to predict that print is dead and soon people will be reading nothin...
Digitalization has changed the preconditions for most media in recent decades, offering a rare oppor...
It has become unimaginable to provide information – particularly scientific information – without e-...
About five years ago, when many believed digitization would become the panacea for libraries, some o...
Over recent years there has been considerable confusion over the use of the term ‘e-book’, and this ...
With so many advantages, it seems logical that librarians would be eager to switch from purchasing b...
There’s a sea change in e-books and e-libraries as the currents bear the market towards free acces
The e-book is raising fundamental questions around the dynamics and habits of reading; the role of b...
The emergence of the e-book as a major phenomenon in the publishing industry is of interest, world-w...
The e-reader is sweeping the book and library world like a storm, with some theorists arguing that t...
The shift towards electronically mediated texts entails major structural issues for libraries and th...
Electronic books, while not as popular as electronic journals, continue to be produced, marketed, an...
Part of the book "Aspects of the Digital Library" - http://hdl.handle.net/1956/182
Since the mid-2000s, the ebook has stabilized into an ontologically distinct form, separate from PDF...
Providing a practical appraisal of e-books, this book addresses the key questions: Where do e-books ...
In this digital age, it is easy to predict that print is dead and soon people will be reading nothin...