This essay traces the historical trajectory of e-books in the U.S. and imagines their possible futures. Legal, economic, and technical developments that led to contemporary e-books reveal a tension between commercial and non-commercial programming. Commercial e-book designs control end uses, reduce production and distribution costs, stimulate consumption, and monitor user behaviors; however, alternative producers and users on the periphery continue to challenge these centralizing tendencies
Technological innovation could play an integral role in the future of content delivery in the publis...
<strong>Abstract</strong><br /><br /><strong>Purpose:</strong> The aim of this paper is to provide a...
Gutenberg’s letterpress was once a revolutionary tool for the book industry. Mankind could now produ...
This paper argues that the evolution of e-book technology is related to the penetrating impact of ne...
This paper argues that the evolution of e-book technology is related to the penetrating impact of ne...
The emergence of the e-book as a major phenomenon in the publishing industry is of interest, world-w...
Online digital delivery technologies are ubiquitous in most media industries. Music is in the midst ...
Commercial publishing interests are presenting the future of the book in the digital world through t...
Digitalization has changed the preconditions for most media in recent decades, offering a rare oppor...
Providing a practical appraisal of e-books, this book addresses the key questions: Where do e-books ...
AbstractThis paper examines the impact that e-books and ecommerce have on the current and future evo...
This article juxtaposes the idea of the book in the traditional academic context to the book's lates...
Part of the book "Aspects of the Digital Library" - http://hdl.handle.net/1956/182
Abstract This research defends the thesis that digital books reduce the characteristics of the com...
The online revolution brought about by the world wide web accompanied by other advancements in the I...
Technological innovation could play an integral role in the future of content delivery in the publis...
<strong>Abstract</strong><br /><br /><strong>Purpose:</strong> The aim of this paper is to provide a...
Gutenberg’s letterpress was once a revolutionary tool for the book industry. Mankind could now produ...
This paper argues that the evolution of e-book technology is related to the penetrating impact of ne...
This paper argues that the evolution of e-book technology is related to the penetrating impact of ne...
The emergence of the e-book as a major phenomenon in the publishing industry is of interest, world-w...
Online digital delivery technologies are ubiquitous in most media industries. Music is in the midst ...
Commercial publishing interests are presenting the future of the book in the digital world through t...
Digitalization has changed the preconditions for most media in recent decades, offering a rare oppor...
Providing a practical appraisal of e-books, this book addresses the key questions: Where do e-books ...
AbstractThis paper examines the impact that e-books and ecommerce have on the current and future evo...
This article juxtaposes the idea of the book in the traditional academic context to the book's lates...
Part of the book "Aspects of the Digital Library" - http://hdl.handle.net/1956/182
Abstract This research defends the thesis that digital books reduce the characteristics of the com...
The online revolution brought about by the world wide web accompanied by other advancements in the I...
Technological innovation could play an integral role in the future of content delivery in the publis...
<strong>Abstract</strong><br /><br /><strong>Purpose:</strong> The aim of this paper is to provide a...
Gutenberg’s letterpress was once a revolutionary tool for the book industry. Mankind could now produ...