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Journal articles on the topic "EBooks or electronic books"

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Lewellen, Rachel, Steven Bischof, and Terry Plum. "EBL ebook use compared to the use of equivalent print books and other eresources." Performance Measurement and Metrics 17, no. 2 (July 11, 2016): 150–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/pmm-04-2016-0013.

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Purpose – This paper, a case study with research implications, analyzes ebook use and users, focusing on ProQuest’s Electronic Book Library (EBL) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The purpose of this paper is to understand ebook user attributes and behaviors in the context of print books and other eresources; to examine usage of EBL ebooks and print materials; and to explore differences between users of ebooks and print books. Design/methodology/approach – The methodologies of the study are MINES for Libraries® implemented through EZproxy and an analysis of users and usage of EBL ebooks compared to print books based in part on the set of books available to the UMass community in both formats. Findings – Undergraduates use print more often compared to graduate and faculty users. Among all uses of overlap materials in which materials are available in both formats, EBL and print, we find more print use. In all, 40 percent of EBL users did not check out any print library books, which would indicate that EBL created new users and new circulation that would not have otherwise occurred in print. Further, the findings show little difference by gender and ethnicity in the use of ebooks and print books and little evidence of lagging adoption of ebooks by faculty. When compared to campus-wide demographics, women and students of color use both print and ebooks in higher than expected rates. Originality/value – Subject analysis of ebooks and print book usage and users by school or college are explored, highlighting differences between the two formats in certain subjects.
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Nwagwu, Williams Ezinwa. "POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS’ USE OF EBOOKS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, NIGERIA." Mousaion: South African Journal of Information Studies 33, no. 1 (January 25, 2016): 121–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.25159/0027-2639/846.

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The purpose of this study was to examine the diffusion of electronic books, commonly known as ebooks, among postgraduate students in the arts and technology faculties of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Ebooks have become increasingly popular in recent years, but factors influencing their adoption and use are not understood in many institutions. Guided by a sample survey design, data was collected from 346 postgraduate students, 129 from the arts and 202 from technology, using a questionnaire and an interview schedule. Students from both faculties used ebooks, identified through serendipitous browsing of the Internet, and mainly Google searches. Many of the ebooks they found are not recommended by their lecturers, while those that are recommended are not available free of charge. Students therefore use ebooks mainly to cross-validate and gain extra insights about what they have been taught. There are significant differences between arts and technology students’ use of ebooks with respect to cost, ease of use and other aspects, with technology students having the advantage. There is no programme in the university aimed at harvesting and organising ebook resources for students to access. Institutionalising ebooks could be a useful strategy to address the dearth of current and relevant texts in universities, although ebooks may pose challenges to existing library management processes. An ebook revolution will cause great changes in information services in libraries – how would university libraries partner to benchmark this evolving practice with respect to questions about standards, technologies, licensing and pricing, particularly in the developing world?
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Sarasa-Cabezuelo, Antonio. "A Model for Creating Interactive eBooks for eLearning." Future Internet 12, no. 12 (December 7, 2020): 223. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fi12120223.

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In recent decades, electronic books have revolutionized the publishing world. In this sense, an area of application is education, where electronic books can be used as educational resources to implement learning strategies about content and in eLearning environments. For this, it is necessary to introduce interactive elements in the electronic books that turn the reader into an active actor in the reading process. However, ebooks have a limitation regarding their creation process. In this sense, the tools can be user-oriented or programmer-oriented. The former are intuitive to use and have user-friendly interfaces, but they offer a reduced number of functionalities to add to books. The second are aimed at programmers, allowing for the implementation of any functionality, but limiting the number of content creators who can use them. The main motivation of this work is to propose an intermediate solution that offers a wide number of functionalities while not requiring deep programming knowledge to use them. In this sense, the solution of this article is novel since it proposes the use of extensible markup language (XML) documents to specify the structure of the electronic book in such a way that its processing will lead to the electronic book.
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Harwell, Jonathan H., and Erin Gallagher. "The secret lives of ebooks: A paratextual analysis illuminates a veil of usage statistics." Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies 26, no. 2 (January 9, 2018): 302–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1354856517751379.

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This study applies the method of paratextual analysis to six electronic books, or ebooks, in an academic library collection at a small liberal arts college. Two books are selected from each of three platforms: ebrary, EBSCO, and SpringerLink. The characteristics of each book are described, including design and readership, as well as 2 years of usage statistics from the specific library, and altmetrics where available. The paratextual study leads to a closer investigation of the usage statistics themselves and concludes that despite industry standards, they are not calculated consistently across vendor platforms and that while these data are invisible to researchers outside of the library, there are also essential elements that librarians mistakenly take at face value when comparing ebook usage from multiple vendors.
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Nwagwu, Williams E., and Judd-Leonard Okafor. "Diffusion of ebooks among postgraduate students of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria." Library Review 63, no. 1/2 (May 2, 2014): 86–109. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/lr-04-2013-0056.

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Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine the diffusion of ebooks among postgraduate students in arts and technology faculties of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Electronic books have become increasingly popular in recent years, but factors influencing their adoption and use are not understood in many institutions. Design/methodology/approach – Guided by a sample survey design, data were collected from 1,518 postgraduate students, 438 from the arts and 1,080 from technology, using a questionnaire and an interview schedule. Findings – Students from both faculties used ebooks, identified through serendipitous browsing of the internet, and mainly Google searching. Many of the ebooks they find are not recommended by their lecturers, while those that are recommended are not available free of charge. Students therefore use ebooks mainly to cross-validate and gain extra insights about what they have been taught. There are significant differences between arts and technology students ' use of ebooks with respect to cost, ease of use and other aspects, with technology students having the advantage. There is no programme in the university aimed at harvesting and organising ebook resources for students to access. Research limitations/implications – The study focused on only one institution. Practical implications – Institutionalising ebooks could be a useful strategy to address the dearth of current and relevant texts in universities, although ebooks may pose challenges to existing library management processes. Social implications – An ebook revolution will cause great changes in information services in libraries – how would university libraries partner to benchmark this evolving practice with respect to questions about standards, technologies, licensing and pricing, particularly in the developing world? Originality/value – There is no empirical study on this subject matter either in the University used in the study or in any other.
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Velázquez, Ramiro, Hermes Hernández, and Enrique Preza. "A Portable Piezoelectric Tactile Terminal for Braille Readers." Applied Bionics and Biomechanics 9, no. 1 (2012): 45–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/637851.

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This paper introduces a novel concept on reading assistive technologies for the blind: the TactoBook, a system that is able to translate entire electronic books (eBooks) to Braille code and to reproduce them in portable electronic Braille terminals. The TactoBook consists of a computer-based translator that converts fast and automatically any eBook into Braille. The Braille version of the eBook is then encrypted as a file and stored in a USB memory drive which is later inserted and reproduced in a compact, lightweight, and highly-portable tactile terminal. In particular, this paper presents a piezoelectric ultrasonic actuation approach to design and implement such portable Braille terminal. Actuating mechanism, design concept, first prototype, and performance results are presented and discussed.
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Kont, Kate-Riin. "To buy or to borrow? Evaluating the cost of an eBook in TalTech library." Bottom Line 33, no. 1 (January 17, 2020): 74–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bl-07-2019-0100.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to find out how much the purchasing and lending of individual electronic books really cost. Additionally, this paper investigates which kind of approach would be cheaper and less time-consuming for library staff as well as library patrons – purchase or short-term loan. Design/methodology/approach This study was conducted at the Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech) Library. This is the only university library in Estonia where the Ebook Central platform is adapted on a large scale. For background information, all statistical data of expenditures and average prices of purchases and short-term loans during April 2013 and December 2018 were calculated and analysed. Through a case study, the time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC) method was used – all activities related to acquisition and lending of eBooks were identified, recorded in detail and analysed. More specifically, the study concerned eBooks offered in the Ebook Central platform and covered purchasing and short-term loan processes, such as receipt of order request, communication with the patron (if necessary) making a purchase or short-term loan, and feedback to the patron. Findings While analysing the results, it appeared there are many additional activities libraries can avoid during the eBook short-term loan process compared to purchasing. As a normality in TalTech library, purchase is always followed by a cataloguing process which increases the time and cost of this process in turn. On the basis of the current study, it can be said that short-term loan is a cheaper way to use eBooks; many activities related to the short-term loan of eBooks take remarkably less staff time and financial resources than eBooks acquisition/purchasing activities. When analysing the literature reviewed as well as collected statistical data, the problem may arise when the decision-maker librarian is not experienced, professional or long-sighted enough to understand the future behaviour of the patron or the usage of the specific eBook. When the usage reaches a certain point, it becomes an indicator of continuing future usage and so it makes sense to purchase the eBook, as the library pays no further charges once an eBook is owned. Originality/value Most studies reviewed by the author are based on the statistical data collected about expenditure, costs, usage, cost-per-use, etc. of short-term loans and purchases. While acquisitions costs, average cost per acquired item per year and cost per usage are easy to identify, it has been difficult to measure associated costs of acquisition, cataloging and circulation. The TDABC methodology seems to be one of the best tools for understanding cost behaviour and refining a cost system for university libraries. Based on the information known to the author, there is no study carried out using the TDABC methodology for analysing costs of eBook programmes.
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Liu, Ding Yu, and Ming Jyh Tsai. "The Application of Digital Publishing Format in E-Reading Machine." Applied Mechanics and Materials 311 (February 2013): 556–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.311.556.

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The coming of digital living, as well as the rising popularity of smart phones and tablets, has seen a rush by digital content applications on mobile devices. Most have focused their attention on the hardware and equipment, while the source of content and format development has attracted relatively little attention. For the electronic books industry, hardware is not the only challenge. The development of the ebook format is another issue that they must now contend with. Future mobile readers continue to follow the trend towards color. Thinner, lighter as well as ever cheaper electronic products with more integrated functions are also on the table. If a reader appears that offers more advantages and is better suited to user requirements, this means the publishing format of ebooks will naturally evolve in the direction of multimedia ebooks that offer greater variety. Right now, the hardware side of digital publishing formats is developing in multiple directions. No single specification has emerged for publishing format and copyright management however. As most publishers and authors still harbor doubts about licensing in digital publishing, this has also made it difficult to acquire digital copyrights. All of these are important issues facing the digital publishing industry today.
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Stakhiv, M. "ВИКЛИКИ ПРИ СТВОРЕННІ ІННОВАЦІЙНИХ ЕЛЕКТРОННИХ ВИДАНЬ ДЛЯ ДІТЕЙ." State and Regions. Series: Social Communications, no. 2(42) (March 18, 2020): 102. http://dx.doi.org/10.32840/cpu2219-8741/2020.2(42).15.

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<p><em>The article deals with the wide assortment of electronic textbooks in in the Ukrainian publishing market, the understanding differece of approaches to the creation of electronic books.</em></p><p><em>The article analyses basic principles of creating electronic books, such as augmented reality books and mobile applications. The problems of creating electronic books, their standardization and storage have been highlighted. The prospects for further research and the ebook development options have been described. The most popular ebooks in the Ukrainian book market, like «Снігова королева», «Ґаджетаріум», «Мама поспішає додому», «Завітай у гості», «Антоміми», «Гарбузовий рік», «Котигорошко», from different publishing houses are analyzed. The marketing and distribution success of the most popular Ukrainian book with augmented reality «Аліса в країні Див» has been outlined.</em></p><p><em>Discussions on e-piracy in Ukraine and the reluctance of readers to pay for e-content that can be accessed online, and distribution channels for pirated e-content have been analyzed. The particular attention is paid on the concept of creation of the e-books and major publishers in the publishing market.</em></p><p><em>Discussions on e-piracy in Ukraine and the unwillingness to pay for e-content that can be accessed online, and distribution channels for pirated e-content have been analyzed.</em></p><p><em>Competitors for electronic publications for children such as television, social networks like Youtube чи Instagram, Snapchat or Tik-Tok and messengers have been outlined.</em></p><p><em>Summarizing our analysis, we can highlight that Ukrainian book market is growing and needs new players. Making e-books and apps takes time and money. Scientists, who are researching publishing can’t talk about market statistics right now, because the Book Chamber of Ukraine don’t have any reliable one. It is difficult to determine what e-books will look like in the future, what technologies will be used in ten years or more. E-books for children should be of high quality, attractive, modern and interesting for their readers.</em></p><p><strong><em>Key words:</em></strong><em> e-textbook, e-book, augmented reality, mobile applications, QR, AR.</em></p>
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Akmalovna, Valiyeva Shaxlo, and Yorqinoy Bahodir Qizi Yunusova. "The role of electronic-books in developing english language lessons’ efficiency: E-books, ebooks’ aim in the elementary classroom." ACADEMICIA: An International Multidisciplinary Research Journal 10, no. 8 (2020): 646. http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/2249-7137.2020.00967.2.

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Ry-Kottoh, Lucy Afeafa. "Digital publishing in Ghana : a focus on children's e-books." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/26842.

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Adopting a mixed methods approach consisting of interviews, focus group discussions and surveys, this thesis investigates the state of digital publishing in Ghana within the context of Rogers’ diffusion of innovation theory. With a focus on children’s ebooks, it examines publishers’, authors’ and readers’ levels of adoption of ebooks, and their motivations for, perceptions of, and challenges or barriers to, going digital or otherwise. It also assesses the state of digital infrastructure and human resource capacity in Ghana to support the growing ebook sector, and identifies the knowledge and skills deficit in the industry in order to inform the development of courses that will be incorporated into the BA Publishing Studies programme at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). This thesis reveals that the level of adoption of ebook publishing among publishers and authors was relatively low given the interest demonstrated by young readers. The latter were very interested in ebooks and read mainly foreign content because it was freely available and accessible online. Publishers’ and authors’ motivations for publishing ebooks include visibility, the opportunity to reach a much wider audience, and the novelty of publishing digitally to keep abreast of current trends so as to transform the local industry. Some barriers to adoption identified were the cost associated with acquiring infrastructure, the security of online content, inadequate information about ebooks, non-use of ebooks, and infrastructural challenges such as inconsistent electricity supply and poor Internet penetration. The thesis also identified an awareness disconnect between publishers and their local readers: publishers perceive ebooks to be for the international market and, as such, do not focus on promoting them in the local market; thus, local readers are not aware of the existence of ebooks. Expanding on Rogers’ adoption categories, two new categories were created, incidental adopters and perceptual late adopters, to accommodate individuals who do not fall within Rogers’ established adopter categories. To increase the spread of digital publishing and the uptake of ebooks in the Ghanaian book market, the thesis recommends the elimination of the barriers to adoption and, most importantly, advocates training and skills development to reduce the knowledge and skills deficit gap among publishers and authors.
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Chandrasekar, Sathya. "Web based ebook generator." abstract and full text PDF (UNR users only), 2009. http://0-gateway.proquest.com.innopac.library.unr.edu/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:1467745.

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Doman, Todd O. "Electronic Books: An Overview of the First Two Generations." [Johnson City, Tenn. : East Tennessee State University], 2001. http://etd-submit.etsu.edu/etd/theses/available/etd-1112101-145654/unrestricted/domant121301.pdf.

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Palm, Julia. "The art of ebook cover design : An analysation of covers from Amazon kindle and a guideline to avoid the worst of them." Thesis, Tekniska Högskolan, Jönköping University, JTH, Datateknik och informatik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-50234.

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Today’s society is becoming more digitalised. Moving traditional printing to screen is becoming the new normal. Since the selection of ebooks is becoming larger and larger the publishers and authors must start thinking about their design to have better prerequisites than their competitors. The focus of this study will be an analysation of the best and worst covers of Amazon Kindle ebook cover design. Today, many self-published authors do not want to spend money on an ebook when they can design it by themselves for free and therefore they lose the impact that a good ebook cover have on the selling. The purpose of this study is to deduct which kind of design principles are more desirable, and how these design principles are presented. The study will contribute with knowledge to designers, both professional and unprofessional, what aspects of a book cover is important to consider to effectively compete for the consumers attention in the market. The research objective is to create a guideline for the creation of an ebook cover, which will create a more desirable product and add to the work flow efficiency. The most valuable currency people have today is time and money, and a design guideline will help those areas and make the process as quick and effortless as possible. Consequently, the purpose of this study will show concrete design principles for popular ebook covers which will help the designer to make wise decisions. To be able to fulfil the purpose, it has been phrased into one main question. What design elements are important to take into consideration when designing an ebook cover? To answer the research question eleven different appropriate applicable design principles have been chosen for analysation. Alignment, archetypes, colour, hierarchy, Horror Vacui, legibility, Ockham’s Razor, Picture Superiority Effect, proximity, Rule of Thirds and similarity. The thesis is based on the worldview constructivism. The term worldview meaning “a basic set of beliefs to guide action”. The constructivist worldview implies a belief where people seek understanding in a world where they live and work. They develop subjective meanings of their experiences which can be directed to certain objects. The thesis uses exploratory sequential mixed method, where the researcher begins with a qualitative research phase and explores the views of the participant. Mixed method is chosen based on the assumption that collecting diverse types of data provides a more complete understanding of the research problem than either quantitative or qualitative data alone. In conclusion, an analysation of covers from Amazon kindle have been made together with a guideline to avoid the worst of them. The guideline uses words and visuals to explain and point out important principles to consider when designing an ebook cover. It has a simplistic clear approach and the purpose of designing the guideline this way was to provide understanding to designers and non-designers alike. Since the sampling of ebooks have been broad, expanding over several genres, the guideline can be applied to ebook covers in general. This study contributes to the existing studies by providing insight into how design principles are applied to ebook covers and which principles are most important to take into consideration when designing an ebook cover.
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Fensterseifer, Thais Arnold. "E-books infantis : projeto visual, interatividade e recursos gráfico-digitais." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/142743.

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Este trabalho propõe-se a estudar de que modo o projeto de e-books voltados a crianças em fase de alfabetização pode ser aprimorado, de modo a tirar melhor proveito dos recursos tecnológicos e, assim, melhorar a experiência de leitura infantil nesse contexto de ensino-aprendizagem. Para isso, expõe-se, inicialmente, um panorama geral sobre a popularização dos e-books e sobre a leitura em suporte digital. Realiza-se, então, uma pesquisa bibliográfica dividida em três partes principais: a primeira busca identificar características do público-alvo, suas capacidades e limitações no que diz respeito à leitura; a segunda trata do objeto e-book de maneira geral, envolvendo aspectos técnicos e de uso desse objeto digital; a terceira aborda o livro digital infantil, sob o enfoque do projeto gráfico-visual. Posteriormente, é realizada uma análise de similares, em que dez publicações digitais voltadas ao público infantil são observadas e analisadas. A partir dos dados obtidos até então, propõem-se algumas diretrizes preliminares de projeto, que são avaliadas por especialistas. A pesquisa define, por fim, diretrizes de projeto de e-books infantis, que permitam ao designer explorar de forma adequada os recursos tecnológicos, aprimorando a qualidade técnica dos livros digitais em contexto de alfabetização infantil.
This work studies how the project of ebooks aimed at children learning to read can be improved in order to take better advantage of technological resources and thus improve children's reading experience in this educational context. In order to do that, it begins with an overview of the ebook revolution. Afterward, a literature research, divided in three areas, is presented: the first aims to understand the target audience, their abilities and limitations with regard to reading; the second approaches the ebook, involving technical aspects and regarding the use of this digital object; the third addresses children’s ebooks under the focus of graphic design. Subsequently, an analysis on children’s books available in the market is performed on ten digital publications focused at children, which are observed and analyzed. From the data obtained so far, this work proposes some preliminary guidelines, which are evaluated by experts. The research proposes, finally, design guidelines for children's ebooks, enabling the designer to explore adequately the technological resources, and improving the technical quality of digital books in an educational context.
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Bottando, Evelyn. "Hedging the commons : google books, libraries, and open access to knowledge." Diss., University of Iowa, 2012. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/3265.

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This dissertation analyzes the legal, social, technological, and cultural environment that gave rise to Google's library partnership program in order to propose an institutional corrective to Google's project to digitize cultural heritage. Interview research done with those actively involved with Google's project revealed the need for a history of the present. The class action settlement proposed sweeping changes to copyright warranting a quick response by a community of scholars seeking to advance a balanced vision of Anglo-American copyright, one where the public benefit to use and appropriate works is weighted alongside private incentives to create. The process created the conditions for institutional renewal in the public sphere through the creation of a Digital Public Library of America. By combining archival, critical legal, and interview research methods, this dissertation provides a narrative that is both analytical and deeply contextual. Google's digitization partnership in France is contrasted with its library partners program in the United States, examining Google's work in light of competing visions of intellectual property within a trans-Atlantic context.
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Romero, Otero Irene Sofía. "Análisis sectoriales del ebook científico-técnico en España: En busca de algunas claves de su desarrollo." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/132911.

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El objetivo general de la tesis doctoral es estudiar el ebook científico-técnico en España en diferentes ámbitos del conocimiento y desde la perspectiva de cuatro agentes relevantes en el sector editorial. Más concretamente, se plantean dos estudios de caso a nivel macro en los que se aborda el tratamiento del ebook por parte de las agencias de suscripciones Swets y Ebsco, y por parte de una muestra de las editoriales académicas españolas especializadas en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales. De forma complementaria, se abordan dos estudios de caso micro: el de los bibliotecarios y usuarios de la Biblioteca del Instituto de Química-Física “Rocasolano” (Biqfr) del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC). Las metodologías empleadas en estos estudios han sido básicamente las entrevistas en profundidad y las encuestas. Los aspectos analizados varían en función del agente analizado pero van desde la actitud hacia el ebook, hacia las estrategias de marketing, las fórmulas de compra, las modificaciones en la política editorial, la gestión bibliotecaria o la aceptación por parte de los usuarios. Estos estudios has permitido identificar no solo cómo se ha producido la evolución del ebook científico desde su aparición sino, sobre todo, los cambios que ha producido y está produciendo en el sector de la información científica. También ha permitido observar las fortalezas y debilidades de cada agente con respecto al ebook y, por tanto, los problemas que quedan por afrontar. El análisis de distintos sectores ayuda a interrelacionar la actividad de los distintos agentes del sector editorial y detectar las demandas de unos hacia otros o, lo que es lo mismo, la repercusión de las acciones de unos en los otros. Además esta tesis doctoral pretende dejar constancia de una etapa del ebook en España, sabiendo que su realidad es efímera puesto que es un recurso en cambio permanente.
The general objective of this doctoral thesis is to study the Spanish scientific-technical ebook in the various areas of knowledge and from the perspective of four relevant agents in the editorial sector. More precisely, two case studies at macro level are presented on the treatment given to ebooks both by the subscription agencies Swets and Ebsco and by a sample of academic publishers specialised in Humanities and Social Science. In addition, two studies at micro level are dealt with, one on librarians and the other on the users of the library of the Instituto de Química-Física “Rocasolano” (Biqfr), belonging to the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). The methodology applied in both studies has been basically in-depth interviews and surveys. The aspects analysed vary depending on the agent studied, but they include the attitude towards ebooks and marketing strategies, forms of acquisition, modifications in the publishing policy, library management and acceptance by users. These studies have allowed us not only to determine the evolution of the ebook since its appearance, but above all, the changes which have occurred and are still occurring in the scientific information sector. They have also allowed the observation of the strengths and weaknesses of each agent with regard to ebooks, and therefore, the problems which are still to be faced. The analysis of different sectors helps to interrelate the activity of the various agents of the publishing sector and to detect the demands between one and another, that is, the repercussion of the actions of some on others. Moreover, this doctoral thesis intends to record one phase of the ebook in Spain, keeping in mind that their everyday reality is short-lived, as it is a resource in permanent change.
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Tan, Check Meng. "Hypermedia electronic books." Thesis, Teesside University, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.393843.

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Janneck, Monique, Svenja Gussmann, and Ines Jandt. "Akzeptanz und Nutzung von E-Books." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2013. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-125698.

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Im Vergleich zu Smartphones, Tablets und anderen tragbaren elektronischen Geräten sind E-Book-Reader noch keine Alltagserscheinung. Dies mag erstaunen, schließlich bieten E-Books gerade im Hinblick auf die Mobilität unzweifelhaft Vorteile: Kleine und leichte Geräte bieten Speicherplatz für eine gesamte Bibliothek. Dennoch beträgt der Marktanteil von E-Books in Deutschland bislang weniger als ein Prozent, während in den USA die Verbreitung von E-Books in den letzten Jahren stark zugenommen hat. Auch das deutschsprachige Titel-Angebot ist wesentlich kleiner als in den USA. Viele Leser begegnen digitalen Büchern bislang eher mit Skepsis [1]. (...)
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Richards, Stephen M. "End-user interfaces to electronic books." Thesis, Teesside University, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.358404.

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Electronic book production is a developing field which is still in its infancy. As such, there is still relatively little material available in the form of design principles or guidelines for the production of such books. It is also extremely complex, in that electronic book designers can take advantage of a number of delivery techniques which are not available to authors of traditional paper-based books. Such techniques include: multimedia (the delivery of text, pictures, sound, and moving pictures); and hypermedia (the linking of reactive information items to form non-linear structures). This research investigates some of the key issues in the design of end-user interfaces to electronic books. Essentially, this centres on three basic problems: the use of metaphors in the design of interfaces to electronic books; models for the design of multimedia pages; and the provision of various knowledge corpus structures. Interface metaphors are investigated through the implementation and evaluation of the book metaphor. Applications were developed which either embedded or did not embed the book metaphor. Subjects used these applications while undertaking a number of information access tasks. Both qualitative and performance data werecollected and some significant results were obtained. Five page models were developed (referred to as: simple; tiled; overlay; oversize; and dynamic) which were used to design a number of page structures. These page structures were evaluated using qualitative measures of user reactions to the various page structures. Seven interface dimensions were measured and again significant results were obtained. To measure the effects of knowledge corpus structure on the design of electronic books three different book structures were created: linear; tree; and network. These were investigated in the light of some common information access tasks. The results indicated that some knowledge corpus structures were more appropriate for certain types of task.
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Books on the topic "EBooks or electronic books"

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Ereaders ed ebooks nelle università. Milan: Springer, 2012.

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Henke, Harold. An empirical design for ebooks. [Niwot, CO?]: Chartula Press, 2003.

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eBooks for elementary school. Santa Barbara, California: Libraries Unlimited, 2015.

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Library use of ebooks. 2nd ed. [New York, N.Y.]: Primary Research Group, 2010.

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Castro, Elizabeth. Epub Straight to the Point: Creating eBooks for the Apple iPad and Other Ereaders. Berkeley: Peachpit Press, 2011.

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How to make, market and sell ebooks all for free: Ebooksuccess4free. Truckee, Calif: J. Matthews, 2011.

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Academic library use of ebooks. New York, NY: Primary Research Group, Inc., 2014.

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Grass roots book promotion: Almost 300 free ways to promote your ebooks and PODs. Kandiyohi, MN: Filbert Pub., 2003.

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Mitchell, Euan. Your book publishing options: How to make and market ebooks and print books. St Kilda South, VIC, Australia: OverDog Press, 2014.

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How to publish your own ebook. London: Magbook, 2012.

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Henke, Harold. "Once and Future History of eBooks." In Electronic Books and ePublishing, 9–36. London: Springer London, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0317-2_2.

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Henke, Harold. "Centering the User in the eBook Design." In Electronic Books and ePublishing, 37–52. London: Springer London, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0317-2_3.

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Benker, Hans. "Electronic Books." In Practical Use of Mathcad®, 44–53. London: Springer London, 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0539-8_5.

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Davidson, Colin. "Power Electronic Topologies for FACTS." In CIGRE Green Books, 1–26. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71926-9_6-1.

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Davidson, Colin. "Power Electronic Topologies for FACTS." In CIGRE Green Books, 129–54. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35386-5_6.

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Henke, Harold. "eVolution not Revolution." In Electronic Books and ePublishing, 3–8. London: Springer London, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0317-2_1.

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Henke, Harold. "The Medium as Message: It’s a Book." In Electronic Books and ePublishing, 53–64. London: Springer London, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0317-2_4.

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Henke, Harold. "Searching for Metadata." In Electronic Books and ePublishing, 67–82. London: Springer London, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0317-2_5.

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Henke, Harold. "Protecting Content in a Digital Age." In Electronic Books and ePublishing, 83–94. London: Springer London, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0317-2_6.

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Henke, Harold. "A New Print Economy?" In Electronic Books and ePublishing, 95–114. London: Springer London, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0317-2_7.

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Wiersma, Gabrielle, and Leigh Beauchamp. "The Time has Come for eBooks, or has it?" In Charleston Library Conference. Purdue Univeristy, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5703/1288284317146.

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For many years, librarians and industry experts predicted that electronic books would surpass print books as the format of preference. The advantages that digital books provide seemed to all but guarantee the demise of print. But something happened along the way. Numerous studies during the last decade have demonstrated that print still has a place for libraries, vendors and most importantly, end users. So what’s happened – why hasn’t that time come like it has for journals? And will the “tipping point” for books ever arrive? One explanation is that eBooks have not met user expectations, but optimizing user experience when users range from students, to faculty, to librarians is a big challenge! This session included a lively discussion about the user experience for eBooks from multiple perspectives. Gabrielle Wiersma from the University of Colorado Boulder shared findings from an eBook usability study with students and asked the audience to consider the reasons why people prefer one format over another. Two graduate students shared their perceptions and format preferences and answered questions from the audience. Finally, Leigh Beauchamp, Vice President of Product Development discussed how ProQuest is making patrons the center of Ebook Central platform development and how eBooks are evolving to bring the most important elements of the print experience to digital book research.
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L Gregory, Vicki, and Kiersten L Cox. "Remember When Ebooks were all the Rage? A Look at Student Preferences for Printed Text versus Electronic." In InSITE 2017: Informing Science + IT Education Conferences: Vietnam. Informing Science Institute, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.28945/3731.

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Aim/Purpose: In many public and academic libraries, ebooks are being pushed on users mainly due to budgetary and space needs even though readers are still showing a strong preference for print books. Background: Many librarians are focusing on how to get readers to use ebooks when they really should be considering how ebooks fit into learning, whether formal or self-learning, and the preferences that readers show for one format over the other. Library collections since the 1960s have generally focused on a strategy of “give them what they want,” but in the case of ebooks, there seems to be a trend of trying to force ebooks on users. Methodology: A survey was given to undergraduate and graduate students at the University of South Florida. Contribution: Our research findings fit with current data that shows a decline in popularity of ebooks and a continued popularity of print books. We would like to convince members of the academy to think about this issue and question the ebooks plans that libraries have on their campuses. Findings: Both undergraduates and graduates strongly preferred print over electronic in the case of textbooks and books for leisure reading. Only journal articles were preferred in electronic form, but from the comments it was evident that articles were printed out and the student used the print copy for studying and research purposes. Reference books were split 50/50 in preference for electronic versus print. Recommendations for Practitioners: Librarians and teachers cannot assume that just because students use their smart-phones that they prefer ebooks. Recommendation for Researchers: More research is needed on this subject before libraries become too dependent on purchasing large ebook packages from vendors rather than the selection of print books. Future Research: Now that this paper has advanced our understanding of user preferences for books versus ebooks, we wish to expand our research to faculty and widen the geographical areas covered.
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Lee, Cheongjae, Alexander Rudnicky, and Gary Geunbae Lee. "Let's Buy Books: Finding eBooks using voice search." In 2010 IEEE Spoken Language Technology Workshop (SLT 2010). IEEE, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/slt.2010.5700827.

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Gimeno, Cecilia, Carlos Sánchez-Azqueta, Santiago Celma, and Concepción Aldea. "Enhanced eBooks in the teaching/learning process of electronics." In HEAd'16 - International Conference on Higher Education Advances. Valencia: Universitat Politècnica València, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/head16.2016.2553.

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Information and communications technologies (ICTs) are an invaluable tool to facilitate and promote meaningful learning. Numerous higher education institutions have already adopted the use of virtual learning environments, incorporating e-learning along with traditional teaching methodologies as part of a mixed learning. M-learning maintains all the advantages of e-learning while adding the possibility of learning anywhere and anytime. This work presents an enhanced book in Electronics that contains a set of multimedia resources (images, videos, and apps) that have been specifically created to stimulate an adapted and interactive learning. The material presented in this work has been designed to be downloadable to mobile devices (smartphones and tables) running iOS and Android.
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Battle, Steve, Fabio Vitali, Angelo Di Iorio, Matthew Bernius, Tona Henderson, and Manu Choudhury. "DIY eBooks: collaborative publishing made easy." In IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging, edited by Qian Lin, Zhigang Z. Fan, Theo Gevers, Raimondo Schettini, and Cees Snoek. SPIE, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.839077.

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Golovchinsky, Gene, Cathy Marshall, and Bill Schilit. "Designing electronic books." In CHI '99 extended abstracts. New York, New York, USA: ACM Press, 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/632716.632818.

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Hong, Lichan, Ed H. Chi, and Stuart K. Card. "Annotating 3D electronic books." In CHI '05 extended abstracts. New York, New York, USA: ACM Press, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1056808.1056942.

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Martínez-Unanue, R., M. Paredes-Velasco, C. Pareja-Flores, J. Urquiza-Fuentes, and J. Á. Velázquez-Iturbide. "Electronic books for programming education." In the 7th annual conference. New York, New York, USA: ACM Press, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/544414.544426.

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Dantas, Taísa Rodrigues, Almudena Mangas Vega, Javier Merchán Sánchez-Jara, Sofia Pelosi, Raquel Goméz Díaz, Araceli García Rodríguez, and José Antonio Cordón García. "Ebooks and electronic devices at the university of Salamanca." In TEEM'16: 4th International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality. New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3012430.3012525.

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Fan, Chaoran, Haisheng Li, and Yannan Bai. "Realistic page-turning of electronic books." In Fifth International Conference on Graphic and Image Processing, edited by Yulin Wang, Xudong Jiang, Ming Yang, David Zhang, and Xie Yi. SPIE, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2050888.

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