E-books access models: An analytical comparative study

Electronic Library

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 662-679

  Anuradha, K T ^a   Usha, H S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Electronic books; Electronic publishing

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; MARKETING;

ELECTRONIC BOOKS; ELECTRONIC-BOOK INDUSTRY; ELECTRONIC-BOOKS ACCESS MODEL;

ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING;

EID: 33750256002     PISSN: 02640473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02640470610707268     Document Type: Article

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