Books in a virtual world: The evolution of the e-book and its lexicon

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 193-206

  Armstrong, Chris ^a,b  

^a Information Automation Limited

^b Information Automation Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E book definitions; E book readers; E books; E resources; Libraries; Library collections

Indexed keywords

EID: 49849102251     PISSN: 09610006     EISSN: 17416477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961000608092554     Document Type: Review

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