An overview of the e-book marketplace

Online Information Review

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 173-192

  Vasileiou, Magdalini ^a,b,c   Hartley, Richard ^a   Rowley, Jennifer ^a,d  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electronic books; Electronic publishing; Libraries; Publishers

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC LIBRARIES; BUSINESS MODELS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; DIGITAL RESOURCES; E-BOOKS; ELECTRONIC BOOKS; KEYPOINTS; ORIENTED FEATURES; PUBLISHERS; USER ORIENTED;

COMMERCE; DIGITAL LIBRARIES; ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING; LIBRARIES; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT EXCHANGE;

EID: 66749091028     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684520910944454     Document Type: Article

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