Reading in 2110 – reading behavior and reading devices: A case study

The Electronic Library

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 288-302

  Grzeschik, Kathrin ^a   Kruppa, Yevgeniya ^a   Marti, Diana ^a   Donner, Paul ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electronic books; Germany; Individual behaviour; Reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959591190     PISSN: 02640473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02640471111141052     Document Type: Article

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