Evaluating the Kindle DX e-book reader: Results from Amazon.com customer reviews

Performance Measurement and Metrics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 95-105

  Qian, Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

E book readers; E books; E ink; Individual perception; Online customer reviews

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960050615     PISSN: 14678047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14678041111149318     Document Type: Article

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