eBook readers: User satisfaction and usability issues

Library Hi Tech

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 170-185

  Richardson, John V ^a   Mahmood, Khalid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

E books; Electronic books; User studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857738963     PISSN: 07378831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/07378831211213283     Document Type: Article

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