Electronic books: How digital devices and supplementary new technologies are changing the face of the publishing industry

Publishing Research Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 219-235

  Carreiro, Erin ^a  

^a QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital asset management; e Reader devices; Electronic books; Electronic publishing; Publishing industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863918781     PISSN: 10538801     EISSN: 19364792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12109-010-9178-z     Document Type: Article

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