Exploring e-book adopters' resistance to giving up paper

International Journal of the Book

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 23-35

  McNeish, McNeish ^a   Foster, Mary ^a   Francescucci, Anthony ^a   West, Bettina ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

E Textbooks; Paper Textbooks; Simultaneous Use; Value of Information

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910027811     PISSN: 14479516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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