User attitudes toward dedicated e-book readers for reading: The effects of convenience, compatibility and media richness

Online Information Review

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 558-580

  Lai, Jung Yu ^a   Chang, Chih Yen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Compatibility; Convenience; Electronic books; Intention to use; Media richness; Portable computers

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT EXCHANGE; MICROCOMPUTERS; SOFTWARE TESTING; WELL TESTING;

COMPATIBILITY; CONVENIENCE; ELECTRONIC BOOKS; INTENTION TO USE; MEDIA RICHNESS; PORTABLE COMPUTERS;

ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING;

ADOPTION; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SCIENTIST; SOFTWARE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84992978650     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684521111161936     Document Type: Article

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