Digital books: new ways of reading Abstract
The evolution of new technologies of communication and information is rapidily modifying the way we perceive the information. The rupture between the new forms of reading and writing and those that have been closer to us until now such as books, newspaper
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The electronic books, e-books, are progressively supposed to be a real alternative to paper books. However, they face some problems. Lack of standard, monopoly interests and bussines affaires, and a lot of doubts about how to protect author´s copyrights make them a non-satisfactory [...]- 1
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The electronic book, understood as a digital file, has entered the Spanish publishing scene and caused a variety of changes, both within publishing companies and in the relationship between the publishers and other players in the traditional book value chain. We describe these changes, [...]- 3
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The Rector Gabriel Ferraté Library (BRGF) at the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) has recently launched an electronic books lending service. This paper describes the experience of evaluating the e-book readers in the current market, the content to be made available on these [...]- 6
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After the introduction of electronic journals collections in academic libraries the next step is to expand the existing collections of books and reference materials with new content in digital format. The international publishing industry is currently offering their books in digital [...]- 4
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