Digital Convergence and the Future of Book Publishing: Is E-book a Viable Alternative?

The book industry is facing a new explosion in the forms of e-book and digital libraries on the internet and around the world. This explosion continues to magnify and increase at a staggering rate to a point that, some experts now believe, the number of books available on the internet in Digital lib...

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Publicado en:International Journal of the Book Vol. 5; no. 2; pp. 113 - 121
Autor principal: Malala, John
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Common Ground Research Networks 2008
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        Feasibility studies
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