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Traditional definitions of reading seem inadequate in today's world as children encounter and interact with electronic screen-based reading using handheld devices such as tablets, smart phones, and so on. This study builds upon the context of reading engagement for pleasure and targets Malaysian bilingual children at the early stage of learning to read in English as their second most important language. The following research questions are put forward: (a) What drives children engagement with reading apps? and (b) how do children exhibit their e-reading experience? First-and second-grade children from primary school who had previously shown high achievement in English subject were selected for this study. Field observations and interviews were employed to capture children's reading activity for pleasure in individual or shared reading settings using e-storybooks and educational reading apps. The findings indicate that children's e-reading experience encompasses both motivational constructs and behavioral engagements. Children exhibit their e-reading experience through reading aloud or reading in silence along with screen manipulation.

This paper investigates determinant of continuance intention to use e-book among higher education students. The determinants used in this paper are adopted from Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and Expectancy Disconfirmation Theory (EDT). The quantitative study employed random sampling where the email invitation which contained a hypertext link of the survey page, enables the participants to access to the survey hosted in Google Drive. Out of 760 sample size, a total of 650 responses were gathered with 509 valid responses used for analysis. The data were analysed to test the relationship between determinants of continuance intention to use e-book among higher education students. The finding demonstrates that determinant of continuance intention to use ebook are based on Satisfaction, while Satisfaction is strongly determined by Perceived Ease of Use and Confirmation of using e-book. Internet self-efficacy is reported to have strong effect on Satisfaction through Perceived Ease of Use, while Perceived Quality affects Satisfaction of using ebook through Confirmation. In general findings from this study are beneficial for libraries in that determinants of continuance intention of using e-books could also be used in selecting and evaluating e-books features before subscription. Additionally e-book vendors could use these findings to improve and enhance features of their e-books services.

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