Electronic books in the USA – their numbers and development and a comparison to Germany

Just, Peter

doi:10.1108/07378830710735939

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“…The complexity of the business models and licences for e-books is documented by Wicht (2006); this makes it very difficult for librarians to make purchasing decisions, particularly within tight budgets. Only a small proportion of titles is available electronically: Just (2007) estimates that there are currently about 135,000 English-language e-books available to the US market, only about 11% of the print offering. Bennett and Landoni (2005) have also noted the reluctance of publishers to make titles, particularly textbooks, available because of fears of lost revenue.…”

Section: The Current E-book Marketmentioning

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E-books and Virtual Learning Environments: Responses to a Transformational Technology

Ball

Beard

Newland

2008

The Acquisitions Librarian

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The influx of Digital Natives into higher education, combined with the introduction of virtual learning environments as the primary means of interaction between students and universities, will have a transformational effect on learning and on library services. This article examines the e-book marketplace and the main UK responses to it (the Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium's tender and the JISC e-books observatory project). Within this context, the innovative measures already taken by Bournemouth University are discussed, as are plans to develop innovative pedagogic frameworks and an e-reading strategy through a Higher Education Academy-funded pathfinder project: Innovative E-Learning with E-Resources (eRes).

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Section: The Current E-book Marketmentioning

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E-books and Virtual Learning Environments: Responses to a Transformational Technology

Ball

Beard

Newland

2008

The Acquisitions Librarian

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“…The e-book market has been increasing on average 20% each year (Just, 2007). In 2010, there has been a significant increase in the use of e-book devices with a number of companies most notably Apple releasing the iPad, which is a touch screen tablet that can be used to read books.…”

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Emotional connections to books and technological innovations: an e-book perspective

Ratten

2011

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E-book devices are a technological innovation that has been mass marketed to consumers as a revolution in the way that books will be read and stored. This paper extends previous research on technology adoption behaviour of individuals by focusing on the role of emotional connections people have towards e-books. A number of technology adoption models can explain the adoption of e-book devices such as the technology acceptance model, theory of planned action, theory of reasoned action and social cognitive theory. Due to the increased importance of social learning on a person's behaviour, social cognitive theory is identified in this paper as being the most appropriate theoretical lens to understand the emotional connections a person has towards e-books. The findings from this paper may help to fill the gaps in academic discussion about what theory best explains a person's behavioural intention towards technological innovations and the impact of marketing on this behaviour. In addition, the paper has a number of managerial implications including identifying the importance of an emotional connection to a technological innovation that influences the adoption process. The emphasis on emotional connection as mediating the way a person receives information about e-book devices may help to influence future marketing efforts of new technologies.Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Ratten, V. (2011) 'Emotional connections to books and technological innovations: an e-book perspective', Int.

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“…Recent estimates suggest that only 11 percent of currently available e-books are intended for the academic market. 55 …”

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Patron-Driven Acquisition and the Educational Mission of the Academic Library

Walters¹

2012

Library Resources &Amp; Technical Services

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Electronic books in the USA – their numbers and development and a comparison to Germany

Cited by 24 publications

References 12 publications

E-books and Virtual Learning Environments: Responses to a Transformational Technology

E-books and Virtual Learning Environments: Responses to a Transformational Technology

Emotional connections to books and technological innovations: an e-book perspective

Patron-Driven Acquisition and the Educational Mission of the Academic Library

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