Electronic Books in the USA - their numbers and development and a comparison to Germany.

Just, Peter Electronic Books in the USA - their numbers and development and a comparison to Germany. Library Hi Tech, 2007, vol. 25, n. 1, pp. 157-164. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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This article will provide data to specify the problem of low e-book-supply. First the total number of commercially available English-speaking e-books in the US-market is stated. Then the growth of the title supply over the last twenty years is reviewed. Third the growth of the publishing-activities in the e-book-market is set in relation to the developments in the hardcover-market. Finally these numbers of the English-speaking market are compared to the numbers for the German-speaking market.

Item type: Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords: Electronic books, Electronic media, Germany, United States of America, e-books, e-book, ebook, ebooks, electronic book, market
Subjects: E. Publishing and legal issues. > EC. Book selling.
H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HO. e-books.
H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HG. Non-print materials.
H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HP. e-resources.
H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HI. Electronic Media.
Depositing user: Peter Just
Date deposited: 30 Sep 2007
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:09
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/10453

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