Aggre-culture: What do e-book aggegators offer?

Lonsdale, Ray and Armstrong, Chris Aggre-culture: What do e-book aggegators offer? Library & Information Update, 2008, vol. 7, n. 4, pp. 28-33. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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English abstract

The market for e-books has taken off, particularly in the world of education. Aggregators provide easy access to large collections of titles from many publishers through a single interface. The article is a comparative review of ten aggregators with collections available in the UK, and points to emerging trends.

Item type: Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords: e-books, libraries, aggregators
Subjects: J. Technical services in libraries, archives, museum. > JA. Acquisitions.
B. Information use and sociology of information > BI. User interfaces, usability.
H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HO. e-books.
Depositing user: Chris Armstrong
Date deposited: 11 Apr 2008
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:11
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/11367

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