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Background on eBooks. See the suggested readings. Or better, read the suggested readings. Readers have more devices on which to download ebooks. Sales of ebooks are still growing and represent about 1/3 of adult market. Carr , Nicholas. 2013. “The Flattening of E-Book Sales.” Rough Type.
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See the suggested readings. Or better, read the suggested readings.
Sales of ebooks are still growing and represent about 1/3 of adult market.Carr, Nicholas. 2013. “The Flattening of E-Book Sales.” Rough Type.
Academic users What they do and what they prefer
Expectations • Academic users expect electronic resources to work as easily as journal articles now work. (Maybe even as easily as most webpages.) • No limit on simultaneous use • Easy to spot the • Easy to download • No additional accounts to set up and passwords to remember
Publisher perspectives Why it’s so difficult to use ebooks
Simon & Schuster CEO Carolyn ReidyQuoted by K.T. Bradford, in blog, Digital Trends, «Paper rules : Why borrowing an e-book from your library is so difficult,» June 2013
Bottom line • Poor usability is intentional, at least in part.