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Innovation Adoption

Innovation Adoption. The Digital Book By: John Richbourg (Storyboard Work in Progress). The Digital Book. Also known as the electronic book , or E-book, this innovation is the digital form of a text or image-based publication and readable on computers or other digital devices.

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Innovation Adoption

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  1. Innovation Adoption The Digital Book By: John Richbourg (Storyboard Work in Progress)

  2. The Digital Book • Also known as the electronic book , or E-book, this innovation is the digital form of a text or image-based publication and readable on computers or other digital devices.

  3. Current E-readers becoming more popular with the public are the Amazon Kindle the Sony PRS-500 and the Barnes and Noble Nook.

  4. Why an Electronic Book? • The needs answered by this innovation were partially environmental, academic, and cultural.

  5. Environmentalists applauded the introduction as a way to slow tree harvesting for paper.

  6. Educators saw the E-book as an opportunity to have out-of-date texts replaced with a real-time device that would make learning more relevant to students.

  7. Cultural needs were answered by giving individuals and groups a means to share information and works of art in real-time.

  8. Research • The first digital book was developed by Michael Hart as Project Gutenberg in 1971.

  9. The first e-books were produced for limited audiences focused on special interests.

  10. Multiple formats and diverse readers fragmented the E-book market.

  11. In the 1990s, more information was added to electronic libraries for digital books.

  12. In 1998, Public Libraries began issuing free digital books in lieu of more traditional bound volumes for selected texts.

  13. Development • Initial target for the digital book was the computer using American public

  14. Major problems included the varied formats of media and readers, and the reticence of the American public to replace traditional texts with digital copies.

  15. Commercialization • Numerous manufacturers and marketing companies are now fielding the digital books and readers for consumption by the American public.

  16. Like anything else, it may be wise for the consumer to wait for the price to decrease while quality and functionality increase in the digital readers currently being marketed.

  17. References • To be added later

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