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Steve Jobs era un ferviente creyente de la unión entre la tecnología y las humanidades, creía que ambos afluentes debían confluir casi naturalmente para resultar en un río de sabiduría, innovación y progreso. Como bien sabemos, no sólo por los…
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Open Access book publishing in the Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) is on the rise. Initiatives are emerging on an international scale, ranging from providing Open Access to single titles to full-fledged Open Access book publishers. Most of…
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This paper presents the results of a quantitative study exploring the online usage of the electronic book collection at the J.N. Desmarais Library at Laurentian University, Canada. In 2009, e-book usage statistics were evaluated to provide a better…
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a review of the most recent literature concerning document supply and related matters. Design/methodology/approach – The approach is based on the reading of over 150 journals as well as monographs,…
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With the rapid development of the mobile technology, the use of multifarious mobile devices, such as tablet PCs, eReader devices and mobile phones for electronic reading, has become an important part of everyday life. In December 2010, Google…
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Amazon, el gigante global del comercio electrónico que ha revolucionado la economía norteamericana, llega ahora a España. Los que venimos del sector de Internet vemos esta llegada con entusiasmo, pero muchos la ven con preocupación. Con una tasa de…
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En el contexto actual, el libro y la lectura están buscando el equilibrio necesario definiendo nuevas formas y maneras. Se describe en esta investigación el estado del libro electrónico en España y en otros países con desarrollo en esta modalidad…
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Perhaps the greatest impediment for the transition from the tradition of the printed book to the ebook comes from the malleability of the etext. While it might not matter to the occasional or recreational reader, the ebook presents a host of…
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The e-book race between Barnes & Noble, Amazon.com, Apple, Sony, and Google just got a whole lot messier. Amazon.com, Apple, Sony, Google, and Barnes & Noble are now all neck-deep in the game.... but what's the game, what's the score, and who's…
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a review of the most recent literature concerning document supply and related matters. Design/methodology/approach – This paper provides results from reading of over 150 journals as well as…
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The U.S. Justice Department's antitrust arm said it was looking into potentially unfair pricing practices by electronic booksellers, joining European regulators and state attorneys general in a widening probe of large U.S. and international e-book…
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Purpose – This paper aims to consider the most important criteria of e-book acquisition in academic libraries. The survey seeks these reasons on the basis of two aspects: e-book features for users and for information professionals or libraries.…
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La Comisión Europea está investigando si las editoriales de libros electrónicos de propiedad de Lagardere, Pearson Plc, News Corp y otras dos empresas acordaron precios con Apple, bloqueando a distribuidores rivales y dañando a los consumidores
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Las plataformas de acceso y venta de libros digitales de Google, Amazon y Apple, entre otras, están basadas en el concepto de "libros en la nube", que conlleva una nueva manera de acceder a la información y al conocimiento. La digitalización del…
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Este documento se dirige a editoriales y autores que deseen hacer que sus contenidos estén disponibles en la plataforma Amazon Kindle, incluyendo directrices para llevar a cabo el proceso de publicación en Kindle Store.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assert that, in an effort to more effectively match users' needs to purchases and extend the buying power of library budgets for e-books, libraries should use a profiled purchase on demand option to…
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Una de las nuevas experiencias que ha desarrollando Amazon es la posibilidad de hacer pedidos de existencias agotadas directamente desde cualquier dispositivo móvil a través de códigos de barras, o fotografiando directamente el producto, esto es un…
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a review of the most recent literature concerning document supply and related matters. Design/methodology/approach – The approach is based on the reading of over 150 journals as well as monographs,…
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Purpose – The purpose of this article is to provide a review of the most recent literature concerning document supply and related matters. Design/methodology/approach – The article is based on the reading of over 150 journals as well as monographs,…
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L'information numérique est sans conteste le plus grand changement de paradigme depuis la révolution industrielle du XVIIIe siècle. Des ordinateurs géants des années soixante aux i-Phones d'aujourd'hui, si les outils se sont miniaturisés, les…