The Electronic Library - Vol. 23 No. 1 2005: Electronic Books

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Author(s): David Raitt (editor)

Language: English
Pages: 151

CONTENTS......Page 2
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD......Page 5
VIEWPOINT......Page 6
E-books in academic libraries......Page 10
An overview of electronic books: a bibliography......Page 18
The e-book industry today: a bumpy road becomes an evolutionary path to market maturity......Page 46
Using electronic textbooks: promoting, placing and embedding......Page 55
Desirable search features of web-based scholarly e-book systems......Page 65
Electronic textbooks that transform how textbooks are used......Page 73
Implications for electronic publishing in libraries and information centres in Africa......Page 83
E-books in an academic library: implementation at the ETH Library, Zurich......Page 93
Can electronic textbooks help children to learn?......Page 104
Electronic books: their integration into library and information centers......Page 117
Book reviews......Page 142
Note from the publisher......Page 150