[Icolcebook] New Essay Published by First Monday: “E-books: Histories, Trajectories, Futures”

[Ann Okerson]

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http://www.infodocket.com/2015/06/01/new-essay-published-by-first-monday-e-books-histories-trajectories-futures/

The author, Michael M. Widdersheim, is a Ph.D. student in the School
of Information Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh.

Title

E-books: Histories, Trajectories, Futures

Source

First Monday
Vol. 20, No. 6 (2015)

Abstract

This essay traces the historical trajectory of e-books in the U.S. and
imagines their possible futures. Legal, economic, and technical
developments that led to contemporary e-books reveal a tension between
commercial and non-commercial programming. Commercial e-book designs
control end uses, reduce production and distribution costs, stimulate
consumption, and monitor user behaviors; however, alternative
producers and users on the periphery continue to challenge these
centralizing tendencies.

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http://journals.uic.edu/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/5641/4575
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