Abstract: E-books have been provided through libraries for some time, primarily as texts to read online, through your computer's browser or using a dedicated program. With the advent of electronic ink, e-readers (especially the Kindle), tablet computers and other mobile devices with crisp, clear screens, there has been a shift to users expecting to be able to download e-books from libraries to their own devices. For example, the proportion of US adults who own an e-book reader doubled in six months from November 2010 to May 2011 (Purcell, 2011). This trend continued during the year, with the Kindle, Amazon's flagship e-book reader, selling over a million units a week during December 2011 and becoming Amazon's biggest-selling product in 2011.
Publication Year: 2018
Publication Date: 2018-07-05
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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