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International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 2012
We describe a software book model that emulates a range of properties associated with physical books-analog page turning, visual location cues, bookmarks and annotations-and, furthermore, incorporates many advantages of digital environments-hyperlinks, multimedia, full-text search, automatic identification of synonyms, cross-referencing of key terms ...
Veronica Liesaputra, Ian H. Witten
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We describe a software book model that emulates a range of properties associated with physical books-analog page turning, visual location cues, bookmarks and annotations-and, furthermore, incorporates many advantages of digital environments-hyperlinks, multimedia, full-text search, automatic identification of synonyms, cross-referencing of key terms ...
Veronica Liesaputra, Ian H. Witten
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International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, 1989
The electronic book is a project which examines the possibilities offered by computers for animating scientific texts. With the advent of the micro-computer, access to the text (textual base), need no longer be sequential. The user of the electronic book can now “jump”, to the table of contents, the index, the bibliography or to links placed in the ...
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The electronic book is a project which examines the possibilities offered by computers for animating scientific texts. With the advent of the micro-computer, access to the text (textual base), need no longer be sequential. The user of the electronic book can now “jump”, to the table of contents, the index, the bibliography or to links placed in the ...
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Buy the book: electronic commerce in the book trade
Journal of Information Technology, 1999Exploitation of the World Wide Web (WWW) is a pipedream for many businesses, as they do not or cannot analyse their motives for having a web site. Many do not understand that there is more to a successful web site than having a corporate logo on a home page. They do not foresee the effort that goes into maintaining a web site, the increased competition
Claudia Loebbecke +2 more
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Familiarization of electronic books
The Electronic Library, 2001Highlights the evolution and potentiality of electronic books (eBooks) and presents a comprehensive definition from the various definitions reported for eBooks and their types, the pros, cons and users. Available eBook hardware, such as Rocket eBook Reader, SoftBook Reader, EveryBook Dedicated Reader and Millennium eBook Reader; software, viz.
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THE COMING OF THE ELECTRONIC BOOK
Online and CD-Rom Review, 19981. Beyond the All in One. Suppose you had a machine that enabled you to wash your clothes, watch television programmes, listen to the radio, play CDs, and cook the dinner: would you give it house‐room for long? There seems to be emerging a view among IT pundits that the era of the all‐in‐one Personal Computer is passing, to give way to a the use of a ...
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HYPER‐BOOK: A FORMAL MODEL FOR ELECTRONIC BOOKS
Journal of Documentation, 1994This paper presents a model for an electronic book (hyper‐book). Hyper‐books are electronic books defined on the basis of the paper book metaphor. This metaphor guarantees ease of use and understanding, as the paper counterpart is a well known concept.
Nadia Catenazzi, Lorenzo Sommaruga
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Library Hi Tech, 1988
The Smart Book involves the direct application of computer technology to the book marketplace. It employs speacial‐purpose equipment to simplify the user's access to information that would normally be found in a printed book. The concept invovles two distinct components: a reader unit and a book pack.
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The Smart Book involves the direct application of computer technology to the book marketplace. It employs speacial‐purpose equipment to simplify the user's access to information that would normally be found in a printed book. The concept invovles two distinct components: a reader unit and a book pack.
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Personalising Electronic Books.
J. Digit. Inf., 2003The paper addresses how hyperdocuments, accessible via electronic books (e-books) which are read using the World Wide Web, can be endowed with features that personalise the interaction process that takes place between the reader and the e-book. A novel, abstract approach to modelling the personalisation of hyperdocuments is introduced.
Ohene-Djan, James +1 more
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Work Study, 1991
Examines the progress being made in the search for electronic books and the relevant criteria to make the concept work. States that the book has faults ‐the static nature of the text and the passive nature of the material – which the electronic book format can overcome, citing developments in pocket Pcs, CD‐ROM, databases, hypertext, text retrieval ...
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Examines the progress being made in the search for electronic books and the relevant criteria to make the concept work. States that the book has faults ‐the static nature of the text and the passive nature of the material – which the electronic book format can overcome, citing developments in pocket Pcs, CD‐ROM, databases, hypertext, text retrieval ...
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Electronic books in digital libraries
Proceedings IEEE Advances in Digital Libraries 2000, 2002An electronic book is an application with a multimedia database of instructional resources, which include hyperlinked text, instructor's audio/video clips, slides, animation, still images, etc. As well as content-based information about these data, and metadata such as annotations, tags, and cross-referencing information.
Gultekin Özsoyoglu +3 more
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