Secrets of e-books or what you need to know about LIT

• Authors: Biro Szabolcs
• Languages of publication: HU

Abstracts

EN

For a long time, people seemed reluctant to get accustomed to e-books, the electronic equivalent of printed books. Its use seemed complicated despite being relatively easy in the electronic context, the tools necessary to its use were expensive, and there was a lack of critical mass of volumes available to make impact. However, these disadvantages are gradually being dissipated, and readers are starting to enjoy the new media, even if this new media seems more like an intermediary solution, the future developments of which cannot be foreseen. The present article wishes to deal with some of the technical aspects of electronic books. E-books undeniably bring new viewing formats to the jungle of document converting processes, and one of these formats is presented in detail.

Keywords

EN

E-BOOKS; ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING

Discipline

• LIBRARY_&_INFORMATION_SCIENCE: LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE

• Publisher: Budapest University of Technology and Economics, National Technical Information Centre and Library (BME OMIKK)
• Journal: Tudomanyos es Muszaki Tajekoztatas ( Scientific and Technical Information; Hungarian journal of library and information science)
• Year: 2005
• Volume: 52
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 170-180
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Biro Szabolcs

• Szabolcs Biro, no address given, contact the journal editor

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

10HUAAAA079212