History of the Ebook: The Changing Face of Books
Technical Services QuarterlyPublished 20 September 2012
Laura Manley, Robert P. Holley
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While libraries started to experiment with ebooks relatively late, they have jumped upon the ebook bandwagon within the last few years and problems have arisen with proprietary formats, licensing rather than ownership, and the mechanics of ebook circulation.
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The history of the ebook and e-readers began before World War II with Vannevar Bush, who conceived the memex as a way for individuals to store and read increasing amounts of available information. Project Gutenberg started digitizing texts in 1971. In this article the authors trace the history of ebooks and e-readers from these early beginnings to the current explosion of ebook use. While libraries started to experiment with ebooks relatively late, they have jumped upon the ebook bandwagon within the last few years. Problems have arisen with proprietary formats, licensing rather than ownership, and the mechanics of ebook circulation.
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