Ebook - the Missing Link between Paper and Screen
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Introduction The first electronic books (ebook) have already appeared on the market, e.g. Rocket eBook and Softbook. By looking at these two examples we can describe or define an ebook as a mobile, physical device to display electronic (i.e. digital) documents. It differs from desktop and notebook computers which are still the primary interfaces to electronic documents by its highly specialized interface design that allows a limited set of interaction operations. Though quite expansive compared to paper books, ebooks seem to be successful. It can be suggested that the reason for their success lies in the fact, that the ebook is compared to computer screens and offers several advantages with regard to them. One of the most important insufficiences of computer displays is the low resolution that causes users to dislike reading from screen. An advantage of ebooks is that they are close to paper books with respect to paging, sequential order, mobility and physical weight. Ebooks can be placed somewhere on the connecting line between the world of paper and screen. Physical properties (display resolution and weight) provided by hardware technology form the basis on which the ebook as a new personal artefact can be developed. Given these foundations the major research implications lie in the interface design, i.e. to bring usability to electronic documents which is yet lacking.
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تاریخ انتشار 1999