Advantages and disadvantages of E-books over books E-books have been around for a few years and even though printed books are still very popular E-books are becoming more popular as well. To be able to read E-books people need to have a special device called the E-reader or a tablet. Printed books do not seem relevant anymore‚ but there are still a lot of people who hold on to or prefer the traditional books. Some people expected the arrival of the e-book to replace the use of printed books. It
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There are so many smart reasons to buy e-books rather than paperback books. How we read books has been changing over the years since the advent of the computer and other gadgets. People are reading online text at an astonishing rate. One of my websites has over 11 million page views. That’s 11 million pages of text I wrote that nobody would have read without computers because it wouldn’t have been accessible. Here are some… You can password protect your e-books‚ keeping them private for you!
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Forecasting the Adoption of E-books Q1. The size of the market for e-books in the long-run: 293.7 million x 46.7% x 8% = 10.973 million (Total US population x percentage of US population reading literature x Percentage of traditional paper books purchased online in 2003) It will take 10 years to reach 95% penetration of the potential market. Q2. The long-run total adoption of e-books would be 10.973 million. (Total US population x percentage of US population reading literature x Percentage
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Maintaining Competitive Advantage in the E-reader Industry Amazon’s competitive advantage in the e-reader industry due to their top selling ‘Kindle’ electronic reading device‚ still in its infancy‚ will be difficult for any rival in the industry to achieve. While electronics design and manfacturing are not Amazon’s core competency by any means‚ Amazon’s Kindle e-Reading device has beat out its biggest rival‚ electronics heavy-weight Sony‚ by an estimated 30% higher device sales in 2008. What’s
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Chan ( E-Learning Experiences of Hong Kong Students Abstract—The adoption of e-learning in Hong Kong has been increasing rapidly in the past decade. To understand the e-learning experiences of the students‚ the School of Professional and Continuing Education of The University of Hong Kong conducted a survey. The survey aimed to collect students’ experiences in using learning management system‚ their perceived e-learning advantages‚ barriers in e-learning and preferences in new e-learning development
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10:31–47 DOI 10.1007/s11115-009-0087-6 E-Government in Kazakhstan: Challenges and Its Role to Development Shahjahan H. Bhuiyan Published online: 9 July 2009 # Springer Science + Business Media‚ LLC 2009 Abstract This paper critically examines the progress made in introducing and implementing e-government programs and policies in Kazakhstan. It argues that in order to achieve the articulated development goals‚ the Kazakh government has moved toward e-government paradigm to ascertain a people-centered
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Integrating Constructive Feedback in Personalised E-Learning Jude T. Lubega1 and Shirley Williams2 1 Makerere University‚ Faculty of Computing and Information Technology‚ P.O. Box 7062‚ Kampala‚ Uganda‚ East Africa jlubeg@cit.mak.ac.ug 2 Department of Computer Science‚ University of Reading‚ P.O. Box 225‚ Whiteknights‚ Reading‚ Berkshire‚ RG6 6AY‚ United Kingdom shirley.williams@reading.ac.uk Abstract. When using e-learning material some students progress readily‚ others have difficulties
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management and content distribution. Thomson’s aim is about becoming a leading worldwide group of integrated solutions for media and entertainment industries. In order to gather this goal‚ Thomson decided to turn to e-procurement in 2001. What products are bought via e-procurement? In order to well understand the company we are going to develop the main purchases operated by the group. We have the production purchases (such as the electronic components‚ material and so one)‚ that represents
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The Impact of E-mail Communication on Organizational Life Daantje Derks1‚ Arnold B. Bakker2 1‚2 Erasmus University Rotterdam‚ Rotterdam‚ The Netherlands Abstract Computer-mediated communication (CMC) has become mainstream in work life. This raises the question what the impact of CMC on our daily work is. Since e-mail is still the most prevalent form of CMC in organizational life‚ we focus predominantly on e-mail communication. The central aim of this paper is to give an overview of research
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world during the last decade has enabled new educational delivery methods like E-learning. It is the use of technology to enable people to learn anytime and anywhere. E-learning applications and processes include Web-based learning‚ computer-based learning‚ virtual education opportunities and digital collaboration. stakeholders at different levels‚ such as researcher‚ practitioners and institutions understand the value of e-learning [Kira 2009]‚ thus countries all over the world has adapted to this
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