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Group 1 e-books (1)
1. Kwan Chun Kit (14223686)
Lui Yiu Kwan (14202360)
Chan Hong Yung (14218615)
29 November 2014
2. Basic Information and Mindmap
History and Development of e-books
Examples of e-books apps and websites
Survey report
Impacts on stakeholders
Future development
Conclusion
Contents
3. Lui Yiu Kwan
Jacky
Chan Hong Yung
Banana
Kwan chun kit
Derek
Introduction (^v^)
Development (^v^)
Comparision (^v^)
Online Survey (^v^)
Data Processing
Data Analysis
Effects
Future development
Conclusion
PowerPoint effects (^v^)
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5. There are several people who might be the
inventor of e-books:
1. Bob Brown's The Readies (1930)
2. Roberto Busa (late 1940s)
3. Angela Ruiz Robles (1949)
4. Doug Engelbart and Andries van Dam (1960s)
6. But the most agreed one is:
Michael S. Hart (1971)
The story is that, he was given extensive computer-time.
And because of this advantage, he created his first electronic
document by typing the United States Declaration of
Independence into a computer.
7. Sony(1992) -> devices
• Launched the Data Discman, an electronic book
reader that could read e-books that were stored
on CDs.
• Early e-books were not popular yet, as they were
generally written for specific areas and limited
audience
8. After the invention of internet in around 1990,
electronic files were transferring much easier,
which helped the development of e-books (1st)
• Free downloading of e-books on internet among
countries leads to copyright problem
a. free e-books
b. different countries
c. sharing of books
➢ this may leads to copyright problem
2nd: smart phones
9. Apps
豆丁
布卡
Apple daily news
Websites
Golden
Baidu
Free-Ebooks.net
Movie review
BL novels
E-books of printed books
Kindle
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20. Details
• Number of respondents: 54
• Number of questions: 22
• Date surveyed: 18/10/2014
• Link:
https://docs.google.com/a/life.hkbu.edu.hk/forms
/d/11mvDklvBbp0OOjrZuoPtvrhYk3g7jeciLo_qUrh
qD2o/viewform
27. • Which functions of e-book apps or website do
you like the most? (checkbox)
28. Main reasons of using e-books
1. Easy to carry
➢More than 80% e-book users agree
2. Convenience
➢Most popular functions from readers
- Bookmarking
- Finding related or similar books
- Copying sentences
29. • Which one do you read more, e-books or
printed books?
29%
71%
E-books
Printed
books
31. • What kinds of information do you usually
browse on e-books? (checkbox)
32. • How many printed books will you read per
week?
33. • What kinds of information do you usually read
on printed books? (checkbox)
34. • What is the major source of e-books you
read?
35. • Do you think the establishment of e-books
change your habit of reading books?
(1:strongly disagree, 5:strongly agree)
36. • Why don't you use e-books? (checkbox)
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
Waste of time to search for specify books
Waste of electricity
Poor effects on eye sight
High purchasing price of devices
Feel difficult to use e-books
Fear of copyright problem
Disallowed by schools
37. • How many printed books do you read per
week?
38. • What kinds of information do you usually read
on printed books? (checkbox)
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
Other
Leisure books
Science
Political
News
History and literature
Dictionary
Business
Arts and fashion
Academic textbooks
39. Main reasons of not using e-books
• Educational level
➔ 73% of respondents with a degree or above have the
experience of using e-books
➔ Only 37% of secondary and sub-degree respondents have
used the e-books
• Habit of reading books
➔ People who have used e-books before also read printed
books more frequently, with 12% more than non e-books
readers to read printed book
(per week)
40. • Do you think that the innovation of e-books
affect the publishment of printed books?
41. • How possible do you think that e-books can
be a new trend in the society?(1:Highly
impossible,5:Highly possible)
42. Positive effects on printed books
• People from less developed countries are not able to use e-books
without monetary support
• Competition between the e-book publishers and printed book
publishers will improve the quality of books.
“E-book can‘t replace printed books.
Because not everyone can read
books by using ipad or computer.
Such as people who living in less
development country.”
“Enhance competition within
the market and thus help improve
quality of printed books.”
43. Negative effects on printed books
• Technological improvement enables e-books to develop
more functions while printed books quality cannot be
improved with advanced technological improvement
• Costs of developing printed books are higher than that of e-books,
so the resources for e-books development is limited
People will not pay money to buy a
book to reduce the space at home.
Less people will read printed books and people
may think e books are easy to access so they
won't memorize things deeply .
44. Positive
(To e-books readers)
• Technological
- Easy access to up-to-date information with
automatic updating system in e-books software
45. Positive
(To printed books readers)
• Personal
- Easier to develop reading habits with easy access
to e-books
46. Positive
(General effects)
• Business
- Enhance competition between e-books and printed
books producers, hence the quality
• Environmental
- More environmental friendly with no demand on
papers
49. Functions expected by current e-books
readers in the future
• Commenting
• Highlight keywords
50. Opinions on e-books by non e-books
readers
• Convenient and easy access to information
• Some say they will try to use e-books later
51. Opinions on e-books by non e-books
readers
• Printed books cannot be fully replaced by e-books
• Harms readers’ visuality if they read on
electronic gadgets for a long time
• Not easy for the old generation to use
52. E-books can probably be a new trend in the
society
• Nearly 40% of respondents agree
(1:Highly impossible,5:Highly possible)
53. 1. E-books are different with printed books, and
they could not be fully replaced by the others
2. In general, e-books bring convenience to our
different aspects of life, and show the great
innovative ideas from the IT industry
