Social reading platforms, applications, clouds and tags
Contemporary developments in the book publishing industry are changing the system as we know it. Changes in established understandings of authorship and readership are leading to new business models in line with the postulates of Web 2.0. Socially networked authorship, book production and reading ar...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Chandos Publishing
2013.
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| Edición: | 1st edition |
| Colección: | Chandos information professional series.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009628758306719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Social Reading: Platforms, applications, clouds and tags; Copyright; Contents; Figures and tables; Figures; Tables; Introduction; 1Towards a new conception of books and reading; Introduction; From books as objects to books as systems: towards a new understanding of books; From the text on the web to the web book; What makes a book an eBook; The Gutenberg parenthesis; New scenarios, new cultural territories; Conclusion; Notes; 2Reading applications: an analysis; Introduction; Reading devices and applications: main features; Conclusion; Notes
- 3New business models for reading in the cloudWhat are 'cloud computing' and cloud hosting?; Books and cloud services for the eBook; Cloud business models; Cloud user rights; Conclusion; Notes; 4Open access eBooks; Introduction; What is open access?; The objectives of open access; Open access electronic books; Licences; Books in the public domain on the platforms of major publishers; Self-publishing and streaming reading; Conclusion; Notes; 5Social reading platforms: diagnosis and evaluation; Introduction; Social reading: a network phenomenon; Social reading platforms: diagnosis and evaluation
- Off-line reading platformsOn-line reading platforms; Social reading platforms and applications; New systems of recommendation; Conclusion; Notes; 6System contents personalisation; Introduction; Ways in which contents can be personalised; Results; The Amazon.com phenomenon; Conclusion; Notes; 7Social tagging and its applications for academic and leisure reading; Introduction; Social indexing from an agent perspective; The social indexing triangle; Social tagging criteria; Characteristics of social tagging; Social tagging: types and uses; Strengths and weaknesses of social tagging
- Social indexing applicationsConclusion; Notes; 8By way of an epilogue; Appendix; Search engines for electronic books; Digital libraries; eBook initiatives; Doctoral dissertations on-line; Open access software for eBooks; Note; Bibliography; Index
