The future of books
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Team Composition
Research Questions
Financial
Digitizing of books
Distribution of books
Format of ebooks
Copyright of digital books
Driving Forces
Excessive amount of paper use in traditional books
Invention of digital ink and paper
Increased usage/penetration of digital portable devices
The security of digital right management
The availability of Internet bandwidth
Difficulty of having a book published and distributed
Cost of digital book compared to normal book
Reachability of potential customers
Lower cost of datastorage & bandwidth
Increase in amount of people connected to internet
Increase of amount of people connected to internet with mobile device