The future of e-books in 2017

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Introduction

When writing systems were invented in ancient civilizations, nearly everything that could be written upon—stone, clay, tree bark, metal sheets—was used for writing. In China,silk was also a base for writing and writing was done with brushes. Many other materials were used as bases: bone, bronze, pottery, shell, etc.Any material which will hold and transmit text is a candidate for books.


Nowadays information technology and the Internet offer total new ways of publishing. For years, newspapers and magazines have been published online, and on 90s also traditional printed books reached digital form. Electronic books or e-books, can now be bought and downloaded from online e-bookstores and be read on computer screen or portable e-book device.



Team Composition

  • Bauke Fahner
  • XinYu Jiang
  • Bas Sluijsmans
  • Sanna Tauriainen
  • Raymond de Vos

    • Research Questions

    In our research we have identified 5 different categories, namely:

    1. History (Xin Yu)
    2. Economic Perspective/Value (Raymond)
    3. General Information (Raymond/Sanna)
    4. Prospective usage of books (Bas)
    5. Law, Legislation and Stakeholders (Bauke)

    See the research questions section for the actual questions and answers.

    Driving Forces

    Based on the PEST theory

    Political

    Economic

    Environmental

    Social

    Technological

    Diagrams

    Systems Diagram

    Other diagrams

    Scenarios

    Scenario 1

    Scenario 2

    Scenario 3

    References

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