The essay describes the state of the art electronic publishing in Italy and analyzes with particular attention to the development of e-books. After a survey of the evolution of electronic publishing, starting in the '80s, the author focuses his discussion on products, taking into consideration those online and those hybrids (in both offline and online) and forms of production and distribution. In particular, it raised a number of open questions related to costs, and access to forms of payment, but also to trends in demand by consumers.
Il saggio descrive lo stato dell’arte dell’editoria elettronica in Italia e analizza con particolare attenzione lo sviluppo dell’e-book. Dopo una ricognizione sull’evoluzione dell’editoria elettronica, a partire dagli anni ’80, l’autore concentra la sua disamina sui prodotti, prendendo in considerazione quelli on line e quelli ibridi (in formato sia offline che online) e sulle forme di produzione e distribuzione. In particolare, vengono sollevate una serie di questioni aperte relative a costi, alle forme di accesso e pagamento, ma anche ai trend della domanda da parte dei consumatori.
ELETRONIC PUBLISHING: IL QUADRO ITALIANO / Mazza, Barbara. - STAMPA. - (2006), pp. 211-230.
ELETRONIC PUBLISHING: IL QUADRO ITALIANO
MAZZA, Barbara
2006
Abstract
The essay describes the state of the art electronic publishing in Italy and analyzes with particular attention to the development of e-books. After a survey of the evolution of electronic publishing, starting in the '80s, the author focuses his discussion on products, taking into consideration those online and those hybrids (in both offline and online) and forms of production and distribution. In particular, it raised a number of open questions related to costs, and access to forms of payment, but also to trends in demand by consumers.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.