Rowberry, SP;
(2017)
Ebookness.
Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies
, 23
(3)
pp. 289-305.
10.1177/1354856515592509.
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Abstract
Since the mid-2000s, the ebook has stabilized into an ontologically distinct form, separate from PDFs and other representations of the book on the screen. The current article delineates the ebook from other emerging digital genres with recourse to the methodologies of platform studies and book history. The ebook is modelled as three concentric circles representing its technological, textual and service infrastructure innovations. This analysis reveals two distinct properties of the ebook: a simulation of the services of the book trade and an emphasis on user textual manipulation. The proposed model is tested with reference to comparative studies of several ebooks published since 2007 and defended against common claims of ebookness about other digital textual genres.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Ebookness |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1354856515592509 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1354856515592509 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Social Sciences, Communication, Book history, digitalization, digitization, ebooks, platform studies, publishing, service infrastructure, software studies |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Dept of Information Studies |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10132467 |
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