Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Towards a new conception of books and reading
From books as objects to books as systems: towards a new understanding of books
From the text on the web to the web book
New scenarios, new cultural territories
Chapter 2: Reading applications: an analysis
Reading devices and applications: main features
Chapter 3: New business models for reading in the cloud
What are ‘cloud computing’ and cloud hosting?
Books and cloud services for the eBook
Books in the public domain on the platforms of major publishers
Self-publishing and streaming reading
Chapter 5: Social reading platforms: diagnosis and evaluation
Social reading: a network phenomenon
Social reading platforms: diagnosis and evaluation
Social reading platforms and applications
Chapter 6: System contents personalisation
Ways in which contents can be personalised
Chapter 7: Social tagging and its applications for academic and leisure reading
Social indexing from an agent perspective
Characteristics of social tagging
Social tagging: types and uses
Strengths and weaknesses of social tagging