Chakrabarti, Avijit; Gurey, Pritam(INFLIBNET Center., February 25, 2009)
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Abstract:
The whole chain of e-book publishing is changing as the distinction between author, publisher,
reader or user and library are being hazy. In this context there are many issues that need to be
addressed, developments that are admirable and emerging trends that need to be understood.
These include tracing the development from print to e-book; various publishing models for ebooks;
various distribution models for e-books, emerging and genuine document formats and file
formats used in e-book; new file sharing technologies; authoring and reading e-book; policies and
legislation; fighting with piracy and concept of fair use; e-book business models; growth and
impact of the e-book market in both developed and developing countries and the latest e-book
trends and future technologies. In addition to this changed context, librarians are facing several
other challenges in providing information, which are discussed in this paper.