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A Business Model for Electronic Books
Torres-Vargas, Georgina A. and López, Valentino Morales

PublishedAugust 2014
JournalProcedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
Volume 147, Issue August 2014, Pages 268 - 274
Publisher3rd International Conference on Integrated Information (IC-ININFO)

ABSTRACT
This paper discusses the processes and actors involved in the business models emerging in digital document publishing to reflect on their implications to access academic publications.

Keywords business models · electronic book · electronic publishing · OER · open textbooks

ISSN18770428
RefereedYes
Rightsby-nc-nd/3.0
DOI10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.07.170
URLhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042814040890
Other informationProcedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
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