Book Publishing and Print Disabilities-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Book Publishing and Print Disabilities

Published:2023-09-08 Issue:1 Volume:34 Page:61-70
ISSN:0957-9656
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Author:

Grigas Vincas,Gudinavičius Arūnas

Abstract

Abstract There is a community of people in Lithuania who experience difficulties in reading printed books. When ebooks are scarce they are left without proper access to an important information source. Comparing the Lithuanian results with data from other contexts, we find that the availability of ebooks in Lithuania is scarcer than in other developed countries: they are from two to three times less available. Computer use and access to internet use in Lithuania over the past decade has increased by 20 per cent; however, access to ebooks grew at a slower pace. Analysis of the most popular books indicates that relatively few of them are available in ebook format, which suggests deliberate choices to promote printed books by restraining the release of ebook versions. From 2010 to 2019, on average, only 14 per cent of printed titles published were available in one of the ebook formats.

Publisher

Brill

Subject

Literature and Literary Theory,Library and Information Sciences,Computer Science Applications,Media Technology,Education,Communication

Link

https://brill.com/downloadpdf/journals/logo/34/1/article-p61_6.xml

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