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Abstract

Reviews the publishing process, including both paper and electronic publishing, authors, publishers and libraries, and the associated publications channels. Focuses on 1 particular publication channel, which incorporated all the steps involved from the acquisition of a manuscript in a generic markup language, such as SGML, to the presentation of the final electronic publication to the user in the library. The use of a markup language is seen as being an essential component for facilitating the exchange of electronic documents between different systems and applications. In addition, the use of a generic markup language allows several of the steps of the publishing process to be automated. Proposess a system which provides the acquisition and authoring tools required to generate electronic books, together with an appropriate interface and readers' services. The system incorporates 2 notable features: a model of an electronic book (hyper-book) based on the book metaphor; and an environment which supports the semiautomatic generation of electronic books (hyper-book builder) starting from a manuscript which is already available in SGML format

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Abstract

This paper describes a series of three evaluations of electronic textbooks on the Web, which focused on assessing how appearance and design can affect users' sense of engagement and directness with the material. The EBONI Project's methodology for evaluating electronic textbooks is outlined and each experiment is described, together with an analysis of results. Finally, some recommendations for successful design are suggested, based on an analysis of all experimental data. These recommendations underline the main findings of the evaluations: that users want some features of paper books to be preserved in the electronic medium, while also preferring electronic text to be written in a scannable style.