In reference to the performance of Ebooks in enriching youth leisure time, it is relevant to study on Ebook publishing status in Iran and to cogitate how young people exploit Ebooks through internet. On this intent, in the first place, this article, by adopting a documentary method in parallel ...
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In reference to the performance of Ebooks in enriching youth leisure time, it is relevant to study on Ebook publishing status in Iran and to cogitate how young people exploit Ebooks through internet. On this intent, in the first place, this article, by adopting a documentary method in parallel with a case study, indicates how Ebook publishing evolved from a printing to a virtual media and which important obstacles restrict this process. Along with, the article, by conducting a survey, interested in knowing how young people in Iran consume and exploit Ebooks. Eventually the article analyze survey results in a comparative manner with global patterns.
The sample, in the survey section, has been selected in snowball method. Questionnaire has been adopted from Global eBook Monitor, 10 Country Comparison which conducted by Bowker Market Research, by some changes in reference to Iranian society.
The article shows that in spite of advances in designing a free flow format for Persian digital books, industrial digital publishing will not been constructed in a near time; in cause of not being grounded in a strong Ebook market. In this case variables like reading culture, public library infrastructure, commodity relationships, and weak publishing regulations, are responsible. However there are advantages, especially in status that arose from western sanctions against Iran, that encourage digitalizing book publishing industry. By the way publishing corporations think security regulations is the landmark issue that restricts digitalizing trends.
In compare with patterns of Ebook exploitation in the world, this article shows Iranian users strongly are interested in professional issues and free books. However they display unstable behavior and keep changing their direction to different aspects of the subject.
