The e-book war in Denmark
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The e-book war in Denmark. / Worsøe-Schmidt, Lisbeth.
In: Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 01.02.2017.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - The e-book war in Denmark
AU - Worsøe-Schmidt, Lisbeth
PY - 2017/2/1
Y1 - 2017/2/1
N2 - The aim is to investigate how digitisation and in particular e-books have changed relations between private players and public institutions within the Danish book world through a case study of eReolen, a private-public partnership functioning as common platform for public libraries’ lending of e-books in Denmark. Traditional and new models of the book world are discussed as the basis of understanding relations between the players. A new way of analysing the field outlined by literary sociologist, Professor Johan Svedjedal, is adopted. The main conclusions are that the lending of e-books has disrupted the traditional understanding and interaction between the public library system and the commercial book market. In addition, the Danish library system through the partnership has taken on a new function in relation to the commercial market, namely acting as the engine in building a market for Danish e-books.
AB - The aim is to investigate how digitisation and in particular e-books have changed relations between private players and public institutions within the Danish book world through a case study of eReolen, a private-public partnership functioning as common platform for public libraries’ lending of e-books in Denmark. Traditional and new models of the book world are discussed as the basis of understanding relations between the players. A new way of analysing the field outlined by literary sociologist, Professor Johan Svedjedal, is adopted. The main conclusions are that the lending of e-books has disrupted the traditional understanding and interaction between the public library system and the commercial book market. In addition, the Danish library system through the partnership has taken on a new function in relation to the commercial market, namely acting as the engine in building a market for Danish e-books.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - e-book, copyright, models of book world, public libraries, publishing, public-private partnerships
U2 - 10.1177/0961000616685641
DO - 10.1177/0961000616685641
M3 - Journal article
JO - Journal of Librarianship and Information Science
JF - Journal of Librarianship and Information Science
SN - 0961-0006
ER -
ID: 173903734