The Impact of E-book
Development on Traditional
Bookstores in Taiwan
UE4B 1098200090
Sandra Lin
Purpose
• How E-books would develop in Taiwan
• The impact on traditional bookstores
good or bad?
• The factors to make E-books succeed
in the publishing market
• Bookstores’ reactions
Background
• First available in July, 1971, by Michael
Hart
• An easier thing to read
• The rate of the usage of E-book
• A lot of bookstores collapsed
Scope
• Nearly one year
• Literature reviews
• Ask some people (70~100) to fill in my
questionnaires
Theoretical framework
• SWOT analysis
• Research on the Development
Requirements and Market Prospect of
E-book Reader Business in Taiwan ,
written by Yuan-Te Lan (2009)
• Digital-Publishing Strategies and
Development Patterns of Major
Publisher in Taiwan ,
written by Li-Heng Lin (2012)
Method
• Work on literature review
• Ask some people (70~100) to fill in my
questionnaires
• Analyse the results
Limitations
• Research papers are written in Chinese
version
• Spend more time than I expect
• Control me schedule accurately
References
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Gates, B. (Dec 31st 1999).The world in 2000: Beyond Gutenberg. Retrieved
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Lan, Yuan-Te (June 2009).Research on Development Requirements and
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Lebert, M. (2009).A Short History of eBooks. Retrieved from
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Lloyd, D. (2011). Electronic Readers Versus Printed Material – An
Ecological Comparison. Retrieved from
http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/grcsp/48/
Lin, Li-Heng (2012, January). Digital-Publishing Strategies and
Development Patterns of Major Publishers in Taiwan. Retrieved from
http://thesis.lib.nccu.edu.tw/cgibin/gs32/gsweb.cgi?o=dallcdr&s=id=%22G0097254012%22.&searchmode=
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