Contemporary developments in the book publishing industry are changing the system as we know it. Changes in established understandings of authorship and readership are leading to new business models in line with the postulates of Web 2.0. Socially networked authorship, book production and reading are among the social and discursive practices starting to define this emerging system. Websites offering socially networked, collaborative and shared reading are increasingly important. Social Reading maps socially networked reading within the larger framework of a changing conception of books and reading. This book is structured into chapters covering topics in: social reading and a new conception of the book; an evaluation of social reading platforms; an analysis of social reading applications; the personalization of system contents; reading in the Cloud and the development of new business models; and Open Access e-books.
- ISBN13 9781843347262
- Publish Date 31 October 2013 (first published 23 October 2013)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Elsevier Science & Technology
- Imprint Chandos Publishing (Oxford) Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 200
- Language English