E-booksGroup 6

Chan Wai Yip 13210033Hao Zhenxu 13252291Lau Wei Tung 13204181

Objectives

Background

Collected Information

Mind Map

Survey Questions

Survey Results & Analysis

Video and Other Multimedia

Content

Job Division

Outline

To find out the popularity of E-books

To look for the selling points of E-books

To see if students are the main users of E-books or not

Objectives

A book-length publication in digital form

Consist of texts, images, or both, readable on computers or other electronic devices

Background

Inventor The first E-book may be the Index

Thomisticus, a heavily annotated electronic index to the works of Thomas Aquinas

Prepared by Roberto Busa Began in the late 1940s

Background

Comparison with normal booksi. Spatial benefitsii. Mechanical and multimedia

benefitsiii.Distributive and access benefits

Background

Collected Information (Web)

Search Strategies Web Sites

Online E-books(Need to be charged)

- http://www.ebooks.com/- http://www.amazon.com/Kindle

-eBooks/b?ie=UTF8&node=154606011

Online E-books(For free usage)

- http://www.free-ebooks.net/- http://www.getfreeebooks.com/

E-book Background http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/PD/ebooks/background.html

Collected Information (Library)

Search Strategies Types Library Resources

E-books (advantages)

News ArticleTitle : Are e-books an environmental choice?

http://www.greenlivingonline.com/article/are-e-books-environmental-choice

E-books(features)

Features http://www.hci-book.org/cluster/features.php

Mind Map

Objectives: To find out how people (mainly students) think of E-book and the popularity of it

No. of responses: 28 ( 3 are invalid )

Survey

1. What is the highest level of education you have completed?

2. How often do you read books?3. Which kind of devices that you use to read?4. How do you grade the E-book that you have used

before ?5. Would you like to continue to try to use E-books to have

a reading?6. When you decide to purchase an E-book, which one

concerns you the most?7. Do you think that the E-books in the present market

should have more functions?8. If I think the low price is the advantage compared with

other devices like iPad and so on, would you agree?

Survey Questions

Survey Results & Analysis

Printed books Smart phones E-books0

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Types of devices that respondents from dif-ferent education levels use to read

Up to high school

Up to university

Types of devices

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Chart 1

1. Secondary and university students are used to reading printed books because of their learning style (i.e. often read notes and textbooks)

2. The popularity and convenience of smart phones affect students’ reading habit

3. The trend implies that E-book is still not a common reading tool for youngsters

Chart 1’s Analysis

Survey Results & Analysis

Once a month24%

Daily8%

2-3 Times a Week16%

Less than once a Month20%

Never4%

Once a Week12%

2-3 times a Month16%

Reading frequency of respondents

Chart 2

1. The result means reading takes up an important position in respondents’ daily life

2. It also means that the respondents are very likely to read E–books

Chart 2’s Analysis

Survey Results & Analysis

12%NeverUse

32%Neutral

4%SomewhatDissatisfied

16%Very

Satisfied

20%SomewhatSatisfied

8%Dissatisfied

8%Satisfied

Respondents’ views about their E-book reading experience

Never use NeutralSomewhat Dissatisfied Very SatisfiedSomewhat Satisfied DissatisfiedSatisfied

Chart 3

1. The most significant figures are “Neutral” and “Satisfied” (including “Somewhat Satisfied”, “Satisfied” and “Very Satisfied”), 32% and 44% respectively

2. These reflect that people tend to be positive speaking of E-books

Chart 3’s Analysis

Survey Results & Analysis

80%

20%

Respondents’ tendency to use E-books in the future

Yes No

Chart 4

1. The phenomenon reflects there is a potential market for E-books2. Digital reading will be a future

trend

Chart 4’s Analysis

Survey Results & Analysis

Price52%

Advanced Function28%

Size16%

Brand4%

Factors which concern respondents the most when they decide to purchase an E-book

Chart 5

1. Lowering the price of E-book can attract

more people to buy it2. Young people prefer E-book to be multi-

function rather than just a reading device

Chart 5’s Analysis

Survey Results & Analysis

Yes

No

20

5

Respondents’ opinions on whether or not E-books in the present market should have

more functions

Yes No

Chart 6

1. However, the result of Q7 is contrasting to Q4

2. Respondents seem to be negative about E-books as most of them opine that E-books in the present market should be enhanced

Chart 6’s Analysis

Survey Results & AnalysisRelationship between Q4 and Q7 (Chart 7)

Never

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Dissat

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RankingYesNo

The bond between Q4 and Q71. Respondents who hold positive view

about E-books don’t agree that present E-books should be enhanced

2. Only those holding negative view of E-books think that E-books in present market should be improved

Chart 7’s Analysis

Survey Results & Analysis

Agree

Strongly Agree

Neither Agree nor Disagree

Disagree

Strongly Disagree

0 2 4 6 8 10 12

Respondents' opinions on whether or not low price is the advantage of E-books compared to

other devices like iPad

No. of respondents

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Chart 8

1. From the chart, it is concluded that price is not the first prioritywhen it comes to buying an E-book

Chart 8’s Analysis

Satisfactory and positive Potential market Not a main stream in the current book

market

Conclusion

Video and Other Multimedia Content

Chan Wai Yip: Information collection, mind mapping, objectives setting, survey, survey analysis

Hao Zhenxu: Background information research, mind mapping, objectives setting, survey, survey analysis

Lau Wei Tung: PowerPoint design, mind mapping, objectives setting, survey, survey analysis

Job Division

The EndThank You!