Evaluating the usability of portable electronic books

  • Authors:
  • Ruth Wilson;Monica Landoni

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK;University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 2003 ACM symposium on Applied computing
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

This paper outlines the methodology and results of the EBONI Project's evaluation of portable electronic books, in which staff from UK academia were provided with a selection of book readers and asked to report back on their experiences. A set of issues of importance to users of electronic books is uncovered, and compared with concerns arising from other experiments in the same field. Finally, recommendations for successful ebook design are made.