Electronic publishing: electric book or battery brochure?

Abstract

Electronic publishing as a phrase is as meaningless as ‘automatic’ or ‘user‐friendly’, only it is still serving an apprenticeship compared to the latter two. Yet, it is true that the electronic medium has arrived and we need a clear understanding of what it is. Looking at the products you find that it is not merely ‘another medium’, as papyrus replaced the clay tablet, but that the medium has introduced a vast array of functionality, forcing us to re‐think and re‐categorise.

Citation

van Wyk, J. (1993), "Electronic publishing: electric book or battery brochure?", The Electronic Library, Vol. 11 No. 4/5, pp. 269-271. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb045244