Creating E-Books and E-Journals

Abstract.  The presentation reviews issues concerning the publication of electronic books and electronic journals. It details advantages and limitations of e-publishing, categories and types of e-books and e-journals. This chapter presents several methods of creating e-publications with advantages and disadvantages of each method. It gives the common understanding about how to choose the most suitable way to publish electronically and how to prepare electronic publication - e-book or e-journal - from the beginning to the end, offering useful practical advises. The presentation also reviews examples of already existing electronic books and journals, their libraries and collections.

It is available as one-day (6-hour) training package for seminar: the text, references and a collection of the PowerPoint slides.

• Who's it for?
  It is useful for anyone who knows a little bit about computers and the Internet and needs to know more about electronic publishing of books and journals.

• What will I study?

  • Electronic publishing, its advantages and limitations 

  • Advantages of electronic books

  • Categories of e-book publishing

  • Types of e-books

  • Different ways to create an e-book

  • Characteristics and types of e-journals 

  • Different ways to create an e-journal

  • Projects and Websites of e-books and e-journals

Prepared by
Ieva Cepulkauskaite, Lithuania
Information Society Study Group, Vilnius University, Lithuania