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Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 147 ( 2014 ) 268 – 274
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A business model for electronic books.
ina A. Torres-Vargasa, Valentino Morales Lópezb
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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Bibliotecológicas y de la Información, Circuito Interior s/n, Torre II
de Humanidades, piso 12, Ciudad Universitaria , 04510, Coyoacán, México, , México, 04510, Mexico
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Fondo de Información y Documentación para la Industria (INFOTEC)
Abstract
This paper discusses the processes and actors involved in the business models emerging in digital document publishing to
reflect on their implications to access academic publications.
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(Selection/licenses/by-nc-nd// and peer-review under responsibility of the). 3 International Conference on Integrated Information.
Selection and peer-review under responsibility of the 3rd International Conference on Integrated Information.
Keywords: Electronic publishing, Business models, Electronic book

1. Introduction
The epistemic break in publishing, caused by the inclusion of Information munication Technologies
(ICTs) through digital formats, has been very difficult to confront (Pochoda). Commercial