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Encyclopedia > Electronic publishing

Electronic publishing includes the digital publication of ebooks and electronic articles, and the development of digital libraries. Electronic publishing has become common in scientific publishing where it has been argued that peer-reviewed paper scientific journals are in the process of being replaced by electronic publishing. Although network distribution is nowdays strongly associated with electronic publishing, there are many non network electronic publications such as Encyclopedias on CD and DVD, as well as technical and reference publications relied on by mobile users and others without reliable and high speed access to a network. An eBook is an electronic (or digital) version of a book. ... In scientific publishing, a paper is a scientific article that is published in a scientific journal. ... A digital library is a library in which a significant proportion of the resources are available in machine-readable format (as opposed to print or microform), accessible by means of computers. ... Peer review (known as refereeing in some academic fields) is a scholarly process used in the publication of manuscripts and in the awarding of funding for research. ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. ... This article lists encyclopedias, including projects to create new works. ...


There is usually a delay of several months after an article is written before it is published in a paper journal and this makes journals not an ideal format for disseminating the latest research. In some fields such as astronomy and some parts of physics, the role of the journal at disseminating the latest research has largely been replaced by preprint databases such as arXiv.org. However, scientific journals still provide an important role in quality control, archiving papers, and establishing scientific credit. In general, the electronic material uploaded to preprint database are still intended for eventual publication in a peer-reviewed journal. Astronomy (Greek: αστρονομία = άστρον + νόμος, astronomia = astron + nomos, literally, law of the stars) is the science of celestial objects and phenomena that originate outside the Earths atmosphere, such as stars, planets, comets, aurora, galaxies, and the cosmic background radiation. ... A Superconductor demonstrating the Meissner Effect. ... A preprint is a draft of a scientific paper that has not yet been published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ...


There is an article titled "Online or Invisible?" (see link at end of article) which provides statistical evidence that electronic publishing provides wider dissemination. A number of journals have, while retaining their peer review process, established electronic versions or even moved entirely to electronic publication.


Electronic publishing is increasingly popular in works of fiction as well as with scientific articles. Electronic publishers are able to provide quick gratification for late-night readers, books that customers might not be able to find in standard book retailers (erotica is especially popular in eBook format), and books by new authors that would be unlikely to be profitable for traditional publishers.


Hyponyms are: A hyponym (in Greek: υπονύμιον, literally meaning few names) is a word whose extension is included within that of another word. ...

  • Online publishing
  • ePublishing
  • Web Publishing

While the term "Electronic Publishing" is primarily used today to refer to the current offerings of online and web-based publishers, the term has a history of being used to describe the development of new forms of production, distribution, and user intereaction in regards to computer-based production of text and other interactive media. A good example of this use of the term can be found in the work of Walter Bender and his Electronic Publishing Research Group at the MIT Media Lab. Walter Bender is the executive director of the MIT Media Lab and is the director of the labs Electronic Publishing Group. ... The Wiesner Buildings Atrium The MIT Media Lab in the School of Architecture and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology engages in education and research in the digital technology used for expression and communication. ...


Technology Vendors

eMeta Corporation is a leading provider of access control, subscription management and ecommerce software for media, entertainment and software companies. ...

See also

Scientific method refers to a body of techniques for the investigation of phenomena and the acquisition of new knowledge of the natural world, as well as the correction and integration of previous knowledge, based on observable, empirical, measurable evidence, and subject to laws of reasoning. ... The Public Library of Science (PLoS) is a nonprofit open access scientific publishing project aimed at creating a library of scientific journals and other scientific literature under an open content license. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... CiteSeer, in the past known as ResearchIndex, is a public specialty search engine and digital library that was created by researchers Dr. Steve Lawrence, Kurt Bollacker and Dr. Lee Giles while they were at the NEC Research Institute (now NEC Labs), Princeton, NJ, USA. CiteSeer crawls for and harvests academic... Print on demand (POD) is a publishing technology. ... Open access (OA) is the free online availability of digital content. ... MedKnow (Medical Knowledge) Publications is the largest publisher in India for academic and scientific medical journals. ...

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Warnings and Cautions for Writers--Electronic Publication (2352 words)
Electronic publishers have proved their staying power over the past few years, but the commercial publishing world still has a tendency to discount or devalue independent epublishers and their authors.
A publisher that charges a fee or requires you to buy something as a condition of publication is either a vanity publisher or a self-publishing service, no matter what its claims to the contrary.
EPIC (Electronically Published Internet Connection) is a professional organization for published and contracted ebook and print authors, established to provide a strong voice for electronic publishing.
Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography (281 words)
he Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography (SEPB) was published by the University of Houston Libraries from 1996 to 2006.
Most sources were published between 1990 and 2006; however, a limited number of key sources published prior to 1990 were also included.
An article about the development and utilization of SEPB was published in The Journal of Electronic Publishing.
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