First part of the masterʹs thesis describes introduction of the ebook, its development and the formats in which it can be used. Further, the thesis describes development of the Slovene ebook market from the first online bookstore to the present time, when the largest part of the ebook market became dominated by the e-Emka and Biblos portals. The goal of the thesis was to research how familiar are Slovenes with ebooks in other words, where and in what languages Slovenes buy, loan and read ebooks. On the basis of this research some controversies are described that Slovene ebook sellers will have to face in the future.
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