@article{Widdersheim_2015, title={E-books: Histories, trajectories, futures}, volume={20}, url={https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/5641}, DOI={10.5210/fm.v20i6.5641}, abstractNote={<p>This essay traces the historical trajectory of e-books in the U.S. and imagines their possible futures. Legal, economic, and technical developments that led to contemporary e-books reveal a tension between commercial and non-commercial programming. Commercial e-book designs control end uses, reduce production and distribution costs, stimulate consumption, and monitor user behaviors; however, alternative producers and users on the periphery continue to challenge these centralizing tendencies.</p>}, number={6}, journal={First Monday}, author={Widdersheim, Michael M.}, year={2015}, month={May} }