E-book readability, comprehensibility and satisfaction

Wooyong Yi; Eunil Park; Kwangsu Cho

doi:10.1145/1968613.1968660

E-book readability, comprehensibility and satisfaction

Wooyong Yi
, Eunil Park
, Kwangsu Cho

School of Convergence

Sungkyunkwan University

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

9 Scopus citations

Abstract

The style of text, including number of columns, line spacing, typeface, and font-size, may affect e-book readers understanding, readability and satisfaction. Along with the recent appearances of e-book devices such as Amazons Kindle, Apple iBooks, and Barns & Nobles Nook, user experiences reading with e-books is considered critical. In this study, we investigated the issues in terms of readability, comprehensibility, and satisfaction by systematically measuring two major typographical factors: number of columns and line spacing. The study showed that these two independent variables are critical for e-book experiences from these three key aspects. Finally, the implications of this research are discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Management and Communication, ICUIMC 2011
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450305716
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1968613.1968660
State	Published - 21 Feb 2011
Event	5th International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Management and Communication, ICUIMC 2011 - Seoul, Korea, Republic of Duration: 21 Feb 2011 → 23 Feb 2011

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Name	ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Conference

Conference	5th International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Management and Communication, ICUIMC 2011
Country/Territory	Korea, Republic of
City	Seoul
Period	21/02/11 → 23/02/11

Keywords

Columns
E-book
Line spacing
Readability
Understanding

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Yi, W, Park, E & Cho, K 2011, E-book readability, comprehensibility and satisfaction. in Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Management and Communication, ICUIMC 2011., 38, ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, Association for Computing Machinery, 5th International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Management and Communication, ICUIMC 2011, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 21/02/11. https://doi.org/10.1145/1968613.1968660

E-book readability, comprehensibility and satisfaction. / Yi, Wooyong; Park, Eunil; Cho, Kwangsu.
Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Management and Communication, ICUIMC 2011. Association for Computing Machinery, 2011. 38 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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E-book readability, comprehensibility and satisfaction

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