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This chapter provides usability data gathered from surveys and usability testing to describe how users use electronic books and what features are important to them. The data presented here represents the output of studying and designing electronic books by following the user-centered-design (UCD) process.
“Poor design makes us feel like idiots. We blame ourselves [but we] should blame it on the designers and encourage them to seek help. I f half the money spent on focus groups went instead to usability testing, the world would be a much less frustrating place.” Jim Louderback, 2001.
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Henke, H. (2001). Centering the User in the eBook Design. In: Electronic Books and ePublishing. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0317-2_3
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