[Siguse-l] Forthcoming book on researching human information behaviour

[Nicholas Belkin]

Dear Tom,

I am surprised, and quite disappointed, by your decision to publish what 
could be a very valuable book in a source that requires a proprietary 
system to access and read. I certainly would be interested in using this 
publication both for myself and for teaching, but I cannot require my 
students to purchase Apple products. Your decision is especially 
surprising given your dedication to open source publishing. You 
certainly could have published this book with someone other than Apple, 
so that it could be available on any mobile or static device, including 
those using Apple operating systems; since the great majority of such 
devices in the world do not use Apple's operating systems, this decision 
disadvantages a very large potential readership.

Is it too late to change your mind?

Best wishes

Nick

On 6/17/13 2:41 PM, Prof. T.D. Wilson wrote:
> "Theory in Information Behaviour Research", edited by T.D. Wilson, will
> be published in the Apple iBook Store later this month.  This e-book,
> priced at $9.99 consists of the following chapters:
>
> Activity theory, by Tom Wilson; Critical theory, by Gerald Benoit;
> Personal construct theory, by Rebecca Reynolds; Personality theory, by
> Jannica Heinstrom; Practice theory, by Andrew Cox; Social cognitive
> theory, by Agusta Palsdottir; Social phenomenology, by Tom Wilson and
> Reijo Savolainen; and Theoretical approaches in Russia and Eastern
> Europe, by Elena Maceviciute.
>
> The authors have collectively constituted a peer review group, each
> reading and commenting on the submissions from the others.
>
> PhD students, beginning their review of the subject and searching for an
> appropriate theoretical framework, will find this book useful, as will
> Master's students beginning their preparatory work for the dissertation.
>   Practitioners too, will find the work useful in assessing the value of
> research of interest to them and, finally, those teaching research
> methods, especially at advanced level, will find the book a useful
> source of ideas for their work.
>
> "/Theory in Information Behaviour Research/" is only available as an
> e-book, readable on any IOS device - iPad, iPad Mini, iPhone or iPod
> Touch.  When the next Mac operating system is launched, later this year,
> the iBook format will also be readable on any iMac or Macbook.
>
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Nicholas J. Belkin
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Department of Library & Information Science
School of Communication & Information
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