Judging a book by its cover: interface elements that affect reader selection of ebooks

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Title: Judging a book by its cover: interface elements that affect reader selection of ebooks
Author(s): McKay, Dana; Buchanan, George; Vanderschantz, Nicholas; Timpany, Claire; Cunningham, Sally Jo; Hinze, Annika
Abstract: Digital library research has demonstrated the impact of content presentation on both search and reading behaviours. In this paper, we scrutinise the influence of ebook presentation on user behaviour, focussing on document thumbnails and the first page view. We demonstrate that flaws in presentation increase the volume of short time-span reading, and reduce the likelihood of long-span reading when compared to other documents. This reflects other patterns of information seeking behaviour that demonstrate increased short-term reading when information content is uncertain, and suggests an ineffective use of reader time on less useful content.
Publication type: Conference paper
Research centre: Swinburne University of Technology. Library
Research centre: Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Life and Social Sciences. The Swinburne Institute for Social Research
Source: Proceedings of 'Integration, Interaction, Innovation, Immersion, Inclusion', the Annual Conference of the Australian Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group (OZCHI 2012), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 26-30 November 2012, pp. 381-390
Publication year: 2012
Keyword(s): Book selection; Ebooks; Information seeking; Interface elements; Reader selection; Search interfaces
Publisher: ACM
ISBN: 9781450314381, 1450314384
Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2414536.2414597
Copyright: Copyright © ACM, 2012. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of ACM for your personal use. Not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Proceedings of OZCHI, (2012) http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2414536.2414597.
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