전자출판산업 발전 방안에 관한 연구 : 책문화생태계 관점을 중심으로

Abstract

The study looked at the attempted to investigate the theoretical background of the Publishing & Reading Network Ecosystem, the developmental process of the electronic publishing industry in Korea and its related policy and suggested the scheme for development of the future electronic publishing industry. As a result of investigation, the following conclusion were drawn: First, there is a need to secure the diversity of contents in terms of writing and to reinforce creators and their copyrights for its purpose. Second, there is a need to produce electronic books efficiently in terms of production and change the mode of contents production from the producer-centered to the user- and reader-centered. And there is a need to study the scheme for incorporating the advantage of the paper book into the electronic book while taking advantage of the characteristic of the electronic book. Third, there is a need to develop the reader-friendly distribution mode in terms of distribution and to construct the distribution infrastructure and reinforce the publicity channel for helping find out the electronic book. Fourth, there is a need to make a shift in social perception of the electronic book in terms of consumption and to secure the transparency of consumption. At length, the orientation of the electronic book industry from a perspective of the Publishing & Reading Network Ecosystem is that the electronic book is not exclusive to the paper book but positively interconnected with it, which leads to the growth of the size of the overall publishing industry as well as the electronic publishing industry.