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Abstract

At the end of last century when e-books appeared, people got interested in this new medium. Then the expectation was dominant that e-books would replace existing publication. But contrary to such an expectation, it didn't last long. To increase the use of e-books, the necessity to develop a variety of business models was emphasized and the application to ubiquitous environment was suggested as a major plan of activation. But those insistences didn't get satisfactory results. This study claims that it is possible to increase the number of users as the accessibility to contents can be scaled up. The point of this study is that if the inconvenience of using e-books can disappear, the number of users would increase. The best way to increase the users of e-books depends on the accessibility of contents of users, and it is necessary to try to increase users through the enlargement of accessible contents. To do so, the improvement of e-books interface and the contents of good quality that audiences demand should be offered to the highest degree.