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John Hilton III: How Giving Away Religious Digital Books Influences the Print Sales of Those Books

http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd3433.pdf

Lack of access prevents many from benefiting from educational resources. Digital technologies now enable educational resources, such as books, to be openly available to those with access to the Internet. This study examined the financial viability of a religious publisher‘s putting free digital versions of eight of its books on the Internet. The total cost of putting these books online was $940.00. Over a 10-week period these books were downloaded 102,256 times and print sales of these books increased 26%. Comparisons with historical book sales and sales of comparable titles suggest a positive but modest connection between this increase and the online availability of the free books. This dissertation may be downloaded for free at http://etd.byu.edu.

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OpenEdition schlägt Ihnen vor, diesen Beitrag wie folgt zu zitieren:
Klaus Graf (2. April 2010). John Hilton III: How Giving Away Religious Digital Books Influences the Print Sales of Those Books. Archivalia. Abgerufen am 16. Mai 2025 von https://doi.org/10.58079/bsmv


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