The role of library user preferences in the willingness to read and pay for e-books: case of the Czech Republic

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216224:14560/21:00121990

Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/EL-01-2021-0001" target="_blank" >10.1108/EL-01-2021-0001</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The role of library user preferences in the willingness to read and pay for e-books: case of the Czech Republic

Original language description

Purpose The study aims to analyse library user preferences in the willingness to read and pay for e-books, using a sample of both active readers (users of public library services) and non-users (the general population). Design/methodology/approach Two empirical surveys were conducted from August to November of 2019; the research sample consisted of 1,334 users from the Municipal Library of Prague and 1,101 non-users from the general Czech population. The research was focussed on e-book user preferences. The willingness to pay (WTP) for e-book services and the determinants that affect this willingness were also examined. Findings The results show the specific approach of Czech readers, whose main determinant of WTP is not the content, but the price and method of its payment (allocation). Some people prefer a cheaper annual lump sum, whereas others may prefer a charge of small regular fees. The decision to pay depends on their reading or payment habits. Originality/value This study also aims to clarify the demand for various types of digital media in Czech libraries and the preferred distribution models. Furthermore, the study determines the dependence of the preferences of library users in their WTP for e-books using different evaluation models. The originality of this study is in the evaluation of the determinants of WTP for e-books, which makes this study unique, and the findings should contribute to the expansion of existing knowledge in the field of information science.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Electronic Library

ISSN

0264-0473

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

39

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

22

Pages from-to

639-660

UT code for WoS article

000672782200001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85110923516