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Designing Highly Engaging eBook Experiences for Kids

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Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries (TPDL 2011)

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The HEBE (Highly Engaging eBook Experiences) project aims to explore how children can be involved into the design and evaluation of novel eBook interfaces in order to make the reading experience more engaging to younger audience.

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  1. Faculty of Informatics, University of Lugano (USI), via Buffi 13, Ch-6904, Lugano, Switzerland

    Luca Colombo

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  1. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, 10099, Berlin, Germany

    Stefan Gradmann

  2. Consiglio Nazionale delle Richerche, Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell’Informazione, Via Moruzzi, 1, 56124, Pisa, Italy

    Francesca Borri

  3. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto della Scienza e delle Tecnologie della Informazione, 56124, Pisa, Italy

    Carlo Meghini

  4. Databases and Information Systems Group, University of Basel, Bernoullistr. 16, 5056, Basel, Switzerland

    Heiko Schuldt

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Colombo, L. (2011). Designing Highly Engaging eBook Experiences for Kids. In: Gradmann, S., Borri, F., Meghini, C., Schuldt, H. (eds) Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries. TPDL 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6966. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24469-8_66

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