Insights from the Technology System Method for the Development Architecture of e-Textbooks

Textbook market is considered to be the next wave of digital-reading. However, the textbooks have their own learning purposes, user habits and applications. Whether the development of electronic textbooks (e-Textbook) may continue the current path of development of e-book technology is of concern in this stud. Besides, from the experiences of ebook development, we aim to build the next wave of e-textbook system architecture. This study analyzes key milestones in the e-book history to explore the success of Amazon Kindle and its characteristics. Through the concept of technology systems proposed by Thomas P. Hughes, we elaborate a framework for the development of e-Textbooks.