| KRATKA VSEBINA | Purpose: The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of research on the presence of the electronic book on the book market, its trends and developments as well as point towards the difficulties faced by all professions related to it in the countries of theEuropean Community. Methodology / approach: This paper analyzes the domestic and foreign literature and explores the websites of companies thatoperate with e-books in order to get an overview of the actual state of business operations in the states mentioned in the text. Results: The emergence of the first online bookstores in the United States in the 20th century paved the way for the electronic book to enter the online market. Today, the e-book is an integral part of publishing, book trade and libraryactivities worldwide. Economic indicators testify to a constant growth of revenues from the sale of electronic books on the book market and technology in the U.S. and Europe. This paper provides an explanation of the term electronic book and indicates the interest of many countries for its acquisition and application in order to keep up with the technological demands of the market. Research restrictions: E-book trends and business operations related to them are constantly changing. In terms of librarianship, this is most visible in public libraries as both one of the customers and as later distributors of e-books to users. In their business,new models constantly emerge together with their combinations and approaches to offering these new media. The originality: The issue of business operations in relation to the e-book is interesting to young people, libraries, publishers, authors, booksellers, etc. Contribution: This paper provides an overview of the most recent situation on the e-book market and can serve as the basis of some future researches // Namen: Namenčlanka je prikazati pregled raziskav o prisotnosti elektronske knjige na knjižnem trgu, trende in razvoj, kot tudi opozoriti na težave, s katerimi se srečujejo strokovnjaki na tem področju v državah Evropske skupnosti. Metodologija/pristop: Članek analizira domačo in tujo literaturo ter spletne strani ponudnikov elektronskih knjig, da bi tako dobili pregled o trenutnih poslovnih modelih v državah, omenjenih v besedilu. Rezultati: Prve on-line knjigarne, ki so se pojavile v Združenih državah Amerike v 20.stoletju, so omogočile vstop elektronskih knjig na tržišče. V današnjem času je elektronska knjiga sestavni del založništva, knjigotrštva in knjižnične dejavnosti povsod po svetu. Ekonomski kazalniki kažejo na stalnonaraščanje prihodkov od prodaje elektronskih knjig in tehnologije v ZDA in Evropi. Članek prinaša razlago termina %elektronska knjiga% ter prikazuje, da se mnoge države zanimajo za nakup in uporabo elektronskih knjig, da bi lahko sledile zahtevam tržišča. Omejitve raziskave: Elektronske knjige in znjimi povezani poslovni modeli se stalno spreminjajo. V knjižničarstvu je to najbolj vidno v splošnih knjižnicah, ki so hkrati kupec in posrednik elektronskih knjig svojim uporabnikom. Stalno smo priča novim poslovnim modelom, novim kombinacijam in pristopom pri ponudbi teh novih medijev. Izvirnost/uporabnost: Poslovni model ponudbe elektronskih knjig je zanimiv za mlade bralce, knjižnice, založnike, avtorje, knjigarne, itd. Prispevek: Članek prinaša pregled najnovejšega stanja na trgu elektronskih knjig ter lahko služi kot osnova za nadaljnje raziskave. |