2003年2月,联合信息系统委员会电子书工作小组委托教育发展公司和斯特灵大学进行了一项研究。该研究评估了英国开发继续教育和高等教育电子教科书的商业和市场环境,陈述了电子教科书市场的演进过程,讨论了这个产业和市场当前和将来面临的关键问题,最后提出了全国性的集合发展战略。 In February 2003, the Joint Information Systems Committee e-book working group commissioned a study by Education Development Corporation and Stirling University. The study assesses the business and market conditions in the UK for the development of e-textbooks for continuing education and higher education, sets out the evolution of the e-textbook marketplace, discusses the current and future key issues facing the industry and the market, and concludes with nationwide collective development strategy.