近幾年來,電子書使用在教育方面的概念非常成功, 但是礙於當時的螢幕科技有限而不合,使得產品概念無法實現。今日的電子書產品例如 Kindle、i-Pad等,重新強調了這個數位閱讀趨向的重要性。因此本研究以整合性科技接受理論(UTAUT)模型為基礎,加入新的構面「知覺價格」,採用問卷調查法蒐集資料,探討喜愛閱讀的讀者,對電子紙閱讀器的接受程度,並觀察閱讀者的行為意圖是否被知覺價格、績效預期、付出預期、社會影響及配合設施條件所影響。此外在干擾變數的部分,除了整合性科技接受理論中的性別與年齡,並增加教育程度、一年平均閱讀書籍數量以及每次閱讀平均時間,共五項干擾變數來探討是否在行為意圖與各個構面的影響之間具有影響性。研究結果發現,行為意圖會受績效預期、社會影響及配合設施條件所影響,且女性、25歲學齡層以內、教育程度越高、一年平均閱讀書籍數量愈多、每次閱讀時間愈長對績效預期構面具有顯著的影響性,而知覺價格與付出預期則不會對行為意圖造成顯著的影響效果。最後,總結研究指出的結果將提出有助於電子書出版商之市場行銷戰略和管理方式之建議。
The e-book concept being used for academic purposes proved to be very successful during the last decade. However, the concept had trouble entering the market segment due to a lack of screen technology. Recent announcements of the launching of new e-book reader devices (such as Kindle, Ipad, etc) have re-emphasized the importance of this technological trend.This study was developed to investigate the relationships among the six constructs: perceived price, performance expectancy, effort expectancy, facilitating conditions, and behavioral intention, and how they influence the behavioral intention to adopt the e-reader. The result shows that performance expectancy , social influence and facilitating conditions have a significant influence on the behavioral intention. But the perceived price and effort expectancy don’t have a significant influence on the behavioral intention. Little research has been done as to how ‘ready’ the public is to accept this new trend.