This paper aims the discussion of the characteristics of eletronic publishing by identifying changes provided by electronic support - from composition to publication - on the relationship between authors and readers. It also presents Liber, a project developed by Virtus - UFPE's Hypermidia Laboratory, standing out its main characteristics and its contributions in the field of the eletronic publishing.
Eletronic publishing; Paper publishing; Open archives; Peer review; Liber; Virtus