Flip style Ebooks

With the click of a button, new PDF converter POKATreader from iOMM, Ltd creates 'flip style' ebooks for convenient, neat document management.

Users are able to simply drag and drop PDF files into POKATreader software and instantly view documents as an ebook on the screen.
The days of contracting professional to produce fancy interactive publications are over. Until now, the process of creating great looking interactive brochures, catalogues, newsletters, and other publications, vital to the corporate image, took long hours and often ended up with a high price tag.

A valuable feature of the easy-to-use PDF converter software is the Auto Library, which allows users to effortlessly access and backup PDF files from one location. Any PDF opened in POKATreader is automatically added to the POKATreader library. From then on, irrespective of where the document may reside on the computer, users can browse documents within POKATreader. The free software also offers in-page, one-click zoom, different visual customizing details, various printing options, and much more.
A perfect presentation tool, POKATreader contains a Goto (specific) page feature, as well as the ability to tailor background and skin colors. Users can also print specific pages, a range of pages, or an entire document.

Because of the unique 'flip style' reading design, ebooks are ideal for newsletters, books, reports, magazines, catalogues, product guides, business plans, annual reports, periodicals, journals, legal works, and more.

POKATreader 1.3 is free for download at http://www.pokat.net/

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Publishers to accommodate small screens

Falbe Publishing of Chico, California launched its new mobile-optimized website specifically for internet browsers using mobile devices such as Pocket PCs and smart phones like the iPhone or Blackberry.

The strong internet browsing capabilities of new generation mobile devices have increased demand for online mobile content, and the free ebooks normally available from Falbe Publishing’s main websites can now be easily obtained by mobile device users at http://mobile.falbepublishing.com/

To create a positive and useful experience for mobile internet browsers, the new mobile website presents a very brief and simple version of the publisher’s offerings in order to accommodate small screens. Only brief messages and directions on how to access content are on the mobile website so users do not have to be bogged down with unnecessarily lengthy pages that require a lot of scrolling. The free ebook choices available to mobile users mirror those available at the publisher’s other websites. First, fantasy readers can access the original novel Union of Renegades: The Rys Chronicles Book I that enjoys a worldwide readership.

The second free ebook is Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, which serves to introduce readers to the growing list of classics being produced by Falbe Publishing. Both of these novels can be downloaded in the visitor’s choice of six DRM-free ebook formats. The third free publication is a short how to play craps guide based on the publisher’s best-selling title Get Dicey: Play Craps and Have Fun. This guide is directly viewable at the new mobile website without having to download a file. Producing the mobile website was deemed important by the publisher because of the increasing amount of web traffic occurring via mobile devices.

As an ebook publisher, Falbe Publishing was particularly motivated by evidence that iPhone users are interested in reading ebooks on their phones. The ebook reading application for the iPhone, known as Stanza, was downloaded over 395,000 times from the iPhone App store in only a three-month period. And, according to the August 2008 Mobile Metrics Report from the advertising company AdMob, users of smart phones accounted for 23 percent of U.S. internet traffic in August – a rise of 3.5 percent since May. The publisher hopes that reaching out to the mobile users will provide a convenient avenue for them to access free ebooks. The promotional titles from Falbe Publishing typically introduce readers to the full book and ebook catalog available at the main website http://www.falbepublishing.com/ the portal to all the company’s products and online publications.

Falbe Publishing is the publisher of the fantasy fiction imprint Brave Luck Books (TM) of Chico, California. Falbe Publishing produces fiction and non fiction trade paperbacks, ebooks, and numerous web publications.

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Google transforms our lives

Is Google good or is it evil?

Is the company an all-knowing behemoth that is hubristically "transforming our lives", Big Brother-style, with its intrusive technology? Or is it a plucky, selfless Silicon Valley start-up that is "audaciously" organising all the world's information for all of our benefit? Is Google Orwell or is it Disney?

The answer might depend on whether you trust the marketing instincts of English or American publishers. Last week, I was in London to do a debate at the ICA with the New York Times reporter and prolific Silicon Valley-based author Randall Stross, who has just written a highly informative and strictly unbiased new book called Planet Google. His main point is that Google – through its ubiquitous search engine artificial algorithm, Google Earth and Google Sky maps, G-mail email service, YouTube videos, Google Book Search, Google's Android mobile phone, and myriad other knowledge initiatives – has one simple goal: to manage all the world's information. Stross even notes that Dr Eric Schmidt, Google's CEO and PhD-in-chief, has done the maths and concluded that it will take the company exactly 300 years to index and search all the information in the world.

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Google to sell digital books

Amazon has sold digital books (eBooks) for over five years now with an operating margin of 15% - 20%, compared to 4% - 5% for physical books.

While actual sales figures on eBooks are nearly impossible to come by from Amazon, it’s expected to be a growing market, much like the conversion from music CDs to MP3s and the like, albeit at a much slower pace.

Google has announced their own plans to sell digital books.
Apple can’t be far behind.

Prediction: Between now and the end of Macworld 2009 (January 5-9) Apple will offer, or at least make an official public announcement to offer, eBooks for sale via iTunes.

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DNL Ebooks

Macmillan Publishing Solutions (MPS) Global Reader Announces Digital Sales Partnership with DNAML.

Coming out of talks held during the recent Frankfurt Book Fair, DNAML’s DNL eBooks and MPS Mobile’s Global Reader are joining forces to accelerate publisher adoption of the DNL eBook format (.DNL) and the Global Reader mobile format worldwide.

DNAML has over 110 million DNL readers currently active on laptops and computers in the world market while Global Reader is on 80 mobile carriers in over 160 countries and can be potentially accessed by over 3.3 billion mobile handsets worldwide.Publishers are being encouraged to submit either a PDF or XML file (preferably EPUB) to Macmillan Publishing Services who can then produce a bundle of products at a special price that will include immediate access to both the DNL eBook and Global Reader sales platforms.

"Macmillan Publishing Solutions has been providing high quality conversion work to DNAML. Working with the MPS team on market penetration is a natural progression of our relationship as DNL eBooks and Global Reader complement each other so very well," says Adam Schmidt CEO of DNAML. "We feel the DNL eBook solution is a great solution for publishers to quickly get their books to market in a high quality eBook format. One that can take advantage of all the multi-media capabilities eBooks can give, while not sacrificing security and control. Working with both mobile and DNL formats as outputs also insures that we can provide publishers with a high quality, consistent yet inexpensive EPUB product they can use elsewhere," says Bob Kasher Director of Sales for MPS Mobile and Macmillan Publishing Solutions New Media Division.DNAML and Global Reader’s DRM (Digital Rights Management) solutions are considered the most secure eBook DRM in their respective markets giving publishers the security to protect and control their copyright effectively anywhere in the world.

Both systems also allow territorial rights to be respected giving publishers the option to turn on and turn off rights to their products in any country in the world. This provides publishers with new effective options to the two biggest potential media markets – the laptop computer and the smart phone – available to them. This partnership helps publishers enter the eBook market for minimal cost and maximum market accessibility. It also gives publishers real time information on customer sales and direct access to reselling that customer without the mediating influence of third party vendors keeping that information to themselves.About MPS Mobile and Global ReaderGlobal Reader is available on over 75 Mobile Carriers worldwide in over 160 countries. You can receive it on any Internet enabled mobile device including the iPhone, Blackberry, Nokia, Samsung, Motorola and Sony Ericksson Smart phones as well as over 800 other devices. You can access it on your mobile device via http://www.wap.global-reader.com./MPS Mobile is a wholly owned subsidiary of Macmillan Publishing Solutions (MPS), a leader in providing publishing services to international publishing and media companies for over 30 years.

MPS Mobile is the Global Platform and software solution enabling content providers to reach mobile phone audiences worldwide.About DNAMLHeadquartered in Sydney, Australia, DNAML Pty Limited is a software development company specializing in e-publishing solutions.Over the past ten years DNAML has created innovative products in the in the field of electronic publishing, based around its document-authoring system, Desktop Author. Desktop Author can be used to create multi-media empowered, interactive and secure eBooks in the DNL eBook format. The DNL eBook format embeds the payment gateway system internally of the ebook allowing the ebook to be purchased from within the ebook.

The DNL eBooks are protected with the DNL DRM system which also allows for the DNL eBooks to be sold on a try before you buy basis. In all DNL eBooks can be considered to be floating shops.DNAML has over 48,000 DeskTop Author customers around the world and over 110 million DNL eBook readers on Desktop’s PC’s and Laptops.DNAML is the owner of eBook.com For further information please visit http://www.dnaml.com/

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Wi-Fi connection with Ebook reader

The Kindle ebook reader is sold by Amazon for $359. The electronic book reader offers a free Wi-Fi connection. Kindle can hold over 200 books.

Oprah Winfrey has recommended the Amazon Kindle ebook reader. She says the wireless device is life changing. The book gadget offers instant access to over 190,000 books, blogs, newspapers, and magazines.

The Amazon Kindle ebook reader was featured on NewsOXY's latest computer technology Web site on Friday. At first glance, I thought the $359 price was a bit steep. However, after further review, the electronic book reader does offer many features.

Kindle comes with a free Wi-Fi connection. The ebook reader offers instant access to over 190,000 books, blogs, newspapers, and magazines. Here's more information from the article:
"The ebook reader is sold by Amazon.com for a price of $359. The electronic book reader features free WiFi connection. Users can connect using the Wi-Fi connection to preview or purchase electronic books. Book titles can be auto-delivered in less than one minute."Moreover, Kindle has a high-resolution digital display that is easy to read. Kindle comes with a power adapter and a USB 2.0 cable to plug into other devices. I was also surprised that it offered a cheaper rate ($9.99) for online magazines. It's worth a look. The article has more information on the page.

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Sucess story

Ebooks are a true success story in the US and now Europe and Sony belongs to a group of the first big companies that kicked off the race for electronic reading.

Now, the company introduces the ebook Sony PRS-700, a new model to join the PRS-505. The digital book is slightly bigger in size and weighs in at just 235g. To give the feeling of a real book it comes wrapped into a protective soft cover. The most remarkable feature is its 6 inch touch screen display, which allows to flip pages with a gentle move of the finger.

Features of the Sony PRS-700 ebook. The 6 inch screen provides a quite comfortable size to read through digital books, documents and notes. It has a virtual keyboard to add personal notes, which can be highlighted too using a stylus pen. Sometimes there’s need to glance a document at once, another time the text is to small and has to be enlarged; the PRS-700 therefore offers 5 text-sizes by default to find the most comfortable one.

While former ebooks didn’t provide any background lights, the Sony Reader is the first one to have a LED reading light built-in. It has been a much requested feature to use the digital reader on the go or in darker surroundings too. On the other side, bright sunlight is not the problem for the PRS-700 thanks to a high resolution and high contrast paper display technology. According to Sony, the user will be able to read a crisp text and sharp graphics.

The reader comes with a for Sony typical Memory Stick Duo. With that expandable storage almost 350 average sized ebooks can be stored on the PRS-700. As its relative the 700 model is able to flip about 7,500 pages in one go. There’s is also support of music files or documents such as PDF, Microsoft Word, BBeB or EPUB.

The new Sony PRS-700 ebook will be available in the US from November at a price of $400 (£210). Included in the delivery is an USB cable, e-Book Library PC companion software and a protective soft cover. More information about digital reading at Sony’s eBook store.

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So fast the e-literature is changing

As Grigar points out, "one of the most difficult aspects of e-lit is the ability to talk about it fast enough, so fast is the landscape changing".

Since its inception, e-lit has been struggling to free itself from its generic limitations and now seems to be on the verge of doing so. At long last. Although interesting, its early manifestations were hardly groundbreaking. Collaborative narratives are as old as literature itself. Generative poetry simply adds a technological twist to Tzara's hat trick, the surrealists' automatic writing or Burroughs' cut-ups. Interactive fiction has its roots in Cervantes and Sterne. Hypertexts seldom improve on gamebooks like the famous Choose Your Own Adventure series, let alone BS Johnson's infamous novel-in-a-box.

Besides, if you really want to add sound and pictures to words, why not make a film?

French National Library

Bibliotheque Nationale de France:

Some have suggested that the French National Library is a bit too modern, creating a sterile space too cold for people and unfriendly to books.
While not all would agree, the library does attempt to create a wholly modern approach to library space, focusing on computers more than books, including services from four super computers. Of course, it does have quite a few flaws as well, as the ultra modern building designed by Francois Mitterrand isn't easy to navigate and none of the services offered by the library are available without a cost.

If anything, this building is a lesson in creating modern spaces that aren't just focused on design but on function as well.

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Reading Revolution

BY Ashley GoetzPUBLISHED

Sony’s digital literary movement attempts to digitize National Book Month. Their campaign calls for a “Reading Revolution” that would spread eBook libraries and handheld digital reading devices to schools and readers nationwide.

The Sony Reader has a 6 inch black and white touch screen and a battery life of up to two weeks. Sony hopes that its device will instill the positive experience of reading in Americans by removing any human element of the physical book and replacing it with a shiny, warm, thin piece of plastic.

Readers can get the illusion of turning the page with the slide of a finger and will be able to carry hundreds of books with them at all times. If you have trouble finishing one story, you can easily change to a new one in seconds or download fresh ones from an online library. The screen will captivate every human emotion in one page that will never be tainted with that musty book scent, or a deceased Grandmother’s perfume. The Sony Reader will even ward off monsters with the eerie glow of its backlight.

To enhance the joke Sony has made out of National Book Month, they have placed world record speed reader, David Farrow, on display in a New York City store front for the entirety of October. For each page Farrow reads, Sony will donate 5 Digital Readers and a library of 100 classic eBooks to schools around the nation — schools that likely already have physical versions of these books. Nevertheless, Farrow’s month in captivity, with the supplement of a bed, chair and Sony Reader, will surely demonstrate the excruciating joy of reading, via web cam, to all of America.

Digital reading devices are on par with the experience of watching an award winning movie on a portable black and white DVD player, with no audio, no ambience and no popcorn. The purpose of the book, rather, is to be the theatre for the novel, giving each word its very own place on the page, a visual and aesthetic memory for the reader.
The engineers behind this digital marvel must have assumed that since the iPod worked for music, the same would work for literature. Wrong. Music is auditory, intangible and environmental. The iPod did not ignite inexistent passion for listening; it simply made music more portable.
Reading, however, is a tangible, physical and personal experience that is already portable. How will an inferior option grasp the attention of an uninterested population? If the audience that these devices are directed at doesn’t spend a dollar on books now, why would they suddenly spend 400?

The beauty of the physical book carries two stories in its spine: The story printed in ink on paper and the story of the hands that have carried it, the hands that have left memories and traces of themselves, their thoughts, their environment, their lunch, the scent of their houses, the mark of their highlighters, the scribbling ideas and revelations of their pens, the stains of pressed flowers, bashful puckers from the rain, the sticky tabs of resonant pages and nostalgic hints of their experience. The tangible book intrigues the senses. The tangible book can be hugged, savored, sniffed, flipped, flapped, shared, gifted and remembered. It contains value and meaning. It is a respite from the chaos and monotony of everyday life. It does not need a cord or a three-year warranty.
If Sony thinks digitizing books will spark a new interest in reading, Sony needs to rethink its approach. America has made a task out of reading, stereotyping it as boring and time consuming. Maybe we need a revolution in parenting, in teaching, in cultural values. Maybe we simply need to read more.

Ashley welcomes comments at agoetz@mndaily.com.

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Leading provider of solutions for reading

iRex Technologies BV have been instrumental in pushing the frontiers of digital reading since 2001 when their team developed the electronic paper display for the Sony LibriA(C) the first commercially available e-reader launched in 2004.

Following the formation of iRex Technologies in 2005 as a spin-off company from Royal Philips Electronics their focus on open innovation and co-operation has seen them become the world's leading provider of solutions for reading written digital content with the ease and comfort of print on paper. This is combined with the interactivity, flexibility and up-dating functionality provided by digital information.

Located on the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven, the Netherlands iRex serves the B2B market as well as the consumer market and works closely with companies and publishers to enable them to offer their content (newspapers, books, documents) digitally to clients, subscribers and employees. www.irextechnologies.com

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What is EPub standart?

Global digital distributor OverDrive ( http://www.overdrive.com/) will join Sony Reader, Random House UK, and the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) to present initial experiences with EPUB eBook distribution at the Frankfurt Book Fair.

The session titled "Digital Publishing and the EPUB Standard" is part of the Frankfurt Book Fair Digital Lunch program and takes place at noon on Thursday, Oct. 16 in Hall 4C - Alliance Room.
As a 20-year veteran of the eBook marketplace and early advocate of the EPUB format, OverDrive brings its unique perspective of working with publishers, booksellers, end users, and hardware and software developers to the panel. OverDrive is the first distributor to provide EPUB eBook fulfillment services for online retailers including Waterstone's ( http://www.waterstones.com/), WHSmith Online ( http://www.whsmith.co.uk/), Books on Board ( http://www.booksonboard.com/), A1Books ( http://www.a1books.co.in/), and others. OverDrive also expects to offer EPUB eBooks to its network of more than 8,500 public libraries in the near future.
EPUB is a reflowable, XML-based format for eBooks and other digital publications developed by IDPF ( http://www.idpf.org/) and adopted by leading publishers and technology firms as the industry standard. OverDrive will release a white paper on preparing and distributing EPUB titles and optimizing files for the Sony Reader Digital Book later this month. Publishers can send requests for the EPUB white paper to EPUB@overdrive.com.

"The launch of Adobe Digital Editions and the Sony Reader Digital Book with EPUB-reading capabilities provide great opportunities for participating in the digital marketplace," said Steve Potash, president and CEO of OverDrive. "OverDrive's global distribution network and expansive catalog of digital audiobooks, eBooks, music, and video is enabling channels for publishers adopting the emerging EPUB format."

OverDrive is distributing eBooks in the EPUB format for some of the largest trade publishers including Simon & Schuster, Hachette Livre, HarperCollins, Harlequin, Penguin Group, Random House, Summersdale Publishers, Macmillan Publishers, Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Taylor & Francis, Faber & Faber and Bloomsbury Publishers.
OverDrive provides digital download distribution for hundreds of publishers and e-retail solutions for Borders.com, eFollett.com, Papyless (Japan), hundreds of college bookstores, and other online retailers. It is the co-developer and operator of ADEPT, the hosted application service designed to protect digital publications, including those in the EPUB format, for use with Adobe Digital Editions. OverDrive is also a strategic partner to Microsoft (including Microsoft Reader eBook distribution), Mobipocket, and other leading technology firms.
OverDrive also powers download media catalogs at thousands of libraries worldwide, including institutions in New York, Singapore, Boston, and Toronto. To see if your public library is a member of the OverDrive network, visit http://search.overdrive.com/.

About OverDrive

OverDrive is a leading full-service digital distributor of eBooks, audiobooks, music, and video. We deliver secure management, DRM protection, and download fulfillment services for hundreds of publishers and thousands of libraries, schools, retailers, and aggregators serving millions of end users. Founded in 1986, OverDrive is based in Cleveland, OH. http://www.overdrive.com/

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Preferred reading method

INSIDE MOBILE: Why eBooks and eBook Readers Will Eventually Succeed Reading eBooks from eBook readers similar to the Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader will eventually be the preferred reading method for millions worldwide, predicts Knowledge Center analyst J. Gerry Purdy.

He predicts we'll see 75 percent worldwide adoption of eBook readers in less than 10 years from when eBook readers contain the right set of technologies. Here, Purdy explains what features will someday make eBooks and eBook readers ubiquitous.
Someday, we are all going to be reading books with some form of eBook reader. While some may doubt this prediction, let me explain why. And I hope, after you read what I have to say, that you just may agree with me.

First, let’s counter the prediction with an observation about reading books on current eBook readers: it’s not an enjoyable or “better” experience than reading a paper-bound book. Hence, that’s why very few people actually use eBook readers today.
Let me make another prediction: eBook readers are not going to be successful until they offer book lovers a better, more worthwhile and enjoyable reading experience than traditional paper-bound books do today. To be sure, all of this hinges on what providing a “better” experience actually means. While it’s easy to say eBook readers today do not provide a better user experience, it’s more difficult to describe what must be done in order to make the user experience “good enough” (so that most people reading a book would prefer an eBook reader than a paper-bound book).

It seems to me that someday, someone should be able to make an eBook reader that would be really slick--so cool that, emotionally, seeing this new eBook reader would be like seeing the iPhone for the first time. You’d feel as if it was really right and that you’d “have to” have one.

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Problems of content

We are entering an age of scarcity for news resources.

What we need urgently now is for the Times to focus on the economic crisis and the Post to focus on government policy. Each can excel in their given area of expertise, and link to the other to round out what they offer their users.

On a national, and eventually international level, this is how we can save the best of our media companies from going extinct. But do I think anyone in a position to implement this strategic shift will do so? Of course not. Pure hubris prevails at the tops of all old media companies, as well as at plenty of new media companies.

Nevertheless, media orgs following the broad outlines of the strategy outlined above, while simultaneously embracing “hyper-local” development of the news within their area of influence could find a future where now, there is only hazy uncertainity and gloom. It’s not a bad time to be in journalist, but it is a bad time to be a journalist without a vision.

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Reading devices

By Janne Terfruechte, Frankfurt - Relaxing on the couch and browsing through a weighty tome - for many, that sounds like paradise. Trying to drag that book along in your pocket to be read on the train or bus is less fun, though. Digital alternatives to printed books or e-books have been available for a while. But until now they've only enjoyed a niche existence. That might be about to change.

"Reading devices developed especially for e-books should provide a pleasant reading experience," says Gudrun Bolduan from the German Publishers & Booksellers Association. The problem: only a few of the devices have been widely available to date, and with prices of around 500 dollars, they were anything but cheap. Experts predict that ebook readers like the Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader, currently on sale in the United States, will also soon be available on markets around the world, Bolduan says. One indicator of this was Sony's presentation of its Reader at Berlin's IFA electronics show this past August. The company did not name a price or a precise release date, however. Until then, the PC will remain the prime platform for electronic books. Those who prefer a more mobile approach can often also reach for their PDA, Smartphone or even Nintendo's DS mini-console.

Users should check the website of their e-book provider to see which book will work with which player. At least there's no lack of places to get e-books. Many online sellers like Ciando (http://wwe.ciando.com) or ebooks.com sell nothing but electronic books. Yet "traditional" online booksellers now also offer paper-free variants. "Many e-books are also offered directly from the publisher's website," Gudrun Bolduan notes. Bookworms unsure whether reading on a computer or mobile device is worth a try can visit Mobipocket, a Paris-based e-book seller and software maker. Readers can also visit http://mobipocket.com/freebooks to peruse a variety of downloads in different languages. E-books are offered in several formats. PDFs are generally the easiest to use, says Werner-Christian Guggemos from ciando.com. All that's needed to read PDF files is Adobe Reader, available for free download from Adobe's website. For e-books not available as PDF files, readers need some extra software, such as the Mobipocket reader or eReader. e-books are sometimes cheaper than their printed variants - in some cases, by as much as 20 per cent. The bulk of the e-book catalogue currently consists of textbooks and scientific publications. "That's because scientific publishers have been moving to electronic texts for some time now," Bolduan says. One reason for this is the authors' vested interest in seeing their work distributed worldwide. The target audience tends to be download-friendly as well. Novels and lifestyle books remain less frequent, although their ranks are growing as well. Most e-book providers work directly with the publishers.

There are exceptions, however. "Private authors can also enquire with us about distributing their e-books on the platform," Guggemos says. Half of the profits then go to the author, the other half to the company. The seller, in turn, advertises the electronic titles not just on its own home page but on partner sites as well. "If, however, an author has already assigned copyright to a publisher, then the text cannot then simply be offered privately," says professor Thomas Hoeren from the Institute for IT, Telecommunications, and Media Rights at the University of Muenster. Many amateur authors are not focused on earning money through their stories and books; they simply want to put them out on the web. They are well advised, however, to take certain precautions to ensure that nobody else steals their work and publishes it under their own name. This can be achieved with a free Creative Commons license.

"The Creative Commons Web site (http://www.creativecommons.com) provides a license toolbox for establishing usage rights," says Markus Beckedahl from the non-profit organization's Berlin office.

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Touch-sensitive display with Ebooks

Despite public indifference, the promoters of eBooks persist in believing – as was the case with music downloads – eventually people will see the light.

But, although the Amazon Kindle has made some progress, the shift has been mostly slow going. Of course, that hasn’t stopped companies from trying. Sony Corp. will release its latest model eBook reader at the end of the month.

The PRS-700 differs from previous Sony readers (and the Kindle) primarily because it features a built-in light and touch-sensitive display. It has the dimensions of a slender paperback, includes a textured black casing and, weighing in at only 10 ounces, it’s actually a good deal lighter than most books. The six-inch touch-screen display enables readers to flip through pages with the slide of a finger, search terms within a document or book, create notes using the virtual keyboard and highlight text or doodle in the margins with an included stylus pen. Five pre-set text sizes are available and readers can zoom in further by tapping on the screen. Like its predecessors (and the Kindle), the PRS-700 features a high resolution, high contrast electronic paper display technology that attempts to recreate the experience of reading from paper. The screen is designed to be readable even in bright sunlight, and Sony is quick to note the PRS-700 is the first eBook reader to offer a built-in LED reading light. Unlike laptops or cell-phones, e-ink displays cannot be lit from behind. As a solution to this problem, the PRS-700 includes LEDs that illuminate the screen from the sides.
The expanded memory of the PRS-700 offers enough capacity to store about 350 average digital books, and, with an appropriate memory card, that number can be raised to well over a thousand books. But, even though it boasts a number of new and useful features, the PRS-700 still lacks the major selling point of the Amazon Kindle - wireless access to book downloads. Instead, the PRS-700 needs to be connected to a PC to load content.

On the plus side, while the Kindle only works with eBooks from the Amazon store, Sony is working with multiple vendors to increase the amount of eBook content available to consumers. In an effort to promote its new reader (and eBooks themselves), Sony is unleashing a team of “reading revolutionaries” to stores and events around the country to demonstrate the PRS-700. And, throughout the month of October (in conjunction with National Book Month), Dave Farrow, a world-record holder for his memory abilities, will read digital books on the PRS-700 in a Manhattan storefront around the clock. For each page Farrow reads, Sony is providing an eBook library of 100 classics to a school - with the ultimate goal of giving away 15 million eBook titles.
While such attempts to promote reading and education (and, of course, the PRS-700) are noteworthy, most people remain torn on the concept of eBooks. On one end, it really is a pretty cool technology and great strides are being made to improve both eBook availability and the quality of readers. It’s also a more environmentally friendly option than traditional books (if eBooks were to take off, just think how much paper and, thus, how many trees could be saved). On the other hand, people like books. These physical objects serve as many things – displays of knowledge, treasures to be passed along, even small personality reminders. And, honestly, no matter how “paper-like” companies make eBook readers, most people don’t want to be staring at computer screen anymore than they already are (whether for business or pleasure). While such hindrances set up a heavy blockade, they probably won’t stop companies like Amazon and Sony from keeping at it. And, who knows, maybe they’ll even eventually crack the market and people will begin flocking to eBooks. For now though, even with the advancements of the PRS-700, that seems unlikely.

The Sony PRS-700 will be available in November for around $400. The reader can currently be pre-ordered from the Sony Style Store.

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Borders with Sony only

Borders builds on its e-book strategy in exclusive deal with Sony.

Taking aim at Amazon.com and its Kindle electronic book reader, Borders Group Inc. will offer Sony’s new PRS-700 e-book reader in most of its 520 superstores in time for this year’s holiday shopping season as well as in-store downloads of e-books. In addition, Sony is redesigning the Borders-Sony co-branded e-book site this month with new merchandising and a streamlined checkout.

"E-books are a part of our business now and will be a part of our future as a bookseller," says Borders CEO George Jones. Borders sells the Sony e-book readers in “eBook Store from Sony” sections of Borders stores. After customers responded positively to the e-book sections during a pilot, Borders decided to roll them out in nearly all of its 520 large-format stores, a spokeswoman says.

Borders and Sony are competing directly against Amazon.com Inc., which sells its own Kindle e-book reader and about 140,000 e-book titles. Amazon is No. 1 in the Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide. Borders, which operated its e-commerce through Amazon.com until early this year, is not included in the Top 500 Guide, which is based on 2007 web sales.

Sony and Borders also operate a co-branded web site, ebooks.borders.com, which is linked directly from the e-books tab on the Borders.com home page. The e-books site allows shoppers to download Sony’s free e-book library software, which enables shoppers to browse, download and purchase e-book content.

The site redesign will offer more prominent book cover art to provide for a more visual shopping experience combined with improved search and navigation and a streamlined checkout process.
Borders is also planning to allow shoppers to download e-book content from in-store kiosks with access to Borders.com. Each Borders store has about five kiosks that are currently used for tasks such as locating a book in the store.
Borders says it will also offer e-book downloads in its digital centers in 13 Borders concept stores and eight regular stores. The digital centers already support downloads of audio books and music files.

The in-store digital centers, which cover about 400 square feet of floor space, also include co-branded sections with such partners as Lulu.com for custom book printing and Shutterfly.com for managing digital photography.

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iPhone applications

There is no doubt that Apple has hit a home run with its wildly popular and profitable App Store. Apps for the iPhone are popping up at a very impressive rate.

There are probably many programmers out there who would like to be able to develop applications for the iPhone, but aren't sure where to start.

Pearson has announced that developers can get online access to its new eBook called the iPhone Developer's Cookbook. The book promises to deliver the skills that developers need to build applications for the iPhone. Recipes are presented to the developer to help them speed programming rather than read documentation.

The book can also be purchased as a downloadable PDF in addition to online access. People with a Safari account with Pearson can get access to the book there.

Via Pearson

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Commerce des livres

Selon Laurent Soccavo ("Gutemberg 2.0 le futur du livre"), le commerce des livres va inévitablement devoir se développer sur les modèles du e-marketing qui sont en train de se mettre en place dans l’après Web 2.0.

Traçons synthétiquement l’évolution du Web par rapport à ce qui est véritablement important. Qu’est-ce qui est véritablement important ? L’expérience de l’utilisateur.

Dans ce sens, nous pourrions dire que :

Le Web 1, c’était de la retranscription.
Le Web 2 de la participation.
Le Web sémantique, de la simplification.
Et le Web 3D sera de l’immersion.

Pour certains, le Web 3.0 serait le Web sémantique. Un Web plus intelligent, ordonnant et appelant grâce à des métadonnées l’information précise, utile pour un internaute X à un moment T.En fait, il s’agit ni plus ni moins que d’une amélioration inévitable du Web 2.0 : un Web 2.1 pour répondre à la surcharge informationnelle dont nous ressentons de plus en plus les premiers contrecoups. Le Web 3.0 sera un Web 3D. Celui qui est en train d’émerger de l’univers des jeux en ligne et de l’expérience grandeur nature de Second Life, et qui trouvera son plein épanouissement dans un Web 4.0 : un Web sémantique en 3D, qui au-delà de l’interactivité développera une interface immersive entre avatars et internautes, avatars et avatars, internautes et internautes. L’écran des écrans disparaîtra.

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EZ Reader

Astak va maintenant diffuser son EZ Reader.

Annoncé comme une nouvelle manière de lire des livres et d'écouter de la musique, il disposera d'un écran de 9,7 pouces et d'une résolution de 800x600, avec une autonomie de 8000 pages. La batterie sera d'ailleurs remplaçable, et celle proposée devrait avoir une durée de vie de 8 ans. Il pèsera un peu plus de 200 grammes.

Anglais, français, espagnol, italien, chinois, japonais seront supportés, entre autres, et on annonce également quatre couleurs : rouge métallisé, bleu électrique, noir et blanc, pour un tarif de 300 $.La société précise qu'au cours des six premiers mois de 2009, des produits très intéressants suivront, et notamment un modèle à écran souple de 9,7 pouces.

Rédigé par Clément S., le lundi 29 septembre 2008 à 09h24 Source : Mobileread

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Scanning the web for eBooks with PHONEREADER

PHONEREADER scans the web for ebooks.

PHONEREADER SA (FRANCE) has developed the BOOKIO search software ™ to enable users to scan eBooks news on the web and download it on WIFI connected devices.

The software is available on http://www.phonereader.eu/

This ReadAllOver system is positioned as an eBook file format finder. Thanks to its novelty, PHONEREADER’s software may be coupled with a specific ebooks database and just-in-time delivery to “always-on” client reader devices for the rendering of existing reader pages. BOOKIO is seen as a value-added software component to a dedicated eBook hardware device offered by major book retailers. In fact, this is a full-screen temporal data editor that may be used either connected to an database server, or in disconnected mode with later synchronisation of editing changes to the server. Hypertextual Editor may be used stand-alone, embedded in web applications, or embedded in e-book applications or other reading applications. BOOKIO may be used on PC's, laptops, smartphones and tablet PCs. This phone reader solution also includes out-of-the-box examples of applications for use on PDA devices (via a web browser). The hypertextual Editor is a powerful temporal editing tool. This is written using the Server Java API's and objects, and PHONEREADER SA provides source code to clients to allow them to customize and extend it to their needs !

With the launch of the Sony Reader in the UK ( Waterstone’s online store), success of Amazon Kindle all around the world and arrival of new WIFI Irex reader in Europ, publishers are now about to distribute ebooks on connected devices. To improve both the format and the compatible reading systems, the upcoming months will be crucial when testing such a specific PHONEREADER software as BOOKIO.

Established in 1999, PHONEREADER is a Paris-based mobile company. Actually, this company is a pioneer of hypertextual mobile applications. Engineers develop and operate mobile softwares for network operators, for media companies (newspapers such as Le Monde, Le Figaro …) as wall as for corporate customers (ORANGE, VODAFONE…). The company has been at the forefront of mobile ebook development for publishers. It is now a leader in mobile and wireless realm that provides technological reading services that speeds up the delivery of next generation of ebook apps to consumers and professional alike.

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Livres et journaux pour le nouvel IRex WIFI

La version supérieure du nouveau IRex intègre le bluetooth et une connection Wi-Fi, une perspective avantageuse pour télécharger journaux et revues sans avoir à downloader quoi que ce soit avec son PC ou son modem téléphonique.

Ce modèle, le iRex Digital Reader 1000 SW, coûte 849 dollars (574 euros). A titre de comparaison, le Kindle lancé il y a un an par Amazon se vend 359 dollars (242 euros), plus abordable.

Les journaux américains "seront téléchargeables avant la fin de l'année pour les consommateurs européens", a précisé Hans Brons, le PDG d'iRex. La sortie de ces e-readers bouscule le marché des ordinateurs portable. La légèreté, la taille, le prix, le confort de lecture et les fonctionnalités des nouveaux livres électroniques entrent en concurrence avec certains ordinateurs portables.

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Ebook communicant IRex

Voilà finalement le IRex communicant sorti aujourd'hui !Surfer sur le net avec l'Iliad est sans conteste une nouveauté surprenante. Il est de plus tactile, ce qui en fait un terminal de rêve pour lire des hypertextes avec tout le confort nécessaire. Les performances de la batterie on été également augmentées...
De quoi enfin passer à l'âge de l'édition sur internet mobile !

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Le Sony Reader dans les FNAC

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L'Ebook connecté de SFR

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2008 l'année du Ebook communicant

La mise en vente de ebooks communicants semble enfin d'actualité. Un nouveau modèle, SONY READER basé sur les fonctionnalités WiFi du Kindle serait même prêt à être mis sur le marché le mois prochain ! Mais peut-être SONY réserve-t-il plus encore...

La présentation d'un lecteur de livres électronique de nouvelle génération n'est donc pas à exclure, ce qui autait des conséquences énormes dans tout le milieu de l'ebook et des inventeurs d'applications dédiées. Apparemment, SONY est décidé à ne pas laisser à Amazon, Google et quelques autres l'apanage du livre et de la lecture. À quelques semaines des grands efforts commerciaux de Noël, qui pourrait deviner ce que Sony nous réserve ? Rendez-vous à New York, le 2 octobre pour la conférence de presse...

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Japon: les ventes de livres et mangas numérisés doublent en un an

Le marché japonais des livres et bandes-dessinées (mangas) vendus sous forme de fichiers à télécharger sur PC ou davantage encore sur téléphones portables a été multiplié par deux en un an, pour atteindre plus de 210 millions d'euros (333 M$ CA) l'année passée, a révélé mercredi une étude.

Selon le cabinet spécialisé Impress R&D, les ventes au Japon d'ouvrages numérisés à lire directement sur un écran (ordinateur, assistant numérique personnel ou téléphone portable) ont atteint 35,5 milliards de yens (334 M$ CA) sur la période d'avril 2007 à mars 2008, contre 18,2 milliards de yens (172 M$ CA) un an auparavant.

Ce bond est essentiellement à mettre au compte des téléchargements de livres sur téléphones mobiles, lesquels ont rapporté quelque 28,3 milliards de yens (267 M$ CA), soit 2,5 fois plus que l'an passé, et 80% du total.

«Les éditeurs se sont activement lancés dans la vente de livres sous forme de fichiers pour mobiles, profitant du fait que les clients n'hésitent plus à télécharger d'importants volumes de données puisqu'ils disposent souvent de forfaits illimités et que les réseaux de troisième génération permettent de recevoir le contenu rapidement», est-il souligné dans le rapport.

Au Japon, quelque 80% des abonnés des opérateurs mobiles ont un terminal de troisième génération ou plus (3G ou 3,5G). Les portails multimédia dédiés à ces téléphones multifonctionnels donnent accès à de très nombreuses librairies virtuelles.

Les milliers d'ouvrages numérisés proposés, dont le contenu est identique à celui des versions imprimées lorsqu'elles existent, y sont vendus chacun pour un prix variant de 1,60$ à plus de 24$ en fonction de leurs taille et genre. Certains sont aussi offerts.

Le montant des achats est reporté de façon distincte sur la facture mensuelle émise par l'opérateur du réseau cellulaire, mais le client n'a pas à payer en sus le coût du trafic de données.

Selon l'étude publiée mercredi, parmi les personnes qui utilisent leur mobile pour accéder à des services internet spécifiques (c'est-à-dire une très large majorité), 29,6% ont déjà téléchargé un livre.

Les mangas et nouvelles sont les types d'ouvrages de loin les plus prisés, et les jeunes filles les lectrices les plus voraces.

Source : AFP
10 juillet 2008

Après Orange, SFR lance son lecteur de livrels...

Quelques semaines après Orange et son « read&go », c'est au tour de son concurrent SFR de dévoiler son propre lecteur de livres électroniques (livrel).

Compact (18,8 cm x 11,8 cm x 0,85 cm) et léger ( 175 grammes), l'e-Book SFR est dérivé du modèle GeR2 de Ganaxa et s'appuie sur un écran e-ink, l'une des technologies les plus populaires d'encre électronique. Contrairement au prototype d'Orange ou au Kindle d'Amazon, ce modèle n'embarque toutefois pas de connectique cellulaire et impose une liaison bluetooth avec un téléphone mobile, pour se connecter au Net et télécharger de nouveaux contenus.

Comme pour Orange, SFR s'est d'ailleurs associé à des grandes noms de la presse (Les Echos, Le Monde, L'Equipe, Le Parisien, Le Figaro et L'AFP) et de l'édition (Dunod, Flammarion, Hachette, M21 éditions, Plon, Ramsay, Solar) et a mis en place des mesures techniques de protection des contenus.

« Pour garantir aux éditeurs et aux écrivains une protection de leur ouvrage, l'ensemble des contenus téléchargés sur « l'e-Book SFR » est protégé par un système de DRM. Chaque appareil dispose d'un numéro de série unique, les lecteurs sont ainsi identifiés et les fichiers contenant les ouvrages sont cryptés de façon à ce que seuls les lecteurs identifiés puissent les télécharger. Il n'est ainsi pas possible de transférer un ouvrage téléchargé vers un autre e-Book ou autre support. » précise une représentante de SFR.

Une expérimentation d'autant plus sécurisée qu'elle devrait être réservée à une centaine de clients beta-testeurs pendant trois mois, chargés de valider le dispositif, en attendant un probable lancement commercial, attendu dès la fin de cette année.

Source : NetEco
Rédacteur : Jérome Bouteiller
2 juillet 2008

Read & Go,le livre électronique connecté en 3G

L'expérience Read & Go d'Orange utilise un livre électronique connecté en Wi-Fi et 3G. Premiers partenaires : Le Monde, Télérama, L'Équipe, Les Échos...

Comme prévu lors du dernier salon du Livre, la lecture électronique semble avoir le vent en poupe. Quelques jours après le lancement du kiosque illimité de Relay.fr, c'est au tour d'Orange de démarrer son expérience Read & Go.

Read & Go utilise un livre électronique Iliad de iRex Technologies, ex-filiale de Philips. C'est à peu de choses près le même que celui choisi par Les Échos pour leur offre d'abonnement électronique. Sauf que celui d'Orange, outre la connectivité Wi-Fi, est compatible avec la clé USB 3G d'Orange : il peut donc télécharger les livres et magazines via un abonnement téléphonique.

Pendant cette phase de test, qui va durer de mai à juin, 150 utilisateurs d'Orange vont expérimenter le service, en lisant Le Monde, L'Équipe, Les Échos, Télérama, ainsi que des livres et des BD. Les téléchargements seront gratuits et illimités. « Pour l'instant, on teste l'usage, nous explique-t-on chez Orange, on observe les comportements et le parcours de lecture, pour pouvoir ensuite définir un business-model et savoir où placer la pub par exemple. L'appareil qui sera mis en circulation ne sera pas nécessairement ce Iliad d'iRex, il y a actuellement une dizaine de ces livres électroniques sur le marché, plus ceux qu'on peut encore inventer d'ici là. »

Les tarifs pour le lancement officiel de l'offre ne sont pas encore connus, mais Orange assure vouloir « ne pas faire une offre de niche et utiliser son savoir-faire en termes de connaissance du marché et des habitudes de consommation pour créer une offre attractive ».

L'encre électronique du Iliad d'iRex offre un confort de lecture exceptionnel, proche de l'impression papier et parfaitement lisible même en plein soleil. L'appareil, qui tourne sous Linux, possède un stockage à mémoire Flash de 1 Go.

Source : SVMLeMag.fr
Rédacteur: Nicolas Robaux
17 avril 2008

Rire avec son robot

Julia Taylor et Lawrence Mazlack, de l’université de Cincinnati, ont mis au point un programme, ou BOT, capable de comprendre certaines plaisanteries.

Pour arriver à inculquer le sens d l’humour à leur engin ils lui ont d’abord fait ingurgiter une base de données de mots extraits d’un dictionnaire pour enfant. Ils ont ensuite fourni des exemples de la façon dont les mots pouvaient être liés les uns aux autres et engendrer ainsi différentes significations. En face d’une nouvelle phrase, le programme se sert de se savoir pour établir comment ces nouveaux mots peuvent se relier et ce que la phrase signifie. Quand elle trouve un mot hors contexte, la machine effectue une recherche phonétique pour voir si un autre mot correspond mieux à la phrase et si c’est le cas la classe comme une blague, ainsi il est à même de comprendre les blagues avec des jeux de mots phonétique.

Le BOT a été présenté à la conférence pour la promotion de l’intelligence artificielle qui s’est déroulée à la fin du mois dernier, à Vancouver. Il a connu un demi succès puisqu’il n’a pas été capable de reconnaître toutes les blagues qu’ont lui a présenté. Ce qui n’a rien d’étonnant puisque même entre humains tout le monde ne rit pas des mêmes choses, l’humour dépend aussi de l’expérience personnelle. C’est pourquoi les concepteurs travaillent maintenant à personnaliser le sens de l’humour de leur BOT en créant des listes de mots et d’expressions jugés rigolos par les personnes avec qui il sera en contact..

Microsoft sur l'ère du " Software + Services"

Dans un contexte très orienté Web 2.0, la problématique des éditeurs est de fournir, pour certains, leurs applications et leurs systèmes en mode hébergé. Alors que certains proposent des offres 100% en ligne (Saas - Software as a service), à l'image de Google, d'autres comme Microsoft mêlent applications desktop et services hébergés associés (S+S).
C'est dire l'enjeu que cela représente pour Microsoft : conjuguer ses produits, comme Office 2007 qui vient d'être lancé - et représente un marché de 11 Md$ pour Microsoft-, et Vista, à un ensemble de services. Windows Live, Office Live, MSN Live viennent notamment constituer l'arsenal de l'éditeur.
« Microsoft, pour mettre à bien sa stratégie S+S, s'adossera à son réseau de partenaires, explique en substance Laurent Delaporte. Un « accélérateur d'innovation » - c'est ainsi qu'il qualifie S+S - qui met une pression forte sur les infrastructures des systèmes d'informations », poursuit-il. Et qui imposera aux DSI d'adapter leur SI. « Microsoft proposera par ailleurs une méthodologie. »