Запускаем любое “книжное” приложение с DRM (Kindle for iPad, Kobo, eReader от B&N и т. д.), открываем книгу, на каждой странице делаем скриншот (Home Button + Power), переправляет из Photo себе в комп, грузим всё в Google Docs в режиме распознавания — и вуаля. Разрешения PNG-файла, который получается, вполне хваатает для относительно качественного распознавания. Google, правда, пока русского не понимает. Но это пока. В общем — быстрее, чем сканировать. И вот зачем DRM?

via litres.ru Вот тут вы можете купить pdf книги Алексея Корнилова «Замечания о Сибири» (1828). Всего за 99 руб. 90 коп. Правда, на Google Books вы можете скачать эту книгу бесплатно (http://goo.gl/hZX7x)). Сканировались разные экземпляры. Google сканировал в библиотеке Стэнфордского университета. ЛитРес брал, видимо, из каких-то российских запасов. Очень интересная таргет-группа: читатели, которые хотят познакомиться с антиквартными изданиями, но не знают о существовании Google Books.

Taschen launches first app 21.12.10 | Katie Allen Taschen is to publish its first app this week, a re-release of architectural title Yes is More. Exclusive to the iPad, the £5.99 app will be launched on the iTunes App Store this week. The illustrated publisher appointed its first digital director Julius Wiedemann last month. Yes is More comprises the original 400-page “archicomic”, which sets out the radical agenda of Danish architectural practice Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) in comic-book form.

Amazon today announced that Kindle for Android is the first Kindle app to receive an update that enables users to buy, read, and sync over 100 Kindle newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, Newsweek, The Atlantic, and many more. Kindle for Android users can now buy a single issue or subscribe to the most popular newspapers and magazines, have them automatically delivered to their Android-powered device, and enjoy a full color reading experience optimized for the touch interface of Android-powered devices.

via enhanced-editions.com Питер выложил слайды к своему выступлению про электронное книгоиздание на семинаре в ЦДХ на non/fiction.

Canongate экспериментирует. Странно, что без Enhanced Editions.

Apple said Tuesday that it was set to make a major push into illustrated books on Wednesday, introducing more than 100 titles to its iBookstore, an assortment of children’s books, photography books and cookbooks. Some of the most popular children’s picture books of all time will be available, including some of the “Olivia” picture books, published by Simon & Schuster. Other titles are “Ad Hoc at Home,” a lavish cookbook by the chef Thomas Keller; “Beginnings,” by the photographer Anne Geddes; and “In the National Parks,” a photograph collection by Ansel Adams.

On Thursday, the Toronto-based e-publishing startup will launch Reading Life, a new e-reading iPad application that integrates with the company’s digital bookstore designed to bring social-networking capabilities to the world of electronic books, in a sort of Book Club 2.0. Through the opt-in service, Kobo users will be able to directly share with their friends what books they’re reading and share favourite passages through Facebook, keep tabs on their reading history through a comprehensive statistics tracker and earn badges and rewards for reading in a manner reminiscent of social check in services like Foursquare and Gowalla.

E Book Sales Hold Steady At Nearly 9% of Trade Book Sales E-book sales from participating reporting publishers continue to grow, with a 112.4 percent increase over October 2009 ($40.7 million) compared to $19.2 million in October 2009. January-October 2010 year-to-date E-book sales are up 171.3 percent reaching $345.3 million compared to 127.3 million from January-October 2009. via publishers.org Не хило.

via amazon.com Для тех, кто в танке, — это автор «Техногнозиса». Ну, чё, надо издавать, видимо.