Moscow and Mountain View, California – November 9, 2010 – Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies and Plastic Logic Inc. today announced they have entered into an agreement to create Plastic Logic’s second volume production facility for its next-generation plastic electronic displays and establish a plastic electronics industry in Russia. Under the terms of agreement RUSNANO intends to make a significant investment in the company, which is the global leader in the emerging field of plastic electronics, as part of a large-scale investment project.
Consider it an inauguration of sorts, a celebration of the eBook industry becoming a member of the major media club just as digital music and online video have before them. When you influence a billion dollars, people have to take you seriously. In the book business, it means that traditional publishers can no longer live in deny-and-delay mode; meanwhile, digital publishers get invited to better parties and people in other media businesses like TV and magazines look over and wonder if they could cut a slice of this new pie just for them.
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по телефону свяжемся с Максимом Мошковым, Lib.Ru
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via itunes.apple.com
На bookmate.ru похоже ;)
от Gilbane Group раздаёт Aptara. Отчёт отчасти рекламный, отчасти — просветительский. Но местами любопытный - с оценками объёма рынков по темам и регионам.
Three institutions–Oxford University, Rice University, and Open University--have added e-books for free download through iTunes U, Apple’s educational area in its iTunes Store. Each is taking a unique approach to the selection of its e-books, but all are using the EPUB format.
via campustechnology.com
Учебники Open University посмотрел — для старшеклассников. Но всё равно — круто.
via barnesandnoble.com
Жк-экран внушает: 1024 на 600 точек с разрешением 169 пикселей на дюйм. это больше, чем у iPad. Внутри Android. WiFi.
Цена! $249.
During the past 30 days, Amazon.com customers purchased more Kindle books than print books–hardcover and paperback combined–for the top 10, 25, 100, and 1,000 bestselling books on Amazon.com.
“For the top 10 bestselling books on Amazon.com, customers are choosing Kindle books over hardcover and paperback books combined at a rate of greater than 2 to 1. Kindle books are also outselling print books for the top 25, 100, and 1,000 bestsellers–it’s across the board,” said Kessel.
Pricing for the Professional Edition is expected to be $699 per month plus a per-issue fee that scales according to volume. For that price, publishers can access the Digital Publishing Suite and create applications for all of their titles and publications. The Enterprise Edition is a custom, multi-year platform agreement that gives publishers access to technologies for integration of back-end services such as subscription management, print fulfillment, and e-commerce. Adobe also offers professional services to support enterprise level projects.
via thebookseller.msgfocus.com
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