Scribner and Simon & Schuster Digital have released what they are calling their first-ever “enhanced e-book,” Rick Perlstein’s Nixonland, via Apple’s iBookstore application.
The enhanced e-book [iTunes link] includes an original interview with the author and 27 historic video segments produced by CBS News embedded alongside the original text, which was first published in hardcover in May 2008. A digital version without the video is also available through Amazon’s Kindle Store.
A small manufacturer already plans to introduce a $99 device this fall. Copia, a subsidiary of DMC Worldwide, is set to offer a $99, 5-inch color e-reader when its line of devices comes to market later this year.
via blogs.wsj.com
Фигня, видимо, редкостная. Но с цветным экранчиком и за 99 баксов.
Видимо, скоро будут и за 49.
via guardian.co.uk
Новая модель – при прежнем размере экрана, стала компактнее и легче (ок. 250 г). Лучше стала и батарея. Других новаций – сенсорного или цветного экрана – в новой модели нет. Вариант WiFi + 3G в США будет стоит $189, только WiFi – %139. Безос высказался в том духе, что теперь Kindle сможет позволить себе каждый член семьи. Начало продаж намечено на 27 августа.
139 долларов — это 4250 руб.
Specifically, today’s exemptions include the following:
Permission for cell phone owners to break access controls on their phones in order to switch wireless carriers or “jailbreak” their device Permission to break technical protections on video games to investigate or correct security flaws Permission for college professors, film students and documentary filmmakers to break copy-protection measures on DVDs so they can embed clips for educational purposes, criticism, commentary and noncommercial videos Permission to enable an e-book’s read-aloud function or use a screen reader with the e-book, even when built-in access controls prevent this Permission for computer owners to bypass the need for external security devices called dongles if the dongle no longer works and cannot be replaced via readwriteweb.
he Bookseller reports that publishing megaconglomerates Bertelsmann (owner of Random House) and Holtzbrinck (owner of Macmillan, to which it changed its name for purposes of US operations several years ago) are cooperating to create an on-line e-book distribution platform, primarily for German-language e-books.
The paperwork has already been submitted to the European Commission in Brussels, but the two corporations have been keeping most details secret. Not much more is known about their plans, but there seems to be concern that this new development might imperil the plans of German trade association Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels (roughly, “Association of German Book Trade”) to create a unified market with its Libreka format.
Publishers came face to face with their own vision of apocalypse yesterday, as Andrew Wylie announced that he and his authors would be cutting publishing houses out of the future and teaming up with Amazon to sell their own electronic editions.
via guardian.co.uk
Потому что он показал, что издатели авторам могут быть нафиг не нужны. Их функцию в цифровом workflow могут исполнять литагенты, агрегирующие права, и распространители контента. Это если издатели не удосужились купить электронные права – как раз случай России.
Глава СКП привел в пример Польшу, где недавно вступил в силу закон, по которому насильников и педофилов могут подвергать химической кастрации
via kommersant.ru
Почему чиновники в России учатся у Запада только дурному?
P. S. Почему эта запись здесь? Уже не помню. Ну, пусть будет.
