Dossiers du NEF - Une courte histoire de l’ebook A short history of ebooks (pdf, 2009)

China and Taiwan Agree to Promote EPUB E-book Standard - PC World China and Taiwan agreed in principal to promote the EPUB e-book format for the Chinese-language market at a technology conference last week, and officials plan to meet again next year to solidify the deal, Taiwan’s economics ministry said Wednesday. Если учесть величину китайского рынка и то простое обстоятельство, что все букридеры (пока, во всяком случае) делаются именно там, то теперь можно со всей определенностью утверждать, что EPUB и вправду стал индустриальным стандартом.

Ten Predictions For The E-Book Market In 2010 | paidContent 1. E Ink will lose its claim to near-100% market share for e-reader displays. 2. Dual-screen mobile phones and netbooks will eat into e-reader demand. 3. Apps will make non-reading devices more e-book-friendly. 4. eReaders will get apps, too. 5. Amazon will launch a suite of new touchscreen e-readers. 6. B&N will steal market share from Amazon and Sony.

Taiwan Plans to Roll out E-readers in Schools - PC World Taiwan’s Ministry of Education plans to offer e-readers to schoolkids on the island next year as part of efforts to further digitize schools and promote reading. The e-readers are part of a five-year, NT$50 billion (US$1.55 billion) budget earmarked for information technology in classrooms. Currently the ministry is reviewing designs for e-readers and doesn’t yet know how many it will purchase for next year, a representative said.

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Professional and Scholarly Publishing Leads the Market for Ebooks by a Wide Margin « The Scholarly Kitchen Al Greco, Professor of Marketing at Fordham University’s Graduate School of Business Administration, presented data he has complied on the ebook market in the US to seminar attendees. These data are drawn from a variety of sources, including the US Department of Commerce, the US Department of Education, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the US Department of Treasury, the Federal Reserve Bank, the Congressional Budget Office, and the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Random House Reports Big Digital Book Increases - mediabistro.com: GalleyCat Sources report that over the first half of the year, eBook sales at Random House have increased by 400 percent. According to a leaked report obtained by Crain’s NY, digital book sales at the company have increased dramatically. Despite impressive growth, the company called it “an incubatory period” for the digital book industry–a fraction of the company’s overall revenues.

eBook Distributor Smashwords Buys Online Self-Publisher BookHabit | paidContent Smashwords, which was one of the first eBook distributors to be have its self-publishing platform included in the new Sony (NYSE: SNE) digital bookstore, has acquired author community site Bookhabit. Terms weren’t disclosed, but a source told paidContent the deal was done for just under $1 million.

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Американские авторы объединились для создания е-книг | Pro-Books.ru Писатели создали организацию, дабы выпускать свои книги в электронном виде без помощи издателей. Как сообщает журнал Bookseller, группа американских писателей, включая Урсулу Ле Гуин, решила миновать стадию традиционного издательского процесса и самостоятельно подготовила электронные версии своих новых произведений. Они предназначены непосредственно для чтения на ридерах Kindle and Sony. Организация Book View Press была основана в начале этого года членами сообщества Book View Cafe, в котором состояли 27 авторов, на чьем счету числилось немало бестселлеров и наград.