In an unusual social media venture that brings together Google and Facebook, BookGlutton.com founder Travis Alber is releasing Readum, a new social media application that allows readers to add comments and notes to books in their Google eBooks library and easily post them on Facebook for the general public or to specific groups.
Alber called Readum “a proof of concept” project to create a social media connection for readers across different e-reading platforms and devices.
EBOOKS ARE NOT BOOKS. They’re just bits, and typically not so many, compared to a radio show. The cost of making a copy is negligible. It needn’t cost anything to distribute the ebook. eBook distribution is even cheaper than radio, because you don’t have to pay for transmitter power, and you don’t have to own a frequency license. It’s the monetization machinery that costs money: the ecommerce systems and the DRM.
The AAA constitution says anyone employed by a publisher should not be eligible for membership. Piers Blofeld of Sheil Land said the AAA should reflect the “fast-changing landscape” of publishing. He said: “There are obvious issues and potential conflicts of interest, but at heart the role of an agent is to offer advice and support to a writer on their writing career. We’re here to maximise their earnings. We’re not simply there to act as an interface between authors and publishers—that landscape has gone.
Среди улучшений — макет уже практически можно не подгонять под экспорт в EPUB, а создавать последовательность материалов в панели Articles. Кроме того, появилась более аккуратная настройка графики, поддержка видео (для устройств типа iPad), возможность автоматически растеризовать первую страницу для обложки и разное прочее. В общем — это уже серьезный инструмент.
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The program enables O’Reilly to boldly shift from a traditional inventory and capital intensive business model to an on-demand program that selects the most timely and cost effective method to print and distribute books, allowing consumers full and immediate access to all of O’Reilly’s titles. O’Reilly is now able to increase their title and channel availability, substantially reduce inventory, free up resources to invest in content development and increase revision speed, keeping the most relevant content available in the market.
Наверное, в своё время кому-то милее были глиняные таблички. С ними было гораздо приятнее, чем с папирусом, сидеть в тени зиккурата.
via chaskor.ru
Существенные вещи о чтении и — шире — обращении с книгой.
Правда, это только обещанное начало. Ждем продолжения.
The future of the book is the blurb
via articulate.ca
То есть аннотация.
Прям во всех смыслах, однако.
many content farms are full of unoriginal content, often scraped from other sites, and republished under different headlines. The advent of easy self-publishing makes it incredibly simple for this process to be replicated in e-books.
via readwriteweb.com
Графомания, конечно, это страшно. Но книгоспам и книгомусор, кажется, еще ужаснее. Когда стоимость публикации стремится к нулю, а возможная выгода остается ненулевой (у спама низкая, но ненулевая рекламная эффективность), угроза замусоривания автоматических систем публикации грудами становится очень реальной.
До российских школ, видимо, хрен доберется.