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.
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Учебники Open University посмотрел — для старшеклассников. Но всё равно — круто.
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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.
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На правах, ламентации.
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Очевидный тренд - электронные книги не в устройствах, а в браузерах, то есть в сети, в онлайновых читалках, в контексте, в гиперсвязях.
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Делает ровно одно — делает страницу похожей на приложение, заодно облегчает ссылки как webapp. Мимикрия. Но дешевле, чем делать приложение, однако.