Adobe today announced that more than 100 publishers, book retailers and libraries have adopted Adobe Content Server 4 software to protect PDF and EPUB eBook content and support the distribution to thousands of retail, libraries and other channels across the globe. In addition, nearly 20 device manufacturers have licensed the Adobe Reader Mobile software development kit (SDK) to enable PDF and EPUB support on dedicated reading devices. This furthers industry efforts to accelerate eBook standardization on the open EPUB eBook format, enabling companies to create, deliver and monetize eBook content on smartphones and devices using Adobe’s eBook platform.
App Attack: Mobile Reading
Though we’ve recently noticed a few more Kindles on the subway, mobile phones are infinitely more common. As more consumers choose to read e-books on their smartphones rather than purchase standalone e-reading devices, publishers are working to create apps and other iPhone-ready content.
Большой обзор растущего рынка.
Sony Reader Store goes 100% EPUB on Friday – Engadget
Listen up Sony Reader owners: you’ve got three days to change your ways. On December 11th, the eBook Store from Sony will be renamed the Reader Store with a new URL to prove it. In addition to a new store layout, the change also extends the open EPUB format to Sony’s entire inventory of eBooks. In fact, any new electronic books will only be available in EPUB which helps explain the motivation for Sony’s PRS-500 trade-in program.
Авдеев также заявил, что видит решение проблемы стремительно ветшающего библиотечного фонда в срочном проведении оцифровки книг и переводу их в электронный вид.
По его словам, в России планируется развивать такое направление, как внедрение в библиотеках так называемых “ридеров” - электронных книг. Такие ридеры, пояснил министр, содержат до 2 тыс. произведений, и их можно читать практически как книгу, перелистывая электронные страницы.
Авдеев отметил, что экономически ридеры выгоднее, чем книга притом, что книга стоит 200 рублей, а ридер - около 1,5 тыс.
Time Out creates eBooks for city guides, takes the Murdoch paid-for route | Tnooz
Just days after Travellerspoint revealed its simplistic, on-demand email city and country guides, social and travel publishing giant Time Out unveils its own take on the on-the-go guides.
The publisher’s popular city guides are in the process of being formatted for eReaders, Blackberry, PDA and web and will available for download from its own store and other online retailers this month.
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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