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Twitter / Search - #idpf09Следить за одним из двух главных форумов по электронным книгам - Digital Book 2009, который проводит International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) - можно в Twitter по вышеприведенной ссылке.

Epaper Central Talks with E Ink’s VP Sriram K. Peruvemba - Epaper Central E Ink is targeting the end of 2010 for commercial launch of our color displays. We will demonstrate color displays in the meanwhile at the SID (Society for Information Display) show in San Antonio, Texas from June 2-5.

Next Big Future: E-books with Larger Screens and Soon Brighter Color Самое интересное — про новую электрофоретную технологию. Судя по всему, именно на ней будет делаться новое поколение букридеров с функцией видеоплееров: цветные и пр.

Big-Screen e-Readers May Help Save Newspapers - NYTimes.com But it is Amazon, maker of the Kindle, that appears to be first in line to try throwing an electronic life preserver to old-media companies. As early as this week, according to people briefed on the online retailer’s plans, Amazon will introduce a larger version of its Kindle wireless device tailored for displaying newspapers, magazines and perhaps textbooks. An Amazon spokesman would not comment, but some news organizations, including The New York Times, are expected to be involved in the introduction of the device, according to people briefed on the plans.

Lexcycle has been acquired by Amazon.com! | Lexcycle We are very excited to announce that Lexcycle has been acquired by Amazon.com! Официальный пресс-релиз от команды, которая делает (делала?) Stanza, самую популярную (и популярную заслуженно) программу для чтения книг в электронных форматах для iPhone и iPod Touch (а также для Mac и Sony Reader). В пресс-релизе говорится, что все будет по-старому и еще лучше. Судя по стремлению Amazon «закрыть технологическую песочницу», верится в это с трудом.

ePub Resources and Guides - O’Reilly Labs

Why Ebooks Must Fail « Black Plastic Glasses unless a very different model evolves, ebooks can never become the dominant version of content sold by book publishers. It means that ebooks will always be priced to sell, but sold as an afterthought, not as the primary version of a work. It means that the need for blended e plus p models will evolve, in order to take advantage of all the great qualities of ebooks, while providing the financial support and structure that print offers.

Adobe Teams Up With Stanza to Create Open EBook Catalog Standard - ReadWriteWeb Adobe и Stanza разрабатывают стандарт для магазинов электронных книг. Хорошая идея.

Kindle Formatting: The Complete Guide

University of Michigan Press to go digital | TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home Within two years, press officials expect well over 50 of the 60-plus monographs that the press publishes each year — currently in book form — to be released only in digital editions. Readers will still be able to use print-on-demand systems to produce versions that can be held in their hands, but the press will consider the digital monograph the norm.