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via craigmod.com Точка зрения дизайнера. Весьма взвешенная и позитивная.

“Apple has not licensed Adobe Content Server for their iBookstore,” Nick Bogaty, senior business development manager at Adobe, told Computerworld. “They appear to be doing something else.” via computerworld.com

via apple.com Ну что за блин

via chaskor.ru Решение Apple выйти и на книжный рынок весьма примечательно. Пару лет назад Стив Джобс обмолвился — и фразу эту на фоне бума электронных книг ему припоминали не раз, — что «книг больше никто не читает». Джобс явно ошибся. Но Джобс дорого ценит свои слова и если уж он решил взять их обратно, то, видимо, в том числе и для того, чтобы и вправду «встать на плечи Amazon».

Although I’m as excited as the next guy by the coming Apple Tablet, I really don’t think it will change the world for ebooks. It’s too big, too heavy, too expensive, and likely to be too consumptive of battery power to be a better ereader for most people than a Kindle, a Sony Reader, an iPhone, or one of the many other devices announced last week at CES. My own hunch is that the Tablet won’t be as powerful a catalyst for ebooks as the Kindle was or the iPhone has been.

Top US publishers are in ‘secret’ negotiations with Apple for the launch of the expected Apple Tablet/Slate/Pad later this month, with reports suggesting that they are seeking greater control over pricing and supply of digital material. via thebookseller.com Джобс молодец — слова не держит, если его можно продать ;)

Apple Cooks Up Rich Interactive eBooks With PastryKit There was a lot of discussion earlier this week about the discovery (via Daring Fireball) of a new Apple JavaScript framework, used to implement the iPhone User Guide (link for iPhone users). The PastryKit framework enables HTML-based content with a more iPhone-native UI: full screen support, fixed-position toolbars, and native-feel scrolling. Much of the speculation focused on implications for mobile app development. But looking at PastryKit as just an “iPhone Web app library” misses a key point: the iPhone User Guide is not an application but a rich interactive eBook.

In an ideal world, huge amounts of content in EPUB format would come together with inexpensive, color, touch-enabled e-readers, making them solid textbook replacements and turning giant student backpacks into thin messenger bags. This is hardly an ideal world, though. Yes, it looks like the inexpensive color e-reader will be a reality, but the same technology will also enable inexpensive color tablets. What is a school going to buy? A one-trick pony e-reader for its students or a really useful convergence device for a slight upcharge?

Теперь электронные книги из Amazon можно покупать и так. Или читать отрывки. Выбор - хоть там и 300 тысяч - не очень велик. Много чего нет. Видимо, политика издателей + страновые ограничения. И эти люди запрещают мне ковыряться в носу? Нашёл, правда посткиберпанковскую антологию Re-Wired ;)

Condé Nast Gets Wired Ready For Apple Tablet (In Case There Is One) | paidContent Just as Condé Nast celebrates the acceptance of the special, digitized issue of GQ into Apple’s App store, the company is now hoping and praying the rumors of an Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) Tablet will come true next year. Just in case, CN is readying a digital version Wired magazine, ads and all, for the awaited Apple gadget, MediaMemo’s Peter Kafka reports.