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Yichen Zhu

HillesundThis is a cached version of http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin... - 0 views

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    Abstract This paper argues that the evolution of e-book technology is related to the penetrating impact of networks and information technology on society. It defines the concept of e-book and describes some aspects of e-book technology. By focusing on book production processes, the paper examines what probable consequences the development of e-books and a global network economy will have for publishers and book industries. E-books, along with other electronic formats, will trigger major changes as the digital products and distribution channels will force the logic of the network economy on the book publishing industry.
yunju wang

Digital Publishing Is Scrambling the Industry's Rules - New York Times - 0 views

  • that promise to do for books what the iPod has done for music: making them easily downloadable and completely portable
  • Mr. Benkler said he saw the project as "simply an experiment of how books might be in the future." That is one of the hottest debates in the book world right now, as publishers, editors and writers grapple with the Web's ability to connect readers and writers more quickly and intimately, new technologies that make it easier to search books electronically and the advent of digital devices that promise to do for books what the iPod has done for music: making them easily downloadable and completely portable.
  • For unknown authors struggling to capture the attention of busy readers, however, the Web offers an unprecedented way to catapult out of obscurity.
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  • For many authors, the question of how technology will shape book publishing inevitably leads to the question of how writers will be paid.
  • books themselves are a relatively new construct, inheritors of a longstanding oral storytelling culture. Mass-produced books are an even newer phenomenon, enabled by the invention of the printing press that likely put legions of calligraphers and bookbinders out of business.
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    Yochai Benkler, a Yale University law professor and author of the new book "The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom" (Yale University Press), has gone even farther: his entire book is available - free - as a download from his Web site. Between 15,000 and 20,000 people have accessed the book electronically, with some of them adding comments and links to the online version.
Katharina Muders

Bringing the power of Creative Commons to Google Books - Business Exchange - 0 views

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    Google Books launched an initiative to help authors and publishers discover new audiences for books they've made available for free under Creative Commons (CC) licenses. Rightsholders who want to distribute their CC-licensed books more widely can choose to allow readers around the world to...
Suzanne Cardwell

Amazon.com's 1984 Problems Are Just Beginning - BusinessWeek - 1 views

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    The uproar, including a lawsuit, over the removal of copies of 1984 and Animal Farm from Kindle devices comes as Amazon faces renewed e-book competition. Interesting article in terms of some of the issues discussed in the Thompson reading this week re the digital revolution and the publishing world.
Huang Jing

Disney Publishing launches Disney Digital Books - 1 views

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    The ebook market expand to children's books. It is a great business market.
Sandra Rivera

Institute for the Future of the Book - 0 views

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    "For the past five hundred years, humans have used print - the book and its various page-based cousins - to move ideas across time and space. Radio, cinema and television emerged in the last century and now, with the advent of computers, we are combining media to forge new forms of expression. For now, we use the word "book" broadly, even metaphorically, to talk about what has come before - and what might come next."
yunju wang

Supporters Press for Google Books Settlement - PC World - 0 views

  • Google's digitized book service will tear down barriers for people living in low-income areas, added Wade Henderson, president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights.
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      well, im curious how it works since often in the case, low-income area doesn't really have access to computers.
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    A proposed settlement between Google and book publishers and authors will give huge new advantages to students, minorities and disabled people, supporters said Thursday.
Adriana Delgado

Jane Friedman Starts Open Road Integrated Media, an E-Book Company - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    New E-Book Company to Focus on Older Titles
Katharina Muders

E-Book Fans Are Proving to Be Enthusiastic Readers - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    Book sellers are making the case that people are reading more because of e-books.
Sandra Rivera

Digital Publishing Is Scrambling the Industry's Rules - New York Times - 0 views

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    Digital authors don't have to wait for the publishing industry anymore.
Renee Xin

E-readers: A guide to the world of digital books and how to read them - 3 views

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    Some useful information about ebooks
anonymous

Barnes & Noble's New E-Book Reader « Copyright and Technology - 0 views

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    Another version of the ebook being released by Barnes and Noble, in association with Adobe's Digital Editions.
Renee Xin

Mark Coker: Why E-Books are Hot and Getting Hotter - 1 views

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    E-Books are getting hotter and hotter
anonymous

A Flood of E-Books? - Printing Industy Analysis from WhatTheyThink - 0 views

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    Is the ebook market becoming saturated? As more companies invest in digital technologies, there seems to be growing concern that returns won't be what initially expected.
Craig Betts

Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources - Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment ... - 0 views

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    Comics going Digital, Worried about Paper versions
Sandra Rivera

The Digital Future of Books - WSJ.com - 0 views

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    After a long hiatus, online bookseller Amazon is back trying to encourage us to read in a new way. Its Web site now features this description of its Kindle reading device: "Availability: In Stock. Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. Gift-wrap available." This good news for consumers comes after the first batch of the devices sold out in just six hours late last year.
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