E-Books And E-Publishing Primer-Aarkstore Enterprise
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E-paper has finally made it from the lab to consumers. As detailed in this report, Sony began shipping its long-awaited Portable Reader System, an e-paper-based e-book reader that has generated substantial buzz on the Internet and among book industry watchers and analysts. At the same time, in Europe, the iRex iLiad e-paper-based newspaper reader has been shipping since the summer and has garnered positive reviews and user feedback – despite its steep price tag.
Table of Contents :
Introduction
Defining Our Terms
A Note About Orthography
Historical Background
About the Present Report
How This Report Is Organized
For More Information
Section 1: E-Book Formats and Readers
Hardware Devices
Historical Background
Gemstar
Franklin eBookMan
The Current Landscape
Amazon Kindle
iRex iLiad and Digital Reader
On the Horizon
Software Formats
All Purpose Document Formats
Text Files (.txt)
Word Files (.doc)
Portable Document Format (.pdf)
Hypertext Markup Language (.html)
Specific E-Book/E-Publishing Formats
Adobe Acrobat/Acrobat eBook Reader/Digital Editions
Amazon Kindle (.azw)
eReader (.pdb)
IDPF/EPUB (.epub)
Microsoft Reader (.lit)
Mobipocket (.mobi or .prc)
BBeB
Other Formats
Online Books
Project Gutenberg
NetLibrary
Google Books
Onward
Section 2: Digital Periodicals
Zinio
Texterity
NewsStand
Qmags
AvantGo
Changes in Digital Editions
Onward
Section 3: E-Paper
E Ink
Other E-Paper Developers
Fujitsu
Plastic Logic
Polymer Vision
Onward
Section 4: Advantages and Disadvantages
Advantages of E-Books
Portability
Searchability
Linkability
Highlighting and Annotating
Type Size Adjustability
Incorporation of Multimedia
Low Cost
Relatively Easy to Produce
Easy and Inexpensive to Distribute
Environmental Responsibility
Disadvantages to E-Books
Too Many Formats
Power Requirements
Hardware or Software Requirements
Fragility of Reading Devices
Fragility of Digital Data
Theft Potential
Low Readability
Limited Choice
Lower Quality
Difficulty of Copying
Ease of Copying
Loss of “Look and Feel” of Books
Loss of Browsability
Environmental Responsibility
A Sexy Medium?
What Offsets What?
Section 5: Players and Products
E-Book Hardware Manufacturers
Amazon (www.amazon.com)
iRex (www.irextechnologies.com)
Sony Corporation (www.sony.com)
E-Book Software Readers
Adobe (www.adobe.com)
Amazon (www.amazon.com)
eReader (www.ereader.com)
Microsoft (www.microsoft.com)
Mobipocket (www.mobipcoket.com)
Portable Devices That Support E-Book Readers
Apple iPhone (www.apple.com/iphone)
PalmOS handhelds and Smartphones
Windows Mobile Devices
Pocket PC
Smartphone
Symbian OS Devices
RIM BlackBerry
E-Bookstores
Adobe Digital Editions (www.adobe.com/products/digitaleditions/library)
Amazon.com (www.amazon.com/kindle-store-ebooks-newspapersblogs/
b/ref=topnav_storetab_kinh?ie=UTF8&node=133141011)
Barnes & Noble (www.bn.com) (E-books coming in Summer 2009)
eBooks.com (www.ebooks.com)
eReader (www.ereader.com/)
Fictionwise.com (www.fictionwise.com)
Microsoft Reader (www.microsoft.com/reader/find/new_releases.aspx)
Powell’s Books
(www.powells.com/ebookstore/ebooks.html?margin=eBooks)
Sony Style (http://ebookstore.sony.com)
Digital Periodicals Providers
Zinio (www.zinio.com)
Texterity (www.texterity.com)
Qmags (www.qmags.com)
NewsStand (www.newsstand.com)
Online Books
Project Gutenberg (www.gutenberg.com)
NetLibrary (www.netlibrary.com)
Google Books (http://books.google.com)
Section 6: General Conclusions, Implications, and Recommendations
E-Book Sales Data
Kindle Demographics
E-Book/E-Publishing Outlook
Back to the Future
Lingering Questions
Multifunctionality
Enter iMags
Is It the Future Yet?
Implications and Recommendations
For Book Publishers
For Magazine and Newspaper Publishers
For Commercial Printers
For Creatives
The Final Word
Table of Figures
Figure 1: THE RCA REB 1100 E-Book Reader
Figure 2: The Franklin eBookMan
Figure 3: The Sony Reader
Figure 4: The Amazon Kindle
Figure 5: The Kindle for iPhone App
Figure 6: The iRex iLiad
Figure 7: The iRex iLiad Book Edition
Figure 8: The iRex Digital Reader
Figure 9: The Fujitsu Flepia Color E-Book Reader
Figure 10: The Now-Defunct Adobe Acrobat eBook Reader Interface
Figure 11: An E-Book Purchased from Fictionwise.com Can Be Read on the eReader E-Book Reader on the iPhone
Figure 12: The Microsoft Reader Interface
Figure 13: A Fairly Typical Project Gutenberg Entry
Figure 14: The Zinio Reader Manages, Downloads, and Displays Digital Magazine Subscriptions
Figure 15: Texterity Technology Provides the Underpinnings for Publishers’Digital Magazine Offerings
Figure 16: The NewsStand Reader Lets You Subscribe to and Read a Wide
Variety of World Newspaper in Digital Form
Figure 17: Qiosk’s QMags Can Be Downloaded and Read via Adobe Reader or Acrobat
Figure 18: E Ink’s Microcapsules
Figure 19: The Readius Pocket eBook Reader from Polymer Vision
Figure 20: A Printed Book Will Never Give You an Error Message
Figure 21: Book Categories as a Percentage of Book Sales, 2008
Figure 22: E-Book Sales, 2003-2008
Figure 23: Change in Magazine Circulation, Population Growth, and Magazine Titles, 1970-2008
Table of Tables
Table 1: E-Book Advantages and Disadvantages Summary Table
Table 2: Monthly Book Sales, January-February, 2009
Table 3: Estimated Net U.S. Book Sales, 2002-2008
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