[LINK] eBooks

[Steven Clark]

On 17/04/2010 1:52 PM, stephen at melbpc.org.au wrote:
> Stil forwards
>> .. the eBook working group .. "[N]one of the members of the panel
>> appear to be doing much in the eBook sphere at all." ..
>
> I'd bet just about everyone in that panel are feeling rather stabby.
>
> Apparently, soon(ish), everyone with a mobile phone can make an
> eBook

creating an etext version of a book is trivial. to me, the more
interesting questions centre around what extensions or additions to text
will make digital representations *more* than just the book, on an
electrically-powered device - how can/should 'ebooks' take advantage of
the platform and do/be more than just representations of the physical
object.

> -- Speedy scanner re-writes book on publishing technology
>
> Fri Apr 16, 2010 3:13am EDT www.reuters.com
>
> TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - Simply flipping through a book may not seem
> like the best to way to scan it, but a Japanese research group at
> Tokyo University has created new software that allows hundreds of
> pages to be scanned within minutes

the fundamental elements of this approach are not new, though this looks
like a fun (and useful) application of them. i'm interested in having
this - i have so much of my own work on paper that would be much more
useful to me if i could search it ...

i doubt it'll fly as a iphone applet (for example) unless apple are cool
with having ibooks dying a sudden death as publishers throw a dummy-spit.

the sky is falling in! copyright! sales! aargh!

does anyone have figures for baen publishers?

-- 
Steven R Clark