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E-paper has finally arrived from the laboratory to the consumer. As detailed in this report, Sony began selling its long-awaited portable reading system, an electronic book reader e-paper-based material that has generated rumors in the Internet and among industry observers and data analysts. At the same time, time, in Europe, the iRex iLiad e-reader of print newspapers has been shipping since the summer and has reaped good reviews and feedback from users – despite its hefty price tag.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Define Our Terms
A Note on Spelling
Historical Background
About the Current 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)
E-Book/E-Publishing specific formats
Adobe Acrobat / Acrobat eBook Reader / Digital Editions
Amazon Kindle (. AZW)
eReader (. pdb)
IDPF / EPUB (. Epub)
Microsoft Reader (. Lit)
Mobipocket (. Mobi o. PRC)
BBeB
Other formats
Books
Project Gutenberg
NetLibrary
Google Books
Forward
Section 2: Digital Magazines
Zinio
Texterity
NewsStand
Qmags
AvantGo
Changes in Digital Editions
Forward
Section 3: E-Book
E Ink
Other developers of electronic paper
Fujitsu
Plastic Logic
Polymer Vision
Forward
Section 4: Benefits and Disadvantages
Benefits of E-Books
Portability
Search
Linkability
Highlighting and annotating
Size Type adjustment
Incorporating multimedia
Low Cost
Relatively easy to Produce
Easy and low cost to distribute
Environmental Responsibility
Disadvantages of E-Books
Too Many Formats
Power Requirements
Hardware or software requirements
Fragility of reading devices
The fragility of digital data
Potential theft
Low Sensitivity
Limited choice
Low Quality
Difficulty copying
The ease of copying
The loss of "Look and Feel" of Books
Loss of navigability
Environmental Responsibility
A means sexy?
What compensation What?
Section 5: Players and Products
E-Book hardware manufacturers
Amazon (www.amazon.com)
iRex (www.irextechnologies.com)
Sony Corporation (www.sony.com)
The electronic book reader software
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)
Palm OS handhelds and Smartphones
Windows Mobile devices
Pocket PC
Smartphone
Symbian OS
RIM BlackBerry
E-Books
Adobe Digital Editions (www.adobe.com / products / digitaleditions / library)
Amazon.com (www.amazon.com/kindle-store-ebooks-newspapersblogs/
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Barnes & Noble (www.bn.com) (E-books come in the summer of 2009)
eBooks.com (www.ebooks.com)
eReader (www.ereader.com/)
Fictionwise.com (www.fictionwise.com)
Microsoft Reader (www.microsoft.com / Reader / search / new_releases.aspx)
Powell's Books
(Www.powells.com / ebookstore / ebooks.html? Margin = eBooks)
Sony Style (Http://ebookstore.sony.com)
Providers Digital Magazines
Zinio (www.zinio.com)
Texterity (www.texterity.com)
Qmags (Www.qmags.com)
NewsStand (www.newsstand.com)
Books
Project Gutenberg (www.gutenberg.com)
NetLibrary (www.netlibrary.com)
Google Books (http://books.google.com)
Section 6: General Conclusions, Implications and Recommendations
The e-book sales data
Kindle Demographics
Outlook E-Book/E-Publishing
Back to the Future
Persistent questions
Multifunctionality
Enter Imagsa
Is it the future yet?
Implications and Recommendations
To Book Publishers
For magazine and newspaper publishers
For commercial printers
For Creatives
The last word
Table of Figures
Figure 1: RCA REB 1100 eBook Reader
Figure 2: Franklin eBookMan
Figure 3: The Sony Reader
Figure 4: The Amazon Kindle
Figure 5: The Kindle to the iPhone App
Figure 6: The iRex iLiad
Figure 7: The iRex iLiad Book Edition
Figure 8: iRex Digital Reader
Figure 9: FLEPia Fujitsu color e-book reader
Figure 10: The now defunct Adobe Acrobat eBook Reader Interface
Figure 11: An E-Book Fictionwise.com purchase can be read on the electronic reader E-Book Reader on iPhone
Figure 12: The Microsoft Reader interface
Figure 13: At the entrance of Project Gutenberg fairly typical
Figure 14: Manage Zinio Reader, downloads, subscriptions and Displays Digital Magazine
Figure 15: Technology Texterity provides the basis for the Journal of Publishers'Digital Offers
Figure 16: The NewsStand Reader lets you subscribe and read a wide
Variety of media in the world in digital format
Figure 17: QMags Qiosk can be downloaded and read through Adobe Acrobat Reader or
Figure 18: The microcapsules E Ink
Figure 19: Pocket eBook Reader Readius from Polymer Vision
Figure 20: A printed book will never give you an error message
Figure 21: Categories as a percentage of book sales of books, 2008
Figure 22: E-Book Sales, 2003-2008
Figure 23: Change in circulation magazine, population growth, and magazine titles, 1970-2008
Table of Tables
Table 1: E-Book Advantages and Disadvantages Summary table
Table 2: Monthly Sales Book, January-February 2009
Table 3: Estimated U.S. Net Sales Book, 2002-2008
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About the Author
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