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According to an article for The Observer by Anna Baddeley, «Last month the charity published the results of a survey into how
technology is shaping our reading habits: nearly half (48 %) of UK adults who use
technology to read
said it had made them read more; 41 %
said that being able to look up words they didn't know has made reading easier while half
said that being able to adjust the appearance of the text has helped; 62 %
said that being able to access free
ebooks has meant they have read books they would not otherwise have read.»
There was a time when «futurists»
said that the book (text based, print or
ebook) will die out — another
technology driven prediction that hit the dust, at least in our, and the next, generation.
«Every year in the past few years the borrowing of
ebooks has more than doubled,»
said Christina de Castell, director, resources and
technology for the library.
«After using the Briggs / Cochran Calculus
ebook that uses beta CDF
technology, many faculty members have told us, «This is how calculus should be taught,»»
said Bill Hoffmann, Executive Editor at Pearson.
Also notable, readers are committing to the
technology, with almost 50 % of ereading consumers
saying they would wait up to three months to read a new
ebook from a favorite author rather than reading the same book immediately in print.
«Firebrand is the perfect fit for the
technology developed at Enthrill, this deal offers a terrific opportunity to expand on the bulk
ebook business we created,»
says Kevin Franco, CEO of Enthrill.
«With the new generation of publishing
technology that is becoming available, many authors and content creators are demanding speed - to - market, instant
ebook creation and higher margins, which can really only be achieved through
technology streamlining the process,»
said Michael Ashley, CTO and co-founder of FastPencil.
That
said, the HTML5
technology is still not robust enough to support some of the functionality we need to support in our
ebook product, such as downloading a protected copy of the
ebook for offline use.
At the time The Director of Digital Publishing Director of Press and Publication Administration
Technology Wang Qiang,
said that «Amazon opened its Kindle
ebook store operation with their license pending, but has not yet approved.»
«If Gutenberg had invented the
ebook and print - on - demand
technology instead of the printing press, the current publishing model would have never arisen,» Horvath
says.
«We work with assistive
technology specialists who drive hundreds of miles each week to deliver
eBooks on flash drives,»
said Ben Johnston, Director of Marketing.
The Director of Digital Publishing Director of Press and Publication Administration
Technology, Wang Qiang,
said that «Amazon opened its Kindle
ebook store operation with their license pending, but has not yet approved.»
«If
ebooks can work for anyone, they are going to work for Harry Potter»,
said Joseph Evans, a
technology analyst for media market research firm Enders Analysis.
He
says people are falling out of love with
ebook technology and moving back to print, where sales are up.
«There has been a strong
eBook demand from library patrons and as we break new ground in mobile access and patron reach across North America, we will continue to advance our best - of - breed
technology, while transforming the library experience with mobile access to the latest movies, TV shows, documentaries, educational videos and now
eBooks,»
said Jankowski.
Unlike the early days, digital
technology is mainstream, and the survey shows that consumers expect to hold
eBooks to the same high standards that they expect from print books,»
said Mark Gross, President of DCL.
Firstly, changes in
technology, in particular the adoption of
ebooks by the mainstream thanks to Amazon's Kindle, the iPad, etc,» he
says.
«We know that an increasing part of our audience is interacting on tablets, e-readers, and smart phones, so our aim in conducting research on apps and
ebooks is to learn how best to use new
technologies to make the most meaningful reading experience for these families,» she
says.
In a press statement, Erik Bryant, assistant vice president of sales, said: «We have been licensing our PDF and ePub technology to a number of eBook vendors.
It is very understandable if you consider the amount of time and energy this item of
ebooks technology is helping us save, to
say the least.
«Adobe continues to see significant growth in the
eBook business and is very committed to partnering with various stakeholders to continue to drive the adoption and spread of
eBooks through innovative
technology, robust DRM and exploration of newer business models»
said Tridib Roy Chowdhury, Sr..
It won't be much of an exaggeration to
say that the Kindle singlehandedly jumpstarted the
ebook industry — it showed, amongst other things, what was possible given E Ink
technology and a persistent link to a rich
ebook store.
«Baen, a publishing house that specializes in fantasy and sci - fi, mostly with a militaristic bent,
says that they've found that e-books significantly increase profits,» responded one commenter at a
technology web site, even though that publisher sells DRM - free versions of their
ebooks «for substantially less than they sell dead - tree versions.»
Before I am willing to
say that
ebook technology can measure up to paper book
technology, I need to see the companies developing
ebooks lay out a clear plan to ensure that their books and any notes we take on them have a legitimate shot of still being around and readable in a thousand years.
Norma Thiese, a media /
technology consultant at the Keystone Area Education Agency in Iowa,
says that discoverability remains one of the biggest challenges that librarians (and their patrons) face with
ebooks.