On e-books, e-readers and digital literature from the current market situation.
Ideas for the round table on the future of books: digital literature and market, in the XXI Encontre d'Escriptors: La literatura digital (València, October 2009).
http://www.octubre.cat/activ_fitxa.php?id_activitat=843
8. SinceGutenberg digital notdigital Eastgate Systems began to sellhyperfictionCDs Notreally a market: Notenoughsuppliers and consumers market literature
20. digital notdigital An incipient digital market market apparentlybased on purpose-builtdevices ? literature
21. Reading is an important enough activity that it deserves a purpose-built device… Jeff Bezos
22. Reading is an important enough activity that it deserves a purpose-built device… In the physical world, more functionality can mean less usability.
23. Reading is an important enough activity that it deserves a purpose-built device… Too much functionality can even turn a tool useless.
24. Reading is an important enough activity that it deserves a purpose-built device… Too much functionality can even turn a tool useless.
25. Reading is an important enough activity that it deserves a purpose-built device… In the digital world, functionality is not about adding. It’s about metamorphosing.
26. Reading is an important enough activity that it deserves a purpose-built device… That’s why they call it software.
27. Reading is an important enough activity that it deserves a purpose-built device… That’s why they call it software. Hardware still a constraint
28. Reading is an important enough activity that it deserves a purpose-built device… That’s why they call it software. Hardware still a constraint unless it becomes softer.
29. What we’re working on with Kindle is purpose built for reading… Jeff Bezos
30. What we’re working on with Kindle is purpose built for reading… Dedicateddevice General purposedevice Jeff Bezos
31. What we’re working on with Kindle is purpose built for reading… Jeff Bezos
32. What we’re working on with Kindle is purpose built for reading… Production Quality of content A camera is a tool for content production. Its quality can have an impact on the content’s quality.
33. What we’re working on with Kindle is purpose built for reading… Production Consumption Quality of content Comfort An e-reader is a tool for content consumption. It can have an impact on the consumption’s comfort.
34. What we’re working on with Kindle is purpose built for reading… So it’saboutcomfortreally…
35. What we’re working on with Kindle is purpose built for reading… Onething in common
36. What we’re working on with Kindle is purpose built for reading… Onething in common E·Ink
88. E-books in thecloud The sky is thelimit HTML5 CSS Javascript widgets APIs ... Evolvewiththe web
89. digital notdigital ePubaccepts <object> now, and will be forced to accept the new HTML5 tags in thefuture market Ifbased on web browsers (ePub or plain HTML) literature
90. digital notdigital ePubaccepts <object> now, and will be forced to accept the new HTML5 tags in thefuture and evenscripts market Ifbased on web browsers (ePub or plain HTML) (ePub as a mere packaging format?) literature
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