The e-book market, which has soared upwards, has seen some major e-book companies (especially Versaware, Ibooks.com, Copyright Clearance Center, and self-service publisher Xlibris) have no major events. This makes this year's American Book Fair a special show. extraordinary. In addition, companies like NetLibrary and Microsoft are only occupying smaller booths at book fairs. Instead, they place great importance on the one-on-one positive communication with publishers and authors. A representative of NetLibrary stated that they paid more attention to interviews with publishers. Similarly, Microsoft employees also stated that since the book fairs last year had officially introduced the company's Reader readers and DAS products, the task at this year's book fair is To further communicate with publishers.
It is still too early for the e-books to make profits. At the book fairs this year, all exhibitors kept a low profile in terms of technology exhibitions, because most big publishers are very worried about the current status of the printing and publishing industry and have little time to pay attention to the development of new technologies. . According to a survey conducted by relevant agencies, consumers are less interested in e-books. Among the more than 3,000 respondents, nearly 70% have heard of e-books, and less than 5% said they are willing to purchase e-books. 75% of respondents believe that e-books do not represent the future of the book industry.
However, this does not mean that the industry has come to a standstill. In fact, e-book reading technology is improving, and some large companies continue to invest in their electronic publishing R&D work. But the market favors business and education publishing. Many companies that have a lot of interest in e-books and have made progress in technological advancement are either forced to stop R&D in this area or they are struggling to survive. The goals and strategies of these companies in e-books are undoubtedly correct, but for the entire market, it is still too early for e-books to make profits. However, the e-book market is not calm. At this book fair, many e-book distributors have spared no effort to display their new products or announce their new service initiatives. The following will introduce slightly.
ION Systems Launches eMonocle Reader
ION Systems held a new product launch conference on the occasion of the American Book Fair. This company, which developed the end-to-end electronic publishing system and GalaxyLibrary.com, specifically introduced the electronic eye readers they developed. eMonocle Reader) This reader is based on OEB and is suitable for Windows, Mac and Unix operating systems. Galaxy Library allows publishers to submit manuscripts in PDF or Quark formats and convert them into a variety of e-book formats, including Microsoft Reader, Acrobat eBook Reader, GoReader, Franklin eBookMan, Gemstar, and Palm Reader. , Pocket PC Reader, eMonocle, HTML and even Braille. In addition, ION Corporation also specifically signed an agreement with a company to launch on-demand printing services, but also for the poor vision of readers prepared a variety of large-scale book.
The company also uses TextCafe to convert PDFs into OEB formats for publishers’ submissions. Each submission costs US$35. ION has no minimum submission restrictions or copyright transfer requirements for submitting manuscripts. Simply submit a relevant agreement with the company before submission so that they can accept the manuscript. The company’s Galaxy Library collection has reached 3,200 titles. They will use IBM’s electronic media management system as the core technical support of the library’s website, and also use ContentGuard's XrML markup language for digital rights management. Manuscript content can be viewed online via Netscape or Internet Explorer, or viewed offline with any supported reader.
Although the ION system supports several e-book readers, they also developed their own eMonocle Reader. This Java-based reader can read any OEB file natively. The customer's reading capacity is 1.5 MB. This reader software is very similar to a web browser window, but it is relatively simple. The left side of the window is the content directory and the right side is the text body.
The reader is best known for its font-scaling capabilities, which range from 10 points to 192 points, making it particularly useful for readers with poor vision. ION highlighted that the reader’s display requirements specifically considered the relevant provisions of the United States’ “Disabled Persons Actâ€. With the increase of the character size range, the reader can adjust the whole file by itself and reset the column size and the page size.
At the same time, the reader can also re-set the picture size in the file according to the text field. Of course, the picture may be distorted or distorted during text zooming. The user can click on the picture, and the reader will open another window to generate the reading so that the user can see the beautiful picture display effect. At the same time, this window can achieve 8 times the original picture viewing effect. The electronic eye reader utilizes Java 2D data reading technology to modify the graphic display effect on the display screen, which is very useful when the characters are enlarged.
ION has released a new version of the viewer, which users can download for free, but the upgraded version requires a $30 fee.
As an IBM business partner, ION has strong product technical support. Although this OEB-based reader is very attractive, especially for users with poor vision, it is facing competition from Microsoft's Microsoft Reader. Microsoft's readers come in a variety of sizes and are better than electronic eye readers because it is completely free and highly likely to integrate into their Windows OS operating system. Although the electronic eye reader has a free version, it is less functional.
Although ION is a small company, it has great advantages in supporting end-to-end electronic publishing services such as rapid and efficient conversion of multiple formats. It can also provide on-demand print transmission and e-book transmission services according to customer needs. Today, the company has entered the field of e-book readers currently dominated by software giants such as Microsoft and Adolbi. The key to the success of ION's readers is to reach an agreement with a large online book retailer to ensure that the company's electronic eye readers and Galaxy Library's bibliography are available for public use, while also accelerating the pace of increasing the collections of the Galaxy Library.
Reciprocal Launches Reciprocal Digital Warehouse
Reciprocal did not formally release any news at this book fair. It is said that the company will soon open up its Reciprocal Digital Warehouse. This ASP-based service measure was introduced within 1-2 months after the book fair. The current business scope is mainly e-books, but the company is incorporating audio and video storage capabilities into this service. According to an exhibitor from Reciprocal, the company's Digital Warehouse allows publishers to create a master digital library that can externalize content in multiple formats and multiple channels. This service is also available through Reciprocal. Load a variety of digital rights management systems.
The company also signed an agreement with a British company that can provide copyright protection through all of its NetPD technologies on the Internet to find websites that have pirated content and remove pirated content. According to the agreement, Reciprocal will promote and sell NetPD's services to customers.
Ebrary's popularity continues to rise. One of the major darlings at the American Book Fair in Chicago is Ebrary. Although the company seems to be engaged in technology research and development for more than a year, and the company's website has been delayed for a long time, their content service announcement announcements are still quite attractive. The company hopes to conduct its first on-site real-time integration with the Pearson Group's Learning Network, a channel partner, at the end of July this year. Within the next 12 months, other channel partners will successively open cooperation with the company. This will be the company’s first real-time live e- librarian service, which allows publishers to join e-library’s library database and purchase related back-end services. Although the company did not talk about detailed cooperation, they stated that one of the channel partners would be "a large online book vendor."
In addition, the company announced that it has a content cooperation agreement with 12 university presses in the United States, which will increase the number of books in its library ranging from finance to zoology. At the book fair, the company also announced that they had signed an agreement with Springer-Verlag, a scientific publishing company based in Bertelsmann. The publishing company's math books and statistics books will be available through the electronic library company's online service.
After the dissolution of Everybook Company and the reorganization of Estari, Everbook Company announced the dissolution after several years of efforts to find products with market outlets. The company began to develop a specialized e-book reading device more than two years ago, but has repeatedly announced delayed launch dates. Finally, Everybook Company introduced a software that supports PDF format and file organization called DocAble. Although Everybook has ceased operations, several of its founders bought DocAble and reorganized a software company called Estari. The new company mentioned DocAble's price from $50 to $70. Some people are skeptical about DocAble's usefulness and legitimacy. This is not just a matter of changing the name of the company. It is more like a time-consuming operation of a company with historical problems. However, we still hope that Estari will achieve greater success than its predecessor.
GoReader opens up new market segments for its readers Although GoReader did not exhibit their professional reading devices at this book fair, some people still saw the company's final product model. The previous demonstration model of the company’s reader left a deep impression, and this improved new product model attracted more attention of many people, it appeared lighter without changing the size of the display; Has a more durable metal jacket.
The company’s marketing analyst revealed that the company will officially launch this reader this autumn, but this device is not planned for general retail sales, and the company is embarking on a series of restrictive concept tests in 15 teaching units. These units will purchase this reader and apply it to classroom teaching.
The company is also exploring new markets, especially in corporate and military applications. This is a major change in the company since last fall. Before that, they only focused on the development of the education market. However, at least one government unit has a keen interest in the reader because the device can relieve the heavy burden of manual services and other document processing.
Echyon's landing in the US market Korean e-book development company Echyon also appeared at the American Book Fair this time. The company’s desktop reader and publisher software are already available in Korea, and their professional reading device AOne Pro eBook Reader will be available in South Korea in September. However, the company has not yet determined the release date of the product in the United States market. For Echyon, the first and foremost is to find a distribution partner for their attractive and relatively inexpensive professional equipment.
For Echyon's Windows-based reader and publisher desktop software companies need to do some market research to determine the price structure of these products sold in the United States, the company does not currently have this measure.
The AOne Pro reader is suitable for Linux operating systems and 100-MHz Intel Pentium or above processors, with a 256-inch diagonal 320 x 480 monochrome touch-sensitive display. The AOne Pro Reader has 16MB of memory and includes a smart media card expansion slot for additional expanded memory. The reader supports the OEB format and the Franklin eBookMan format. It also comes with an MP3 player, a headphone jack, and a built-in dictionary.
E-book signing an interesting event on the show
It is still too early for the e-books to make profits. At the book fairs this year, all exhibitors kept a low profile in terms of technology exhibitions, because most big publishers are very worried about the current status of the printing and publishing industry and have little time to pay attention to the development of new technologies. . According to a survey conducted by relevant agencies, consumers are less interested in e-books. Among the more than 3,000 respondents, nearly 70% have heard of e-books, and less than 5% said they are willing to purchase e-books. 75% of respondents believe that e-books do not represent the future of the book industry.
However, this does not mean that the industry has come to a standstill. In fact, e-book reading technology is improving, and some large companies continue to invest in their electronic publishing R&D work. But the market favors business and education publishing. Many companies that have a lot of interest in e-books and have made progress in technological advancement are either forced to stop R&D in this area or they are struggling to survive. The goals and strategies of these companies in e-books are undoubtedly correct, but for the entire market, it is still too early for e-books to make profits. However, the e-book market is not calm. At this book fair, many e-book distributors have spared no effort to display their new products or announce their new service initiatives. The following will introduce slightly.
ION Systems Launches eMonocle Reader
ION Systems held a new product launch conference on the occasion of the American Book Fair. This company, which developed the end-to-end electronic publishing system and GalaxyLibrary.com, specifically introduced the electronic eye readers they developed. eMonocle Reader) This reader is based on OEB and is suitable for Windows, Mac and Unix operating systems. Galaxy Library allows publishers to submit manuscripts in PDF or Quark formats and convert them into a variety of e-book formats, including Microsoft Reader, Acrobat eBook Reader, GoReader, Franklin eBookMan, Gemstar, and Palm Reader. , Pocket PC Reader, eMonocle, HTML and even Braille. In addition, ION Corporation also specifically signed an agreement with a company to launch on-demand printing services, but also for the poor vision of readers prepared a variety of large-scale book.
The company also uses TextCafe to convert PDFs into OEB formats for publishers’ submissions. Each submission costs US$35. ION has no minimum submission restrictions or copyright transfer requirements for submitting manuscripts. Simply submit a relevant agreement with the company before submission so that they can accept the manuscript. The company’s Galaxy Library collection has reached 3,200 titles. They will use IBM’s electronic media management system as the core technical support of the library’s website, and also use ContentGuard's XrML markup language for digital rights management. Manuscript content can be viewed online via Netscape or Internet Explorer, or viewed offline with any supported reader.
Although the ION system supports several e-book readers, they also developed their own eMonocle Reader. This Java-based reader can read any OEB file natively. The customer's reading capacity is 1.5 MB. This reader software is very similar to a web browser window, but it is relatively simple. The left side of the window is the content directory and the right side is the text body.
The reader is best known for its font-scaling capabilities, which range from 10 points to 192 points, making it particularly useful for readers with poor vision. ION highlighted that the reader’s display requirements specifically considered the relevant provisions of the United States’ “Disabled Persons Actâ€. With the increase of the character size range, the reader can adjust the whole file by itself and reset the column size and the page size.
At the same time, the reader can also re-set the picture size in the file according to the text field. Of course, the picture may be distorted or distorted during text zooming. The user can click on the picture, and the reader will open another window to generate the reading so that the user can see the beautiful picture display effect. At the same time, this window can achieve 8 times the original picture viewing effect. The electronic eye reader utilizes Java 2D data reading technology to modify the graphic display effect on the display screen, which is very useful when the characters are enlarged.
ION has released a new version of the viewer, which users can download for free, but the upgraded version requires a $30 fee.
As an IBM business partner, ION has strong product technical support. Although this OEB-based reader is very attractive, especially for users with poor vision, it is facing competition from Microsoft's Microsoft Reader. Microsoft's readers come in a variety of sizes and are better than electronic eye readers because it is completely free and highly likely to integrate into their Windows OS operating system. Although the electronic eye reader has a free version, it is less functional.
Although ION is a small company, it has great advantages in supporting end-to-end electronic publishing services such as rapid and efficient conversion of multiple formats. It can also provide on-demand print transmission and e-book transmission services according to customer needs. Today, the company has entered the field of e-book readers currently dominated by software giants such as Microsoft and Adolbi. The key to the success of ION's readers is to reach an agreement with a large online book retailer to ensure that the company's electronic eye readers and Galaxy Library's bibliography are available for public use, while also accelerating the pace of increasing the collections of the Galaxy Library.
Reciprocal Launches Reciprocal Digital Warehouse
Reciprocal did not formally release any news at this book fair. It is said that the company will soon open up its Reciprocal Digital Warehouse. This ASP-based service measure was introduced within 1-2 months after the book fair. The current business scope is mainly e-books, but the company is incorporating audio and video storage capabilities into this service. According to an exhibitor from Reciprocal, the company's Digital Warehouse allows publishers to create a master digital library that can externalize content in multiple formats and multiple channels. This service is also available through Reciprocal. Load a variety of digital rights management systems.
The company also signed an agreement with a British company that can provide copyright protection through all of its NetPD technologies on the Internet to find websites that have pirated content and remove pirated content. According to the agreement, Reciprocal will promote and sell NetPD's services to customers.
Ebrary's popularity continues to rise. One of the major darlings at the American Book Fair in Chicago is Ebrary. Although the company seems to be engaged in technology research and development for more than a year, and the company's website has been delayed for a long time, their content service announcement announcements are still quite attractive. The company hopes to conduct its first on-site real-time integration with the Pearson Group's Learning Network, a channel partner, at the end of July this year. Within the next 12 months, other channel partners will successively open cooperation with the company. This will be the company’s first real-time live e- librarian service, which allows publishers to join e-library’s library database and purchase related back-end services. Although the company did not talk about detailed cooperation, they stated that one of the channel partners would be "a large online book vendor."
In addition, the company announced that it has a content cooperation agreement with 12 university presses in the United States, which will increase the number of books in its library ranging from finance to zoology. At the book fair, the company also announced that they had signed an agreement with Springer-Verlag, a scientific publishing company based in Bertelsmann. The publishing company's math books and statistics books will be available through the electronic library company's online service.
After the dissolution of Everybook Company and the reorganization of Estari, Everbook Company announced the dissolution after several years of efforts to find products with market outlets. The company began to develop a specialized e-book reading device more than two years ago, but has repeatedly announced delayed launch dates. Finally, Everybook Company introduced a software that supports PDF format and file organization called DocAble. Although Everybook has ceased operations, several of its founders bought DocAble and reorganized a software company called Estari. The new company mentioned DocAble's price from $50 to $70. Some people are skeptical about DocAble's usefulness and legitimacy. This is not just a matter of changing the name of the company. It is more like a time-consuming operation of a company with historical problems. However, we still hope that Estari will achieve greater success than its predecessor.
GoReader opens up new market segments for its readers Although GoReader did not exhibit their professional reading devices at this book fair, some people still saw the company's final product model. The previous demonstration model of the company’s reader left a deep impression, and this improved new product model attracted more attention of many people, it appeared lighter without changing the size of the display; Has a more durable metal jacket.
The company’s marketing analyst revealed that the company will officially launch this reader this autumn, but this device is not planned for general retail sales, and the company is embarking on a series of restrictive concept tests in 15 teaching units. These units will purchase this reader and apply it to classroom teaching.
The company is also exploring new markets, especially in corporate and military applications. This is a major change in the company since last fall. Before that, they only focused on the development of the education market. However, at least one government unit has a keen interest in the reader because the device can relieve the heavy burden of manual services and other document processing.
Echyon's landing in the US market Korean e-book development company Echyon also appeared at the American Book Fair this time. The company’s desktop reader and publisher software are already available in Korea, and their professional reading device AOne Pro eBook Reader will be available in South Korea in September. However, the company has not yet determined the release date of the product in the United States market. For Echyon, the first and foremost is to find a distribution partner for their attractive and relatively inexpensive professional equipment.
For Echyon's Windows-based reader and publisher desktop software companies need to do some market research to determine the price structure of these products sold in the United States, the company does not currently have this measure.
The AOne Pro reader is suitable for Linux operating systems and 100-MHz Intel Pentium or above processors, with a 256-inch diagonal 320 x 480 monochrome touch-sensitive display. The AOne Pro Reader has 16MB of memory and includes a smart media card expansion slot for additional expanded memory. The reader supports the OEB format and the Franklin eBookMan format. It also comes with an MP3 player, a headphone jack, and a built-in dictionary.
E-book signing an interesting event on the show
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