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== Summary / outline of the three workshop evenings ==
== Summary / outline of the three workshop evenings ==
# General introduction to the world of e-publishing
# My first Epub and distribution models
# Inside an Epub and roundup


== Quick working definition of e-publishing ==
== Quick working definition of e-publishing ==
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== Summary of e-publishing status quo 2012 ==
== Summary of e-publishing status quo 2012 ==
* World-wide sales figures of Amazon Kindle and other e-book platforms;
== World-wide sales figures of Amazon Kindle and other e-book platforms ==
* electronic magazines and newspapers (iOS Newsstand);
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/20/technology/20kindle.html 2010: Amazon sells more e-books than hardcovers]
* academic and educational e-publishing; JSTORE, Muse, Elsevier;
* [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/19/amazon-ebook-sales-surpas_n_864387.html 5-2011: Amazon sells more e-books than printed books]
* e-publishing as gadget (children's books, multimedia apps);
* [http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=1374962 Adoption of e-books in the U.S.: 25% in 2011, growth of 169% in comparison to 2010]
* community & underground e-publishing (archive.org, Project Gutenberg, textfiles.com, aaaarg, Ubu Web, Google Books / Amazon Search Inside, Amazon Noir, Piratebay, Monoskop...)
* Estimated 10% of the book market in the U.S., print declines by 25% ([http://www.ereaders.nl/09091105_ebooks_hebben_in_nederland_marktaandeel_van_14 Market share in the Netherlands: 1.4%])
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-book#Market_shares Relative e-book market shares in the U.S.: Amazon 58%, followed by Barnes & Noble with 27%]
* [http://www.telegraaf.nl/digitaal/11044993/___Amazon.com_bezig_met_Nederlandse_webwinkel___.html Amazon comes to the Netherlands]
== Electronic magazines and newspapers, quick case study with Libération ==
* the [http://www.liberation.fr/accounts/offres/ bundle]:
** as analogue newspaper: for your coffee table
** as web site: http://liberation.fr for your computer and good old web
** as single file: PDF for your software readers and e-readers devices
** as software: apps for your Android and iPhone/iPad phones and tablets (TV?)
 
== Software industry infrastructure, quick case study with Adobe and Apple ==
* creation and distribution - [http://blogs.adobe.com/digitalpublishing/2011/05/pro-edition.html Digital Publishing Suite, Professional Edition]
* collection and aggregation - [https://www.apple.com/ios/features.html#newsstand iOS Newsstand]
 
== academic and educational e-publishing ==
* Emerald Insight
* [http://jstor.org JSTOR]
* EBSCO
* Proquest
* Muse
* [http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journal_browse.cws_home Elsevier]
 
== The other side of e-publishing ==
* (Semi-)Public resources:
** [http://archive.org archive.org]
** [http://www.gutenberg.org/ Project Gutenberg]
** [http://ubu.com/ Ubu Web]
** [http://textfiles.com textfiles.com]
* Outside of the walled gardens:
** [http://aaaaarg.org aaaaarg]
** [http://www.amazon-noir.com/thestory.html Amazon Noir]
** [http://burundi.sk/monoskop/log/ Monoskop]
** [http://piratebay.org Amateur] and [http://www.searchlores.org/h_ebook.htm "official"] ebook piracy scenes
** forums and blogs dedicated to e-library and academic resources password trading


== Historical comparisons ==
== Historical comparisons ==
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* e-publishing vs. mp3 revolution in the 1990s/2000s
* e-publishing vs. mp3 revolution in the 1990s/2000s


==Break==
==Break :)==
 
:)


== Electronic book utopias of the 20th century ==
== Electronic book utopias and developments of the 20th century ==
* El Lissitzky, 'electro library'
* 1923: El Lissitzky, '[[Electro Library]]'
* Vannevar Bush/Ted Nelson, hypertext (explain the difference to what the web is today)
* 1945: Vannevar Bush, the memex
* troff & Unix manpages
* 1963: Ted Nelson, the hypertext, [http://dc-mrg.english.ucsb.edu/conference/CNCSC/multimedia/documents/wardrip-fruin.pdf]
* BBS/hacker txt files 1970s-1990s (principia discordia, anarchist cookbook etc.)
* 1967-1968: Douglas Engelbart, the hyperlink
* disk mags
* 1971: troff & Unix manpages
* 1970s-1990s: BBS Hacker text files (principia discordia, anarchist cookbook etc.)
* 1980s-now: pirate scene, [http://www.mp3scene.info/file-nfo/rns-96-1319405754.nfo nfos], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_hack display hacks], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demo_%28computer_programming%29 demos] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0pD4B-pV54 many][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOpo8g2Qe1Y many]  [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8GdHNGyVJs diskmags]


== 1990s 'interactive multimedia' visions ==
== 1990s 'interactive multimedia' visions ==
* Hyperland
* 1986: [http://www.google.nl/search?q=philips+cd-i Philips CD-i]
* VIS
* 1987: [http://www.eastgate.com/storyspace/art/ptaylor2.gif Eastgate Storyspace/hyperfiction]
* Voyager Expanded Books, Eastgate Storyspace/hyperfiction, Philips' CD-i, CD-ROM publishing
* 1988: [http://www.lingoworkshop.com/images/DSC00034.jpg Macromind Director 1.0]
* Robert Coover, The End of Books
* 1990: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOsPKjbMvxY Hyperland 13:00 - 14:40]
* 1991: [http://www.coomans.com/mumblings/WindowsLiveWriter/LongTimeOldenTime_B111/LongTimeOldenTimeBC_2.jpg Voyager Expanded Books]
* 1992: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y73XriwHJxQ Tandy Memorex Visual Information System 4:24 - 9:00] (VIS)
* 1992: Robert Coover, '[http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/09/27/specials/coover-end.html The End of Books]'


== 2000s collaborative/cross-media authoring visions ==
== 2000s collaborative/cross-media authoring visions ==
* GNU Free Documentation license
* [http://www.dirkaltenscheidt.com/uploads/pics/crossmedia-publishing.jpg Cross-media] markup languages:
* Wiki / Wikipedia / Wiki books
** "Machine Friendly": [http://journals.tdl.org/jodi/article/viewFile/76/75/999 SGML] based (XML, HTML, XHTML)
* Cross-media publishing: SGML/XML, Setext/markdown/pandoc/Asciidoc/Woodwing
** "Human Friendly": lightweight markup language such as Setext/[http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/ markdown]/pandoc/Asciidoc/Woodwing
* Print-on-demand, Espresso book machine
* Legal infrastructure: GNU Free Documentation license, Creative Commons, and [http://freedomdefined.org/Licenses free cultural licenses]
* FLOSS Manuals booksprints and booki
* Web applications and communities: Wiki based authoring([http://en.wikipedia.org mediawiki/wikipedia], [http://en.flossmanuals.net/ FLOSS Manuals], [http://etherpad.org etherpad], [http://pastebin.com pastebin])
* Print distribution: [http://lulu.com Print-on-demand], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q946sfGLxm4 Espresso book machine]


== 2010s commercial breakthrough of e-books ==
== 2010s commercial breakthrough of e-books ==
* Amazon Kindle - why did it work? What does it tell about successful e-publishing? (portability/simplicity vs. multimedia, platform strategy; compare to mp3 & iTunes business model)
* Amazon Kindle - why did it work? What does it tell about successful e-publishing?  
* E-publishing as indie publishing; break-up of traditional book formats
* E-publishing as indie publishing; break-up of traditional book formats


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==Homework!==
==Homework!==
* Download a number of e-pub readers, experiment with reading epubs
* Download a number of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPUB#Software_reading_systems e-pub readers], experiment with reading epubs
* Download & install epub editors: Jutoh & eCub, try to design a simple e-book with Jutoh
* Download & install [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPUB#Software_reading_systems epub editors]: Jutoh & eCub, try to design a simple e-book with Jutoh

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Evening 1

Summary / outline of the three workshop evenings

  1. General introduction to the world of e-publishing
  2. My first Epub and distribution models
  3. Inside an Epub and roundup

Quick working definition of e-publishing

  • e-books, e-journals vs. web sites
  • blogs, social media
  • publishing/long-term access/stability vs. communication/short-term access/instability
  • self-contained files in stable formats vs. distributed content in unstable formats

Summary of e-publishing status quo 2012

World-wide sales figures of Amazon Kindle and other e-book platforms

Electronic magazines and newspapers, quick case study with Libération

  • the bundle:
    • as analogue newspaper: for your coffee table
    • as web site: http://liberation.fr for your computer and good old web
    • as single file: PDF for your software readers and e-readers devices
    • as software: apps for your Android and iPhone/iPad phones and tablets (TV?)

Software industry infrastructure, quick case study with Adobe and Apple

academic and educational e-publishing

The other side of e-publishing

Historical comparisons

  • e-publishing vs. DTP revolution in the 1980s,
  • e-publishing vs. mp3 revolution in the 1990s/2000s

Break :)

Electronic book utopias and developments of the 20th century

  • 1923: El Lissitzky, 'Electro Library'
  • 1945: Vannevar Bush, the memex
  • 1963: Ted Nelson, the hypertext, [1]
  • 1967-1968: Douglas Engelbart, the hyperlink
  • 1971: troff & Unix manpages
  • 1970s-1990s: BBS Hacker text files (principia discordia, anarchist cookbook etc.)
  • 1980s-now: pirate scene, nfos, display hacks, demos and manymany diskmags

1990s 'interactive multimedia' visions

2000s collaborative/cross-media authoring visions

2010s commercial breakthrough of e-books

  • Amazon Kindle - why did it work? What does it tell about successful e-publishing?
  • E-publishing as indie publishing; break-up of traditional book formats

How do electronic documents work

  • executable vs. non-executable formats/apps vs. epub: advantages/disadvantages
  • paginated vs. reflowable content: advantages/disadvantages
  • problems: reader compatibility, business models, DRM, limitations of multimedia integration
  • Status quo of epub design: IT services vs. graphic design, how graphic designers need to rethink

Homework!

  • Download a number of e-pub readers, experiment with reading epubs
  • Download & install epub editors: Jutoh & eCub, try to design a simple e-book with Jutoh
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