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== Electronic book utopias and developments of the 20th century ==
== Electronic book utopias and developments of the 20th century ==
* 1923: El Lissitzky, '[[Electro Library]]'
* 1945: Vannevar Bush, the memex
* 1945: Vannevar Bush, the memex
* 1963: Ted Nelson, the hypertext, [http://dc-mrg.english.ucsb.edu/conference/CNCSC/multimedia/documents/wardrip-fruin.pdf]
* 1963: Ted Nelson, the hypertext, [http://dc-mrg.english.ucsb.edu/conference/CNCSC/multimedia/documents/wardrip-fruin.pdf]
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** "Human Friendly": lightweight markup language such as Setext/[http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/ markdown]/pandoc/Asciidoc/Woodwing
** "Human Friendly": lightweight markup language such as Setext/[http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/ markdown]/pandoc/Asciidoc/Woodwing
* Legal infrastructure: GNU Free Documentation license, Creative Commons, and [http://freedomdefined.org/Licenses free cultural licenses]
* Legal infrastructure: GNU Free Documentation license, Creative Commons, and [http://freedomdefined.org/Licenses free cultural licenses]
* 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])
* Web applications and communities: Wiki based authoring([http://en.wikipedia.org mediawiki/wikipedia], [http://en.flossmanuals.net/ FLOSS Manuals], [http://vimeo.com/36686694 Booktype] [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]
* Print distribution: [http://lulu.com Print-on-demand], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q946sfGLxm4 Espresso book machine]
== 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==
==How do electronic documents work==
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* publishing/long-term access/stability vs. communication/short-term access/instability
* publishing/long-term access/stability vs. communication/short-term access/instability
* self-contained files in stable formats vs. distributed content in unstable formats
* self-contained files in stable formats vs. distributed content in unstable formats
== An ebook or a website? ==
* ePUB 2.x is pretty much like a simple website
* [http://idpf.org/epub/30/spec/epub30-changes.html#sec-new-changed ePUB 3.x brings HTML5 and scripting inside electronic books]
* [http://manufacturaindependente.com/colorfont/ colorfont.js]
* [http://letteringjs.com/ lettering.js]
== ePublishing as cinematic software ==
* [http://vimeo.com/38553603 kadath]
== Designing the electro library ==
* 1923: El Lissitzky, '[[Electro Library]]'
* Designers must make a choice:
** choice of tools
** choice of distribution

Latest revision as of 17:03, 21 April 2012

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Quick working definition of e-publishing

  • e-books, e-journals vs. web sites
  • blogs, social media

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

Electronic book utopias and developments of the 20th century

  • 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

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
  • publishing/long-term access/stability vs. communication/short-term access/instability
  • self-contained files in stable formats vs. distributed content in unstable formats

An ebook or a website?

ePublishing as cinematic software

Designing the electro library

  • 1923: El Lissitzky, 'Electro Library'
  • Designers must make a choice:
    • choice of tools
    • choice of distribution
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