ePublishing Community Bulletin 1 August 2011

• Are You Ready for the Transmedia Revolution?
  Are You Ready for the Transmedia Revolution?
  http://​www​.astral​road​.com/​2​0​1​1​/​0​7​/​2​2​/​a​r​e​-​y​o​u​-​r​e​a​d​y​-​f​o​r​-​t​h​e​-​t​r​a​n​s​m​e​d​i​a​-​r​e​v​o​l​ution/
  “Transmedia sto­ry­telling rep­re­sents a process where inte­gral ele­ments of a fic­tion get dis­persed sys­tem­at­i­cal­ly across mul­ti­ple deliv­ery chan­nels for the pur­pose of cre­at­ing a uni­fied and coor­di­nat­ed enter­tain­ment expe­ri­ence. Ideally, each medi­um makes it
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• iPad To Dominate Tablet Market Until 2015 [STUDY]
  iPad To Dominate Tablet Market Until 2015 [STUDY]
  http://​mash​able​.com/​2​0​1​1​/​0​7​/​2​7​/​t​a​b​l​e​t​-​s​t​u​d​y​-​i​p​a​d​-​a​n​droid/
  The iPad will con­tin­ue to dom­i­nate the grow­ing tablet mar­ket until Android tablets take over in 2015, accord­ing to fore­casts from Informa Telecoms
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• The New Midlist: Self-published Authors Who Earn a Living
  The New Midlist: Self-published Authors Who Earn a Living
  http://​pub​lish​ing​per​spec​tives​.com/​2​0​1​1​/​0​6​/​s​e​l​f​-​p​u​b​l​i​s​h​e​d​-​e​b​o​o​k​-​a​u​t​h​o​r​s​-​e​a​r​n​-​l​iving/
  Not only are these new mid-listers sell­ing a lot of books, but they are also receiv­ing sig­nif­i­cant­ly more mon­ey from each sale (the indus­try stan­dard is a 25% roy­al­ty of net sales for e‑books under con­tract by a big-six pub­lish­er). If a self-published aut
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• Does Amazon’s Tablet Stand A Chance Against The iPad 2?
  Does Amazon’s Tablet Stand A Chance Against The iPad 2?
  http://www.itproportal.com/2011/07/19/does-amazon-tablet-stand-chance-against-ipad‑2/
  Based on var­i­ous reports it seems that Amazon is intend­ing to release a tablet device towards the end of the year, which will see it com­pet­ing against Apple’s indomitable iPad 2. If the most opti­mistic fore­casts about the arrival of Apple’s third generati
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• Tablet Publishing: Why Sports Illustrated Is Looking Beyond the iPad
  Tablet Publishing: Why Sports Illustrated Is Looking Beyond the iPad
  http://​mash​able​.com/​2​0​1​1​/​0​7​/​2​6​/​s​p​o​r​t​s​-​i​l​l​u​s​t​r​a​t​e​d​-​t​ablet/
  By com­par­i­son, Gartner esti­mates that Android will own 19.9% of the tablet mar­ket by the end of 2011, fol­lowed by QNX (5.6%, used by the BlackBerry PlayBook), webOS (4.0%, used by the HP TouchPad) and MeeGo (1.1%).
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• Apple Q3 Earnings: 9 Million iPads
  Apple Q3 Earnings: 9 Million iPads
  http://​mash​able​.com/​2​0​1​1​/​0​7​/​1​9​/​a​p​p​l​e​-​q​2​-2011/
  Apple has just post­ed its third quar­ter earn­ings and with it, some huge sales num­bers for iPad and iPhone. The com­pa­ny sold 20.34 mil­lion iPhones and 9.25 mil­lion iPads dur­ing the quar­ter, increas­es of 142 per­cent and 183 per­cent, respec­tive­ly, ver­sus the
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• College Students Can Now Rent Textbooks Electronically From Amazon
  College Students Can Now Rent Textbooks Electronically From Amazon
  http://mashable.com/2011/07/18/amazon-textbook-kindle/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+mashable%2Ftech+%28Mashable+%C2%BB+Tech%29
  A month or so before back-to-school sea­son begins in earnest, Amazon has jumped into the lucra­tive col­lege text­book mar­ket with Kindle Textbook Rental. Amazon claims stu­dents can save as much as 80% off text­book list prices by rent­ing from the Kindle Stor
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• Switched On: Wanting webOS – Engadget
  Switched On: Wanting webOS – Engadget
  http://​www​.engad​get​.com/​2​0​1​1​/​0​7​/​1​0​/​s​w​i​t​c​h​e​d​-​o​n​-​w​a​n​t​i​n​g​-​webos/
  WebOS as a licensed oper­at­ing sys­tem would like­ly com­pete most direct­ly with Windows Phone 7, an OS that offers licensees and con­sumers some choice but pre­serves a con­sis­tent user expe­ri­ence – par­tic­u­lar­ly as it is try­ing to court devel­op­ers. Unlike Wind
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• Eduflack: College Print Isn’t Dead Yet
  Eduflack: College Print Isn’t Dead Yet
  http://​blog​.edu​flack​.com/​2​0​1​1​/​0​6​/​2​9​/​c​o​l​l​e​g​e​-​p​r​i​n​t​-​i​s​n​t​-​d​e​a​d​-​y​e​t.aspx
  But I am also a 21st cen­tu­ry con­sumer of infor­ma­tion. And I’m enough of a geek that the high­light of my week — so far — has been dis­cov­er­ing that the 2011 AP Stylebook is avail­able as an iPhone/iPad app (and is now proud­ly down­loaded on my elec­tron­ic devi
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• Tablet wars: RIM low­ers PlayBook esti­mates, Amazon read­ies tablet, iPad rolls on | ZDNet
  Tablet wars: RIM low­ers PlayBook esti­mates, Amazon read­ies tablet, iPad rolls on | ZDNet
  http://​www​.zdnet​.com/​b​l​o​g​/​m​o​b​i​l​e​-​n​e​w​s​/​t​a​b​l​e​t​-​w​a​r​s​-​r​i​m​-​l​o​w​e​r​s​-​p​l​a​y​b​o​o​k​-​e​s​t​i​m​a​t​e​s​-​a​m​a​z​o​n​-​r​e​a​d​i​e​s​-​t​a​b​l​e​t​-​i​p​a​d​-​r​o​l​l​s​-​o​n/2992
  The tablet space is the most active in the mobile world with just about every com­pa­ny try­ing to cash in on the iPad suc­cess. BlackBerry pro­duc­er RIM has been belea­guered late­ly over poor per­for­mance and was hop­ing its PlayBook tablet would turn things aro
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• 400+ Apps Launched Using Digital Publishing Suite
  400+ Apps Launched Using Digital Publishing Suite
  http://​blogs​.adobe​.com/​d​i​g​i​t​a​l​p​u​b​l​i​s​h​i​n​g​/​2​0​1​1​/​0​6​/​4​0​0​-​a​p​p​s​-​l​a​u​n​c​h​e​d​-​u​s​i​n​g​-​d​i​g​i​t​a​l​-​p​u​b​l​i​s​h​i​n​g​-​s​u​i​t​e.html
  In just a few short months, the num­ber of apps built with Digital Publishing Suite has more than dou­bled. Back in March, we hit the 200 pub­lished titles mile­stone. As of today there are 400 apps avail­able for down­load from the Apple App store, Android Ma
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• The Financial Times shuns the App Store, but not the iPad with HTML5-based app
  The Financial Times shuns the App Store, but not the iPad with HTML5-based app
  http://​www​.nie​man​lab​.org/​2​0​1​1​/​0​6​/​t​h​e​-​f​i​n​a​n​c​i​a​l​-​t​i​m​e​s​-​s​h​u​n​s​-​t​h​e​-​a​p​p​-​s​t​o​r​e​-​b​u​t​-​n​o​t​-​t​h​e​-ipad/
  And it’s slick. Open app​.ft​.com in Mobile Safari and you’re prompt­ed to add a book­mark to your home screen, which unlocks the site’s full poten­tial. The app launch­es full-screen, unen­cum­bered by brows­er chrome. It’s fast and smooth. Stories are down­loaded
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• Apple’s New Rules on Subscriptions and In-App-Purchase Explained
  Apple’s New Rules on Subscriptions and In-App-Purchase Explained
  http://​stonewash​.co/​2​0​1​1​/​0​6​/​a​p​p​l​e​s​-​n​e​w​-​r​u​l​e​s​-​o​n​-​s​u​b​s​c​r​i​p​t​i​o​n​s​-​a​n​d​-​i​n​-​a​p​p​-​p​u​r​c​h​a​s​e​-​e​x​p​l​ained/
  The App Store Review Guidelines (devel­op­er account required) have changed recent­ly, includ­ing the rules around sell­ing sub­scrip­tions to mag­a­zines and news­pa­pers, inside and out­side of apps. The rules are com­plex and con­fus­ing, and they also open up some p
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• Apple eas­es rules on iPad, iPhone subscriptions
  Apple eas­es rules on iPad, iPhone sub­scrip­tions
  http://​news​.yahoo​.com/​s​/​a​p​/​2​0​1​1​0​6​0​9​/​a​p​_​o​n​_​h​i​_​t​e​/​u​s​_​t​e​c​_​a​p​p​l​e​_​s​u​b​s​c​r​i​ptions
  Apple has made a change that could help news­pa­per and mag­a­zine pub­lish­ers make more mon­ey when they sell sub­scrip­tions for the iPad and iPhone. The loos­er rules make it eas­i­er for pub­lish­ers to sell sub­scrip­tions on Apple Inc.‘s hot-selling devices out­sid
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• Digital Textbooks Slow to Catch On
  Digital Textbooks Slow to Catch On
  http://​www​.nytimes​.com/​2​0​1​1​/​0​6​/​0​6​/​b​u​s​i​n​e​s​s​/​m​e​d​i​a​/​0​6​i​h​t​-​E​D​U​C​S​I​D​E​0​6​.​h​t​m​l?_r=1
  While auto­bi­ogra­phies and mur­der mys­ter­ies, romance nov­els and self-help books have enjoyed a smooth tran­si­tion from print to pix­els, the col­lege text­book has met resis­tance in its dig­i­tal form. Although sites like CourseSmart , a col­lec­tive effort among
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• The Future Of Mobile Advertising: Less Annoying, More Useful (AAPL, GOOG, AMZN)
  The Future Of Mobile Advertising: Less Annoying, More Useful (AAPL, GOOG, AMZN)
  http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/06/08/businessinsider-future-of-mobile-advertising-2011–6.DTL
  Already, we’ve seen a shift from tiny text and ban­ner ads to more sophis­ti­cat­ed efforts. Some are try­ing to cap­ti­vate you with mini-games, inter­ac­tive wid­gets, and con­tests. Others serve up a spe­cif­ic deal based on your loca­tion.
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• Poll: Who is Driving the Digital Transition in Publishing?
  Poll: Who is Driving the Digital Transition in Publishing?
  http://​work​flowepub​.com/​1​1​0​8​8​/​p​o​l​l​-​w​h​o​-​i​s​-​d​r​i​v​i​n​g​-​t​h​e​-​d​i​g​i​t​a​l​-​t​r​a​n​s​i​t​i​o​n​-​i​n​-​p​u​b​l​i​s​h​i​n​g​.​p​h​p​?​u​t​m​_​m​e​d​i​u​m​=​t​w​i​t​t​e​r​&​u​t​m​_​s​o​u​r​c​e​=​t​w​i​t​t​erfeed
  I do not think that the e‑book shift is being proac­tive­ly dri­ven by pub­lish­ers, but by con­sumer demand. The shift to or inclu­sion of e‑books is still some­thing pub­lish­ers begrudge. Publishers are com­fort­able with the ana­log book and would like to con­tin­ue
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• 5 Reasons Why E‑Books Aren’t There Yet
  5 Reasons Why E‑Books Aren’t There Yet
  http://​www​.wired​.com/​e​p​i​c​e​n​t​e​r​/​2​0​1​1​/​0​6​/​e​b​o​o​k​s​-​n​o​t​-​t​h​e​r​e​-​y​e​t​/all/1
  Let’s put this into some con­text first. Amazon sparked the e‑reader rev­o­lu­tion with the first Kindle a mere 2–1/2 years ago, and it now already sells more e‑books that all print books com­bined. Barnes
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• Has Digital’s Tipping Point Finally Arrived? via @workPrePress
  Has Digital’s Tipping Point Finally Arrived? via @workPrePress
  http://workflowprepress.com/261886/has-digital%E2%80%99s-tipping-point-finally-arrived.php?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed
  This month, Amazon​.com announced that it had sold more Kindle books than print books mark­ing a first in site’s suc­cess­ful book sales his­to­ry. As you may know, the book­seller began sell­ing books in 1995 and in 2007 intro­duced its e‑reading device, Kindle,
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• EPUB 3 vs. EPUB 2.0 Comparison Grid
  EPUB 3 vs. EPUB 2.0 Comparison Grid
  http://mpsltd.wordpress.com/2011/05/25/epub-3-vs-epub‑2–0‑2/
  So EPUB 3 is final­ly out and, giv­en that the IDPF site was down yes­ter­day with what must have been a huge over­load of traf­fic, every­one seems to be as excit­ed about it as we are. The blo­gos­phere and trade press are already over­flow­ing with arti­cles on the
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