The Open eBook Forum Takes on the Library Perspective "Undoubtedly one of ebooks early adopters, the library market has had more experience--successful and painful--with ebooks than most. Yet to date, there has been little opportunity for library professionals to interact with vendors and standards-makers in order to influence the evolution of the format. However, the Open eBook Forum, the trade and standards association for the ebook industry, recently created a Library Special Interest Group charged with addressing ebook issues from a library perspective." EContentMag.com 2003-06-27 http://www.ebookad.com/news.php3 via eBookAd.com News 12:39:44 PM |
Harry Potter V is free on the Net Sify News 2003-06-30 http://sify.com/news/internet/fullstory.php?id=13183224 via eBookAd.com News http://www.ebookad.com/news.php3 12:32:17 PM |
Chinese E-Book: Easyread PDR (Personal Digital Reader) "The important breakthrough of embedding Chinese Character Generator into CPU has reduced the cost of production and increased the speed on Chinese character processing. It also helps decrease the weight of the Chinese ebook and makes it more portable." Culturecom.com.hk http://www.culturecom.com.hk/eng/service/service_a_2.html via Blackmask.com Newsletter 12:12:34 PM |
ViGour launches 6.5-inch monochrome e-book reader for Taiwan reference book market "Using a SSCT LCD screen, which does not glimmer, needs no power to hold a static image and only consumes power when a page is turned, ViGour’s e-book consumes very little power. With two AA alkaline batteries, the i-library can turn nearly 15,000 pages or last nearly two months." DigiTimes.com 2003-06-27 http://www.digitimes.com/NewsShow/Article.aspdatePublish=2003/06/26&pages=04&seq=20 via Blackmask.com Newsletter Kolin i-library eBook http://www.vigour.com.tw/english/index-e.htm 12:07:36 PM |