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2009 Book Conference – Plenary Speaker Added

Published on July 20, 2009 in Uncategorized. 0 Comments

Lorraine Fannin, Scottish Publishers Association, Scotland
www.Book-Conference.com

Lorraine was Director of the Scottish Publishers Association and CEO of its successor organisation, Publishing Scotland from 1987 – 2008. She is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Library of Scotland and of Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature. She was formerly a member of the British Council Publishers Advisory Committee, the Publishing Qualifications Board and the Institute of Publishing Advisory Board.

“Citizen Foreign Correspondence”

Published on May 31, 2009 in Uncategorized. 0 Comments

One result of the economic crisis facing newspapers and most other media outlets is that the number of foreign correspondents is plummeting. Here at The New York Times, we still have all of our foreign bureaus — partly because our strategy is to compete for readers who seek international news and analysis — but most newspapers and TV networks have been pulling back. Only four American newspapers now have foreign desks. And for a network, it’s very expensive to base a correspondent in London or Tokyo, and so much easier to film two people yelling at each other in a studio. More…

2009 Book Conference – Plenary Speaker Added

Published on May 13, 2009 in Uncategorized. 0 Comments

Martyn Wade, National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK
www.Book-Conference.com

Martyn Wade joined the National Library of Scotland (NLS) as National Librarian in 2002, after 25 years experience in the public library sector. During this time he worked in a number of rural and urban authorities, including London Borough of Sutton, Leicestershire and Cambridgeshire, and was formerly Head of Libraries, Information and Learning with Glasgow City Council.

Throughout his career he has taken a particular interest in developing integrated customer and citizen focused services, and under his leadership NLS has developed a reputation for innovative developments aimed at widening access to the Library’s collections, expertise and services. More…

Large-Screen Kindle Won’t Mean Squat if Apple Tablet Arrives

Published on May 6, 2009 in Uncategorized. 0 Comments

Dylan F. Tweney, Wired Gadget Lab:

Amazon is almost certain to announce a large-screen Kindle on Wednesday.

In the world of e-book readers, that’s huge. But if Apple fulfills expectations and releases a tablet-style computer later this year, it’s going to render the Kindle — no matter what screen size — almost instantly moot.

Amazon’s Kindle is far and away the most popular e-book reader; Amazon probably sold half a million last year and may sell a million Kindle 2’s this year. Yet the Kindle’s 6-inch screen, while impressively readable and crisp, is only slightly larger than a 3? x 5? index card. That’s why many magazine and newspaper publishers are excited about the prospect of a larger Kindle — let’s call it the “Kindle XL.” Even if it’s not as large as Plastic Logic’s promised 8.5? x 11? screen (due in early 2010), a larger screen would provide lots more room to display the day’s news, attractively laid-out feature stories, and, of course, advertisements.

Amazon Unveils a Big-Screen Kindle

Published on May 6, 2009 in Uncategorized. 0 Comments

From Brad Stone and Motoko Rich of The New York Times:

Most electronic devices are getting smaller. Amazon’s Kindle electronic book reader is bucking the trend.

Amazon on Wednesday introduced a larger version of the Kindle, pitching it as a new way for people to read textbooks, newspapers and their personal documents.

The device, called the Kindle DX (for Deluxe), has a screen that is two and a half times the size of the screens on the two older versions of the Kindle, which were primarily aimed at displaying books. The price tag is also larger: the DX will sell for $489, or $130 more than the previous model, the Kindle 2, and willgo on sale this summer.

Jeffrey P. Bezos, Amazon’s chief executive, speaking to a crowd of journalists and Amazon employees and business partners on the campus of Pace University, said the new Kindle was a step in the direction of a long-dreamed-of “paperless society.” More…

Digital-Print Convergence

Published on April 28, 2009 in Uncategorized. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .

Revolutionary Espresso Book Machine launches in London

It’s not elegant and it’s not sexy – it looks like a large photocopier – but the Espresso Book Machine is being billed as the biggest change for the literary world since Gutenberg invented the printing press more than 500 years ago and made the mass production of books possible. Launching today at Blackwell’s Charing Cross Road branch in London, the machine prints and binds books on demand in five minutes, while customers wait.

The New Temple of Knowledge

Published on March 14, 2009 in Uncategorized. 0 Comments

The New Temple of Knowledge: Towards A Universal Digital Library has now been published.

This book describes the current situation of libraries as scientific archives, the history from which they come, and the various procedures that are being implemented to bring order to that immense and growing informative universe. Subsequently, the authors delineate a final model of development that may take us completely through the passage from printing press days to the digital era — a transformation that today is still somewhat Utopian but, sooner rather than later, will be feasible. Their proposal is that technology develop a model previously considered, one that is ideal from the viewpoint of logical analysis and inspired by the Popperian vision of knowledge as an objective World in which all manner of conjectures and arguments are interwoven.

Book Journal Volume 6, Number 1 now available

Published on February 11, 2009 in Uncategorized. 0 Comments

The first issue of Volume 6 has been published and is now available in the online bookstore.

Welcome

Published on November 17, 2008 in Uncategorized. 1 Comment

Welcome to Books and Publishing Community.