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Electronic Books and ePublishing

A Practical Guide for Authors, Incl CD-ROM

Erschienen am 01.07.2001, Auflage: 1. Auflage
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ISBN/EAN: 9781852334352
Sprache: Englisch

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Inhaltsangabe1: eBooks.- 1: evolution not Revolution.- Papyrus, Parchment, Paper, and eBooks.- From Gutenberg to Gates.- Is the Paper Book Dead?.- From pBook to eBook: Evolution not Revolution.- Goals of this Book.- 2: Once and Future History of eBooks.- Overview: Questions That Need Answers.- History of Electronic Books.- Memex.- Dynabook.- Superbook.- Sony Data Discman and Bookman.- Gemstar/NuvoMedia Rocket eBook.- Everybook Journal.- IBM BookManager.- Acrobat Reader.- Microsoft Reader.- Comparison of eBook Readers with pBooks.- Summary of the History of Electronic Books.- Electronic Book Definitions.- How eBooks are Used.- The Relationship between pBooks and eBooks.- Conceptual Use of Metaphor in eBook Design.- Studies on the Use of pBook Metaphors in eBooks.- Summary of the Relationship of eBooks to pBooks.- 3: Centering the User in the eBook Design.- Electronic Books and UCD.- Real World Users and Their Tasks.- Usability Test of an eBook.- Objectives.- Evaluation Method.- Participants.- Participant Summary.- Test Scenario and Tasks.- Start Tasks.- Operator Panel Tasks.- Hardware Tasks.- Retrievability Tasks.- Participant Satisfaction Summary.- Start Tasks.- Operator Panel Tasks.- Hardware Tasks.- Retrievability Tasks.- Task Completion Times.- Participant Comments.- Participant Interviews.- Recommendations from Usability Study.- User Preference for Finding Information in an eBook.- What Users Want.- 4: The Medium as Message: It's a Book.- What Should an eBook Look Like?.- What the Experts Think.- Definition of eBook Features.- Ranking of eBook Features.- Additional Features Suggested by the Experts.- Perfecting the Book.- Design Odds and Ends.- Fonts and Typefaces: Back in Black.- Display Typefaces.- Required Typefaces for Companies and Publishers.- Recommended Typefaces for eBooks.- Recommended Font Sizes.- Typeface Technology: CoolType and ClearType.- Legal Issues in Using Typefaces: Read the EULA.- Perfecting the eBook.- 2: ePublishing.- 5: Searching for Metadata.- Metadata: What Is It?.- What is the Importance of Metadata?.- Where Metadata is Already Used.- Microsoft Word and Metadata.- Acrobat and Metadata.- Metadata Standards: Three Key Sources.- Edituer: EPICS and ONIX Metadata.- Association of American Publishers: Metadata.- Open Electronic Book Forum: Metadata.- Example of Standard Metadata in OEBF Package.- Custom Metadata.- Example of Custom Metadata in the OEBF Package.- Identifying eBooks: Will Any Name Do?.- The Metadata ePublishing Highway.- 6: Protecting Content in a Digital Age.- Digital Rights Management.- Definition of Digital Rights Management.- Usage Rules for Real World Tasks.- Examples of Usage Rules.- Example of Everyday Use of DRM Technology.- Are Encryption and Usage Rules Always Needed?.- DRM: Issues.- Reversion of Rights to the Author.- User Privacy.- Super Distribution.- DRM: Traffic Signals of the ePublishing Highway.- DRM Resources.- Association of American Publishers.- Copyright Clearance Center.- Open Electronic Book Forum.- 7: A New Print Economy?.- Traditional Publishing: Old Economy?.- Old Economy Meets New Economy.- Time Warner.- Random House.- New Economy Meets Old Economy.- iBooks.- Fatbrain and MightyWords.- Old Economy: New Economy or Hybrid?.- Future Publishing Models.- Prevention Publishing Model.- Advertisement Publishing Model.- Marketplace Publishing Model.- Subscription Publishing Model.- Future Publishing: Author-Server-User Model.- Future Publishing: Personal and Subsidy.- Definitions of Personal and Subsidy Publishing.- Personal Publishing.- Subsidy or Vanity Publishing.- Barnes and Noble.- 1st Books.- Quality and ePublishing: Oxymoron?.- Quality Reviews.- 8: A View from the Gallery.- What the Experts Say.- Hubris or Passion?.- Question One: It's Been Tried Before, Why Now?.- Question Two: Evolution or Revolution?.- Question Three: A Question for Each Expert.- 9: Oligarchy of New Media.- Previous Medium Provides the New Medium.- Electronic Paper.- Benefits of Electronic Paper.- Design