Comments on: The e-book tractor application http://www.mondaynote.com/2009/11/29/the-e-book-tractor-application/ Media, Tech & Business Models Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:03:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: fajar http://www.mondaynote.com/2009/11/29/the-e-book-tractor-application/#comment-4857 fajar Mon, 12 Jul 2010 02:11:00 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=2296#comment-4857 Thank you for the link Thank you for the link

]]> By: Coubray Antoine http://www.mondaynote.com/2009/11/29/the-e-book-tractor-application/#comment-1775 Coubray Antoine Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:15:30 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=2296#comment-1775 On the same day of publication, Forrester released a survey announcing "Text book" as the killer app for ebook. On the same day of publication, Forrester released a survey announcing “Text book” as the killer app for ebook.

]]> By: Jahangir Naina http://www.mondaynote.com/2009/11/29/the-e-book-tractor-application/#comment-1772 Jahangir Naina Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:20:39 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=2296#comment-1772 Apple iTunes LP format and their recently released TuneKit, if you study it carefully, seems like a generic standards based interactive media standard that can also be used to publish ebooks (albeit with multimedia elements), and not just album liner notes. I think Apple is on to the same thing you are talking about. Except, E-Ink in its current form is too limiting, due to lack of color, refresh rates, etc. They will probably end up using OLEDs with breakthrough power management (thanks to their PA SEMI acquisition) and come up with a nice little ebook/tablet thingy with at least a 48 hour usage per battery charge device. Something like a modern day version of the old Apple Newton eMate 300 device (though Jobs will probably commit harakiri before allowing the use of the Newton trademark, being it a Scullyesque era legacy...) Apple iTunes LP format and their recently released TuneKit, if you study it carefully, seems like a generic standards based interactive media standard that can also be used to publish ebooks (albeit with multimedia elements), and not just album liner notes.

I think Apple is on to the same thing you are talking about. Except, E-Ink in its current form is too limiting, due to lack of color, refresh rates, etc. They will probably end up using OLEDs with breakthrough power management (thanks to their PA SEMI acquisition) and come up with a nice little ebook/tablet thingy with at least a 48 hour usage per battery charge device. Something like a modern day version of the old Apple Newton eMate 300 device (though Jobs will probably commit harakiri before allowing the use of the Newton trademark, being it a Scullyesque era legacy…)

]]> By: Henrik Holmegaard http://www.mondaynote.com/2009/11/29/the-e-book-tractor-application/#comment-1766 Henrik Holmegaard Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:43:44 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=2296#comment-1766 If the idea is that the computing device is the tractor, what is the format that the tractor hopes to haul? Place a searchable PDF inside a page design, re-export as PDF and for the placed/nested PDF searchability suffers. ISO 32000-2 or PDF 2.0 is a way ahead, and adoption of ISO-IEC 19005-1:2005 PDF/A is low (e.g. not Apple, not Quark). PDF 1.3 embeds the tagged file format of the International Color Consortium intact, but not until PDF 1.6 is the tagged file format of OpenType and TrueType embeddable intact. A fixed appearance format of some sort is preferable when working with illustration and composition, but there are plenty of problems. If the idea is that the computing device is the tractor, what is the format that the tractor hopes to haul? Place a searchable PDF inside a page design, re-export as PDF and for the placed/nested PDF searchability suffers. ISO 32000-2 or PDF 2.0 is a way ahead, and adoption of ISO-IEC 19005-1:2005 PDF/A is low (e.g. not Apple, not Quark). PDF 1.3 embeds the tagged file format of the International Color Consortium intact, but not until PDF 1.6 is the tagged file format of OpenType and TrueType embeddable intact. A fixed appearance format of some sort is preferable when working with illustration and composition, but there are plenty of problems.

]]> By: Mike Cane http://www.mondaynote.com/2009/11/29/the-e-book-tractor-application/#comment-1760 Mike Cane Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:29:57 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=2296#comment-1760 Yes, but to think eInk -- Kindle -- has any part in this is silly. Have you seen Vook? Digital books -- not eBooks -- are the future. http://ebooktest.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/vook-debuts-digital-books/ And as for hardware, there will be a flood of Android mini-tablets next year. http://ebooktest.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/the-coming-android-mini-tablet-flood/ Here is the soon-coming Camangi, which puts an eBook function in the dock as a primary tool! http://ebooktest.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/android-osarchos-5-internet-tablet-notes-for-saturday-november-28-2009/ And Syntron is already thinking digital books: http://ebooktest.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/syntron-android-mini-tablet-3g-8-9-screen/ I'm *very* glad to see you bring up the issue of archives. The New York Times is sitting on one worth at least a billion dollars -- and they don't know wtf to do with it! Yes, but to think eInk — Kindle — has any part in this is silly.

Have you seen Vook? Digital books — not eBooks — are the future.
http://ebooktest.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/vook-debuts-digital-books/

And as for hardware, there will be a flood of Android mini-tablets next year.
http://ebooktest.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/the-coming-android-mini-tablet-flood/

Here is the soon-coming Camangi, which puts an eBook function in the dock as a primary tool!
http://ebooktest.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/android-osarchos-5-internet-tablet-notes-for-saturday-november-28-2009/

And Syntron is already thinking digital books:
http://ebooktest.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/syntron-android-mini-tablet-3g-8-9-screen/

I’m *very* glad to see you bring up the issue of archives. The New York Times is sitting on one worth at least a billion dollars — and they don’t know wtf to do with it!

]]> By: Luke http://www.mondaynote.com/2009/11/29/the-e-book-tractor-application/#comment-1759 Luke Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:37:07 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=2296#comment-1759 So the publishers could navigate to a profitable future but who will compensate the chiropractors, the giant-backpack vendors? ;-) As a law student I would love to see this brave new world, but it must hit a critical mass of text availability to be truly useful - Google books settlement to the rescue? So the publishers could navigate to a profitable future but who will compensate the chiropractors, the giant-backpack vendors? ;-)

As a law student I would love to see this brave new world, but it must hit a critical mass of text availability to be truly useful – Google books settlement to the rescue?

]]> By: David Liroff http://www.mondaynote.com/2009/11/29/the-e-book-tractor-application/#comment-1754 David Liroff Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:23:27 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=2296#comment-1754 the URLs were deleted from my post. Check out "iTunes U" and "Teachers Domain". the URLs were deleted from my post.

Check out “iTunes U” and “Teachers Domain”.

]]> By: David Liroff http://www.mondaynote.com/2009/11/29/the-e-book-tractor-application/#comment-1753 David Liroff Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:21:42 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=2296#comment-1753 " ......Not to mention the next hypothetical iteration of the iPod Touch/tablet, one that could lead to a decisive evolution in the field (picture an iTunes for educational material)....." An "iTunes for educational material" exists. Check out and ” ……Not to mention the next hypothetical iteration of the iPod Touch/tablet, one that could lead to a decisive evolution in the field (picture an iTunes for educational material)…..”

An “iTunes for educational material” exists. Check out
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