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- 07:29, 20 April 2009 diff hist +186 N What are the alternatives to ebooks? New page: PC, laptop, most modern phones, ebook-reader (like kindle), pda or print ebook on paper. Some examples can be found here.<br/> http://thefuntimesguide.com/2009/04/ebook_reader_review.php
- 07:28, 20 April 2009 diff hist +363 N In what file-format will books be distributed now (in the future)? New page: There are many formats at which ebooks are currently distributed. The three most common formats are pdf (portable document format) for windows, mac and mobile devices and chm (Microsoft Co... current
- 07:27, 20 April 2009 diff hist +917 N How is 'renting' of ebooks from libraries handled? New page: The expiration date is set using the digital rights management. The item does not need to be returned as after a number of days or views, it can't be accessed anymore. <br/><br/> A system... current
- 07:27, 20 April 2009 diff hist +195 N How are ebooks distributed? New page: Currently there are a selected amount of websites that offer free or payed ebooks. Amazon has its own wireless network in the US which kindle users can access to digitally buy and receive ... current
- 07:26, 20 April 2009 diff hist +32 N How is access to certain 'sensitive' books regulated? New page: Password protected websites, DRM current
- 07:26, 20 April 2009 diff hist +549 N How much does it cost to distribute ebooks over the web? (bandwidth, server costs) New page: Digital libraries have the potential to store much more information than traditional libraries, simply because digital information requires very little physical space to contain it. As suc... current
- 07:26, 20 April 2009 diff hist +443 N What is the price for a standard ebook? (and how does that compare to a normal book) New page: Each company decides on its own price for ebooks. Some offer monthly plan which can be used to download a certain number of ebooks in pdf format. Other companies (Sony, Amazon) have a prod... current
- 07:24, 20 April 2009 diff hist +64 N What are the current major companies that offer paid ebooks? New page: (Books Gone Digital,) Amazon's Kindle, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Google current
- 07:24, 20 April 2009 diff hist +175 N What are the current major companies/sources that offer free ebooks? New page: Internet Archive, O'Reilley Open books project, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutenberg_Project , Abika.com, Million Book Project by Carnegie Mellon Univ, World Digital Library current
- 07:22, 20 April 2009 diff hist +530 N What is the number of new digitized books per year? New page: By March 2007, Google had digitized one million books, according to the The New York Times at an estimated cost of US$5 million. On October 28, 2008, Google stated that they had 7 million ...
- 07:21, 20 April 2009 diff hist +148 N How much data-storage will be needed to store every book in the world? New page: Between 74 and 175 million (http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=433693) titles total @ 8mb a book:<br /> ± 564 PetaByte - 1335 PetaByte current
- 07:21, 20 April 2009 diff hist +81 N What is the size (in megabytes) of a typical ebook? New page: approx 8mb per book <br/> http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=433693
- 07:21, 20 April 2009 diff hist +152 N How many books that are in the public domain are already digitized? New page: Public domain books are held by various sources, as they are obviously public, but Google holds over 1M public domain books as one of the larger players current
- 07:20, 20 April 2009 diff hist +135 N At what rate is the digitizing of old books happening? New page: Automated projects are digitizing the equivalent of 160 books a day using captcha input<br /> http://www.physorg.com/news137941833.html current
- 07:19, 20 April 2009 diff hist +700 How much does it cost to have a book digitized? current
- 07:19, 20 April 2009 diff hist +155 N How much does it cost to have a book digitized? New page: 1800 pages an hour, $6500,- hour, about 1400 dollars for a 400 page book, not including the $150.000 machine cost<br /> http://www.kcoyle.net/jal-32-6.html
- 07:18, 20 April 2009 diff hist +66 N What is the percentage of old books that has already been digitized? New page: About 5% as of 2006 <br /> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digitizing current
- 07:18, 20 April 2009 diff hist +154 N Are all new books printed already digitized? New page: Although some writers my still prefer to work analogue (type writers, pens) it is reasonable to assume most if not all work is digitized before publishing current
- 07:18, 20 April 2009 diff hist +181 Nm What companies are digitizing books? New page: Kirtas Technology and 4DigitalBooks create the technology<br /> Google and Microsoft are using it to scan books, to expensive for libraries<br /> http://www.kcoyle.net/jal-32-6.html current
- 07:17, 20 April 2009 diff hist +260 N Breakdown of publishing costs New page: 10% profit<br /> 10% royalties<br /> 11% fulfillment (activities performed once an order is received)<br /> 12% plant (design costs)<br /> 17% printing<br /> 20% promotions and sales<br />... current
- 07:16, 20 April 2009 diff hist +31 N How are freely available ebooks financed? New page: Advertisements, donations, etc. current
- 07:16, 20 April 2009 diff hist +174 N Breakdown of sales of different book types New page: Books: ±40%<br /> Audiobooks: ±0.9%<br /> E-books: ±0.3%<br /> Studybooks: ±40%<br /> <br /> http://www.publishers.org/main/IndustryStats/documents/S12007Final.pdf<br /> current
- 07:15, 20 April 2009 diff hist −20 What is the main source of revenue for writers? current
- 07:15, 20 April 2009 diff hist +397 N What is the main source of revenue for writers? New page: Royalties (fee) per book sold, ranging anywhere from 2 to 10% of net price. (arranged by publisher)<br /> Usually, the publisher will give the writer an advance after the first draft.<...
- 19:32, 19 April 2009 diff hist −11 The future of books →Copyright of digital books
- 19:32, 19 April 2009 diff hist +354 The future of books →Copyright of digital books
- 19:30, 19 April 2009 diff hist +280 The future of books →Format of ebooks
- 19:30, 19 April 2009 diff hist +501 The future of books →Distribution of books
- 19:28, 19 April 2009 diff hist +587 The future of books →Digitizing of books
- 19:27, 19 April 2009 diff hist +203 The future of books →Financial
- 14:35, 18 April 2009 diff hist +40 Cost of digital book compared to normal book
- 14:35, 18 April 2009 diff hist +322 Cost of digital book compared to normal book
- 13:54, 18 April 2009 diff hist +643 Difficulty of having a book published and distributed
- 13:41, 18 April 2009 diff hist +54 Difficulty of having a book published and distributed
- 13:40, 18 April 2009 diff hist +103 Difficulty of having a book published and distributed
- 13:39, 18 April 2009 diff hist +12 The future of books
- 13:38, 18 April 2009 diff hist +61 N Reachability of potential customers Reachability of potential customers moved to Increase in reachability of potential customers current
- 13:38, 18 April 2009 diff hist 0 m Increase in reachability of potential customers Reachability of potential customers moved to Increase in reachability of potential customers
- 13:37, 18 April 2009 diff hist +185 Increase in reachability of potential customers
- 13:22, 18 April 2009 diff hist +48 Increase in reachability of potential customers
- 13:21, 18 April 2009 diff hist +284 Increase in reachability of potential customers
- 12:54, 18 April 2009 diff hist +391 Increase in reachability of potential customers →Description:
- 12:53, 18 April 2009 diff hist +833 Cost of digital book compared to normal book →Description:
- 12:53, 18 April 2009 diff hist +3,308 Difficulty of having a book published and distributed →Description:
- 12:52, 18 April 2009 diff hist +234 Increase of amount of people connected to internet with mobile device →Description:
- 12:52, 18 April 2009 diff hist +562 Increase in amount of people connected to internet →Description:
- 12:51, 18 April 2009 diff hist +418 Lower cost of datastorage & bandwidth →Description:
- 13:18, 16 April 2009 diff hist −24 The future of books
- 13:16, 16 April 2009 diff hist +1,838 The future of books
- 08:28, 16 April 2009 diff hist +35 N The future of books New page: This is the start of our project :)