Riviera Yesterday evening, at the French library, a conference was held around the book "Gutenberg 2.0" Speaking of new technology the book, and very precisely on the electronic paper book.
The owner of the library was present, as writer and editor. This past love voice-chat with captioning text-chat and slides on a large screen. Followed by a series of question-answer in text-chat only (not necessitated by, just like that .... I think that many people had no microphone, actually).
e-paper is not so new, it's just stayed very close to the public until this year, and should it appear en masse in 2008. And for good reason: it is Amazon, iTunes is a bit of the book. In short, the book is dematerialized.
Technology is quite simple (in theory, in practice I guess it must be complex):
- A special paper (which is paper, not a screen) which is a layer and an electronic ink that special react to electronic impulses.
- We upload a text in e-book and small electronic machines reposition the ink and the text appears. e-book has a single leaf and "flipping" by pressing a button or turning a knob.
- environmentally friendly, economical (only uses electricity to change the text), light! (Encyclopedic want a cabinet on a single sheet of 170g).
The biggest concern (mine anyway) will be at the file formats used and the compatibility of different e-book. But it stinks in advance the format war Owners ... We'll see ...
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