The document discusses digital publishing and new trends in digital advertising. It covers Singapore Press Holdings' journey towards digital transformation, including failed attempts and turning points. Global industry challenges are also examined, such as declining print advertising revenue. The document outlines two periods of news media digitalization - the free period and the paid wall period. It explores the relationship between paid walls and advertising models going forward.
This document summarizes a presentation about digital publishing and the adoption of EPUB 3 and the open web platform. It discusses how EPUB 3 builds upon web standards to provide structured, accessible content for digital and offline use. EPUB 3 supports features like fixed layout, rich media, and interactivity through its use of open web technologies. However, adoption has been slowed by the sufficiency of EPUB 2 for many uses and a lack of reading system upgrades. Overall support is growing, and the IDPF is working to deliver on EPUB 3's potential through documentation, tools, and collaboration with other organizations.
The document discusses the transition to digital books and ebooks. It notes that ebooks have grown tremendously in popularity since 2007 with the launch of Kindle and other ebook readers and apps. Ebooks now make up 20% of overall book revenue and are available on many devices including tablets, where many consumers purchase ebooks. HarperCollins is one of the largest English language publishers that has seen this transition to digital.
This document summarizes a presentation about digital publishing and the adoption of EPUB 3 and the open web platform. It discusses how EPUB 3 builds upon web standards to provide structured, accessible content for digital and offline use. EPUB 3 supports features like fixed layout, rich media, and interactivity through its use of open web technologies. However, adoption has been slowed by the sufficiency of EPUB 2 for many uses and a lack of reading system upgrades. Overall support is growing, and the IDPF is working to deliver on EPUB 3's potential through documentation, tools, and collaboration with other organizations.
The document discusses the transition to digital books and ebooks. It notes that ebooks have grown tremendously in popularity since 2007 with the launch of Kindle and other ebook readers and apps. Ebooks now make up 20% of overall book revenue and are available on many devices including tablets, where many consumers purchase ebooks. HarperCollins is one of the largest English language publishers that has seen this transition to digital.
By Yong-Sang Cho, Ph.D
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Dr. Cho is from National Standards Coordinator for Smart Media, Korea.
This speech is for 2011 EPUB Asia-Pacific Summit in Taiwan.
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The document discusses the business impact of EPUB 3. EPUB 3 brings benefits to businesses by supporting global languages, vertical writing, and fonts. It allows for enhanced, interactive content in publications through the use of HTML5 features like video and multimedia. This interactive content can be used everywhere that supports modern browsers and reading systems. EPUB 3 makes it possible to leverage widely available web development skills at scale for creating digital publications.
1. EPUB 3 is the new standard for ebooks and supports features like embedded audio and video. Random House is adopting it for future ebooks. Metadata will include ISBN and ONIX.
2. Publishers must balance investing in print and digital to avoid cannibalizing print sales. They are reinventing print products and exploring video, graphics and interactive elements for digital.
3. The publishing industry is changing with the rise of self-publishing, pure digital publishers, agents becoming publishers, and Amazon expanding into publishing.
The document summarizes the 2010 Hong Kong Book Fair. It notes that the fair attracted 920,000 visitors, underscoring the influence of the written word. More than 270 cultural events were held with over 90 authors participating. The fair promotes reading in Asia and opens the Asian book market to international publishers and authors. The English Avenue section saw increased attendance and reflected Hong Kong's role in English-language publishing. Digital media like ebooks are becoming more prominent. The fair garners extensive international media coverage and serves as an important cultural platform for the publishing industry in Asia.