Copyright Licensing Ltd has formed a venture to digitise New Zealand books and make them available to the New Zealand reading public on new digital reading devices, including ebook readers and smartphones, Apple's iPhone and the forthcoming Google Android phones.
Thirty publishers have already submitted more than 300 of New Zealand's most renowned books to include in the project.
CLL, the non-profit copyright collective representing book publishers and authors, will be seeking rights from publishers and authors to digitise further works which would be made available under licence to libraries, booksellers and the educational sector.
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I'm excited to announce our forthcoming conference, THE FUTURE OF THE BOOK, and invite you to register. And it's a big future. The US$100 billion global book industry – and increasingly newspapers and magazines – is on the cusp of change that's unfolding at an accelerating pace, so there's no better time to get started. The future is digital, mobile and global and this conference covers it all. It will be the major event on the Digital Publishing Forum's calendar this year and we're going to make it special. |
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I've put together a few snippets of news. There's been plenty happening on the digital front and, of course, we're close to releasing our programme for the June 24-25 2009 Future of the Book conference. Mark this date in your diary, you won't want to miss it. More on this major industry event in a week or so. In the meantime:
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As a follow up to last week's Digital Publishing seminars, the Digital Publishing Forum has launched a social networking group based on the LinkedIn professional network. This will allow delegates at last week's inaugural round of Digital Publishing seminars to connect with other participants and continue dialogue begun at the seminars. The group is also open to anyone interested in making contact with others in this field or seeing what others are doing. It provides a way for any group member to post information, links or comments that they think will interest others in the digital publishing field.
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The following article, written by Forum Director Martin Taylor, appeared in the New Zealand Society of Authors' (PEN New Zealand Inc) publication New Zealand Author, February/March 2009 issue.
Ebooks seem to be the slow burner of the digital media world, one of the last digital hold-outs. But after a false start in the early 2000s, the ebook is rising again and this time looks set for mainstream acceptance.
The entry of Amazon and Sony with their special ebook readers has given the ebook some credibility and a well-publicised boost. It's led to high profile international claims that the era of the ebook has finally arrived and it gives major international publishers and others the confidence to invest. These book-size gadgets use a paper-like screen technology called E Ink that neatly mimics the (black and white) book experience.
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