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First Espresso Book Machine Installed at New York Public Library

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The first Espresso Book Machine™ (“the EBM”) was installed and demonstrated today at the New York Public Library’s Science, Industry, and Business Library (SIBL). The patented automatic book making machine will revolutionize publishing by printing and delivering physical books within minutes. The EBM is a product of On Demand Books, LLC (“ODB” – www.ondemandbooks.com), the […]

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Digitized BRF (Braille) files for Gutenberg.org eBooks

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TravelBraille.com is taking requests for Braille transcriptions of Gutenberg.org eBooks to BRF Braille. The transcriptions will be prepared by a US Library of Congress Certified Braille Transcriber. There will be NO charge for this service. No assurance can or will be given that any particular file will be transcribed – priority will be given to […]

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Leading publishers [Sony] announce support for Adobe Digital Editions

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Leading publishers, online retailers and channel partners have announced their support for Adobe Digital Editions today (see separate quote sheet). By using a new export feature built into Adobe InDesign(R) CS3, publishers can easily create new Adobe Digital Editions-ready content, helping to significantly reduce cost and conversion time. In addition, with versions for mobile platforms […]

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QuotationsBook and Project Gutenberg

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QuotationsBook.com has used Project Gutenberg to match quotations into the books at PG. Many classic books have famous, classic phrases and lines, within some of the most famous words in history. Quotations Book has provided a way to view these quotes, including the link back to the PG book it belongs to – within context. […]

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An essay on the state of the current eBook market

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The following essay, Why the commercial ebook market is broken by Charlie Stross makes some excellent points about the current state of the eBook market. I especially liked, and agree with, his views on the reasons why eBook piracy exists. —Ed. Why the Commercial eBook Market is Broken (Note: In the following rant, I’m sticking […]

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Google’s Library Project Just Doubled in Size

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Google’s plan to scan the collections of some of the world’s most prestigious libraries just doubled in size. The Mountain View, Calif.-based firm announced Wednesday that its Library Project has teamed up with the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, a national consortium of 12 research libraries, to digitize collections in its libraries. This is in addition […]

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The Guardian Finds ‘1984’ The Definitive 20th Century Book

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Paranoia, propaganda and a state of perpetual war are the defining characteristics of the last century, according to the results of a national survey announced at the Hay festival today. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell’s dystopic vision of a totalitarian future in which the population is constantly monitored and manipulated, came top of the survey to […]

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U.S. College Textbooks Could Go Digital

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For college students buckling under the pressure of rising textbook prices, a digital solution may soon be on the way. A report released today by the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance suggests a number of short- and long-term solutions, including the creation of a national digital marketplace for textbooks, whose costs can be comparable […]

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Project Gutenberg 23.5k Milestone [ASCII Graph Included]

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Project Gutenberg passes another eBooks milestone today, over 23,500 eBooks that have been created by the Project Gutenberg army of volunteers. . . . !!!!!!!My HUGE Congratulations to all the volunteers!!!!!!! This is including over 1500 contributions from Project Gutenberg Australia, and about 500 from Project Gutenberg Europe, but DOES NOT INCLUDE well over 75,000 […]

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In print forever? Sometimes, authors would rather go out of print

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NEW YORK: The offer from Simon & Schuster seems ideal: Let us publish your book and it will never go out of print. Even if it sells just one copy a year, we’ll keep it available, thanks to digital technology. And that, says the Authors Guild, which represents thousands of published writers, is unacceptable. “A […]

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Revamped Google Adds More Book Data

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After a major redesign of its famous search engine, Google is introducing what it calls a “universal search” system that will combine search retrievals for each request and offer the most relevant results from across all of its specialized search engines, like Google Book Search, News and Images. As a result, books are more likely […]

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