E-Book Development in Singapore新加坡电子书的发展（英文版）知识讲稿.ppt

/sundae_meng E-Book Development in Singapore新加坡电子书的发展 * /sundae_meng Slide * * /sundae_meng Slide * Early E-books Published Ngee Ann Polytechnic produced the Mega CD, Asia’s first edutainment multimedia magazine with narrations in 3 languages iMedia published a CD magazine called the Virtual World CD-ROM book on Lee Kuan Yew * /sundae_meng Slide * E-content Publishing Encouraged by the National Computer for online services, the Online Technologies Consortium OTC was formed in 1998 to encouraged electronic publishing. Virtual Community projects were launched in 1998 Eg: Tampinese Webtown * /sundae_meng Slide * dotCOM Euphoria Stephen King published “The Plant” on his website in 2000 Catherine Lim published “A Leap of Love” on LycosAsia over the Internet Stephen King gave up after 5 installments in December 2000 Catherine Lim declared her foray into e-publishing a dismal failure People are unwilling to pay for downloads! * /sundae_meng Slide * Innovative Digital Publishing Digital Publishing Solutions software converts content on paper-to-XML format XML standards based e-Book formats for electronic dissemination via the internet, as well as physical distribution through Print-on-Demand Published more than 15 million pages in March 2006 and to double that by the end of the year * /sundae_meng Slide * 3-D Digital Flip Technology Allows an e-book to be flipped just like a paper version Patented by E-book System Used by almost 300 magazines world-wide /fv/index.php Discover Hong Kong book on family * /sundae_meng Slide * Classroom of the Future Backpack Project (launched 2003)using tablet PC with handwriting recognition Edupad (launched 1999) Project using wireless handheld device for innovative learning and teaching Demonstrate of use of technology to enhance learning * /sundae_meng Slide * E-Books in Singapore National Library 250,000 ebooks available to readers 1,000 online subscribed journals 100 online subscribed database 100,000 items in CD-ROM, CD and DVD form