Digital e-book self-publishing

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The self-publishing of a book is not limited to the paper format, the e-book format is also very common. Digital self-publishing, by freeing the author-publisher from the constraints of printing and paper, distribution via traditional networks, or dispatch by post, … Read More

e-Book publishing market

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Book publishing is the ‘oldest’ of the media and content industries, as it can be traced back to the 1st century AD when the modern book format was introduced. The codex, a book made of a number of sheets of … Read More

European Commission seeks feedback on commitments offered by Amazon in e-book investigation

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The European Commission is inviting comments on commitments offered by Amazon to address competition concerns relating to parity clauses in contracts with publishers. The clauses may breach EU antitrust rules and result in reduced competition among e-book distributors, and less … Read More

e-Book conversion with Calibre

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e-Book conversion to various digital formats One of the main features of Calibre is the conversion of e-books to and from the main formats used by e-readers and other digital players. Source formats: AZW3 (Amazon proprietary format), CBZ, CBR, CBC, … Read More

Short e-book history

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(Ángela Ruiz Robles with la Enciclopedia Mecánica, or the Mechanical Encyclopedia.) Even before the creation of the Internet, Michael Hart created, in 1971, Project Gutenberg, which aims to digitize books. The first book digitized by Project Gutenberg is the Declaration … Read More

e-Book advantages and disadvantages

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An e-book is a book published and distributed in digital format, available as a file that can be downloaded and stored to be read either on the screen of a personal computer, an e-reader, a touch pad, mobile phone or … Read More

e-Books

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An electronic book (known also as e-book, ebook, digital book, or e-edition book) is a book-length publication in digital type, consisting of text, pictures, or each, and created on, published via, and readable on computer systems or other electronic devices. … Read More

Today, important action of the Romanian police against phishing

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Today in the morning, very early, the Romanian police (DIICOT – the department for organized crime), in cooperation with FBI, started a very wide action against the identity thieves, especially in five counties known as the main headquarters of the … Read More