Beh Chew Leng 马洲龙
E-Book Development in Singapore 新加坡电子书的发展
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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
E-Book Development in Singapore
新加坡电子书的发展
Technology Driven
• Lesser driven by readership or content • Start using CD-ROM as an alternative to print medium • Encouraged by the drive for online services • dotCom era produced interesting product like 3-D flip viewer and virtual publishing • Catherine was our first online publishing author
Beh Chew Leng 马洲龙
E-Book Development in Singapore 新加坡电子书的发展
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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
Beh Chew Leng 马洲龙
E-Book Development in Singapore 新加坡电子书的发展
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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
Beh Chew Leng 马洲龙
E-Book Development in Singapore 新加坡电子书的发展
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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
Beh Chew Leng 马洲龙
E-Book Development in Singapore 新加坡电M 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!
Beh Chew Leng 马洲龙
E-Book Development in Singapore 新加坡电子书的发展
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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
Beh Chew Leng 马洲龙
E-Book Development in Singapore 新加坡电子书的发展
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CD-Books
• Bundled with computer hardware
– IPC Home Magic System comes with 33 CDRom titles – Creative’s Game Blaster comes with 11 game CDs