tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-378958542024-03-12T18:18:18.514-07:00drupa2008will789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.comBlogger198125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37895854.post-29311456661375237642012-05-21T09:39:00.002-07:002012-05-21T09:39:51.443-07:00JDF is normalised, conclusion for drupa 2012This turns up on YouTube
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seems reasonable as a summary. JDF no longer a buzz word but automation is assumed.
I still think Adobe should have done more to explain JDF to the people who bought Acrobat. Even if they are engineers or lawyers they might buy print sometimes and the fact they can specify JDF is worth a mention.
Still, Web 2 Print has taken over, the JDF is in there somewhere but who needs to know?will789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37895854.post-79146228672669790402012-05-09T05:02:00.001-07:002012-05-09T05:02:42.587-07:00More on Wild Show, explanation for Kodak re drupa etc. #drupa @kodakCBA bit more explanation about the Wild Show and why phoning in could be a problem.
I started on the Wild Show as a guest on the previous show in this time slot. So I am only learning gradually. Both Chris and JD are away this week so I can choose all the music and also talk about drupa more than usual. We have played the song a couple of times.
Three questions for you. If Kodak is concentrating on print and the patents on cameras are for transfer to phone companies, is there any guidance on which ones? I often use a Kodak Zi8 given to me at IPEX where my blog got me press credentials. But where to go next? Wifi would be good. Maybe you can't comment on this but any clues welcome.
Second, what do you think is happening at drupa with video and social media. The news seems to be Benny Landa and as far as I can tell his social media policy is not very advanced. Search on YouTube / Twitter finds a guitar player in New York. But it seems that for impact a trade show with a suitable demo is still working ok.
Do you think there will soon be a massive inkjet machine anywhere near Exeter UK. Our regional press is not that secure at the moment. If there was one in Bristol there could be regional variations on national publications. Examples from other locations would also be interesting.
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Just seen your tweet while writing this. Yes, YouTube would be excellent. There could be a link on our Facebook page and I will play the sound tomorrow.
(copied from Posterous blog - will789gb - as seems to be a bit slowwill789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37895854.post-42894844443297529702012-05-08T04:27:00.001-07:002012-05-08T04:27:14.664-07:00Translate Beyond Print to find more on Clickable Paper<a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.beyond-print.de/2012/05/05/clickable-paper-als-alternative-zu-qr-code/&ei=idaoT7y-CPCL4gS3kOCtCQ&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CEUQ7gEwAg&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dricoh%2Bqr%2Bcode%2Bdrupa%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1024%26bih%3D667%26gbv%3D2%26tbm%3Dblg">http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.beyond-print.de/2012/05/05/clickable-paper-als-alternative-zu-qr-code/&ei=idaoT7y-CPCL4gS3kOCtCQ&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CEUQ7gEwAg&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dricoh%2Bqr%2Bcode%2Bdrupa%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1024%26bih%3D667%26gbv%3D2%26tbm%3Dblg</a>
Not sure that will work as a link. If not search on Ricoh and clickable paper.
I do realise that drupa is in Germany. But I also think that beyond.print could get a substantial English audience if more was available. Google translationis good but I'm not quite sure about all of it.
So far also found this video
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by the way, the soundtrack is interesting, there is more variation than you might expect.will789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37895854.post-18481856992166909892012-05-08T04:19:00.001-07:002012-05-08T04:19:52.027-07:00Harlequin RIP fast enough for variable dataAs reported by <a href="http://www.paperandprint.com/cgi-bin/whitmar/news_all.pl?itemstyle=template;mag=dp;show=current;type=articles;item=6433">Digital Press</a>, Harlequin has a RIP that can cope with the speed of digital printing.
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Probably Adobe are interested in this area as well but not much is coming over other than that Adobe seems not to be there.
(Good reviews for the Creative Cloud however even though there is not much yet on Acrobat)will789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37895854.post-6825485300917870432012-05-08T04:06:00.001-07:002012-05-08T04:06:57.532-07:00Probably this is the nanotechnology drupa #VIDEOdrupaAll the reports confirm that Landa and nanotechnology have made an impression on drupa 2012. There are even renewed claims for print in comparison with claims for digital technology-
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Landa seems to be aimed at run lengths definitely into litho territory. Komori, Heidelberg and Manroland are supporting with kit using the technology. So it is probably further ahead than the early models from Indigo. Nothing to be delivered for a couple of years but this looks like significant technology based on hard copy.
Significant shifts to digital away from paper may take several decades but I think we should discuss when this process first started.
The video IPEX in 2010 was perhaps the time that video was noticed. Compared to nanotechnology it may just seem normal at drupa going forward.will789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37895854.post-92222476536477249702012-04-27T03:22:00.001-07:002012-04-27T03:22:06.809-07:00#VIDEOdrupa Andy Tribute starts the cloud discussiondrupa 2012 is next week but has already started.
Andy Tribute considers this the "cloud drupa" and has support for this on the WhatTheyThink YouTube channel.
I still think this will turn out to be the video drupa. Watch what they do as much as what they say.
But what is the nature of video in the cloud? Will it rely on production values, big budgets? or is it more about conversation, lots of small bits of text some of which are read out to camera?
As far as I know WhatTheyThink is only online. How much hard copy they use is unclear to me.
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Quite right about the dip - the innovation parc. I hope there will be lots of video from close up.will789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37895854.post-36831156705108376882011-02-11T06:10:00.000-08:002011-02-11T06:10:22.697-08:00Haymarket morphs Printweek onlineMy copy of <i>Printweek</i> has arrived as hard copy. Thicker paper and a lot of adverts this week, but there are fewer features and the news items are short, linking to detail on the website. Jo's Helpline shows the problem in full, but you have to go to the website for the answer. So the trend seems to be to use the hard copy as promotion for the website. this is the only weekly news publication for the UK print industry so the endorsement for online is significant.<br />
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An editorial promises more analysis and longer articles on technology but these could be in a monthly publication. The longterm future of a weekly cycle for news that mostly just links to online detail is uncertain.<br />
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The website has also been redesigned with a clearer feed from Twitter. The blogs are not easier to find though, which is a pity. <a href="http://community.printweek.com/blogs/printers_devil__its_in_the_detail/archive/2011/02/11/much-of-interest-in-all-printweek-s-pages.aspx">Jo Francis </a>suggests the advert strength in this issue is similar to the time around IPEX 1998 or drupa 2000. It will be interesting to see how this continues, but the time perspective is interesting. I won't update the blog title or the one for IPEX. Probably more posts for drupa now as 2012 is not far off.<br />
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There is no mention of video in the print version but there is a section on the website. At IPEX it was clear that some stands had their own direct channel. As Haymarket moves online this is another area to watch.<br />
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The website is global in scope with sections linked to other print publications in Australia and Germany. This reflects the reality of web publishing, the audience is global. Printweek is ahead of UK newspapers here. Peter Preston is always complaining about the difficulty of positioning advertising for the audience outside the UK. <i>The Guardian</i> continues to be muddled about an attitude to the web and social media. But Haymarket has a clear direction.will789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37895854.post-24450696867489540612010-10-20T04:08:00.000-07:002010-10-20T04:08:01.665-07:00Acrobat X shows Adobe has stopped development for PDFAs far as I can tell so far there is nothing new with Acrobat X about PDF as such. It is all about Flash, the portfolio intro that can contain PDF as we have known it.<br />
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I did look at this when Acrobat 9 came out but it requires that the people you send files to upgrade and i found this was not always the case. I have not come across any examples of portfolios other than Adobe samples.<br />
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Maybe my experience on the general web is misleading. There may be organisations with standards on the latest Adobe software where portfolios work well. But I don't see this Flash aspect as moving Acrobat on around the issues of text documents.<br />
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There was a project to rewrite PDF as "XML friendly" . MARS was renamed as PDFXML but recently nothing has happened. The Mars <a href="http://blogs.adobe.com/mars/">blog</a> was last updated in September 2008. Possibly there will be more information when Acrobat.com is fully updated. Buzzword can export as PDF or ePUB, the format for ebooks that reflows on smaller screens. Maybe there is a view about workflows that cover various ways of publishing text and flat graphics. But there is no evidence that PDF has any further to go that would relate to this.<br />
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What Developers Should Know About Acrobat X , according to <a href="http://blogs.adobe.com/pdfdevjunkie/2010/10/what-developers-need-to-know-about-acrobat-x.html#more-161">Joel Gerachi</a>, includes a new Portfolio SDK so that Flash Professional Designers can use their existing skills to create “Visual Themes”. This presumably assumes you have a copy of Flash.<br />
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Meanwhile the Adobe classic themes around Postscript and PDF are now based on ISO standards. Maybe it is reasonable that Adobe no longer relates to this much in promotion. But there is still activity around hard copy and flat documents. As this is no longer worth promoting or developing from an Adobe perspective, it is worth exploring alternative software either at other price levels or from niche suppliers where there is still an interest.will789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37895854.post-33159133784472948092010-05-16T06:24:00.000-07:002010-05-16T06:24:12.408-07:00Draft story for OhmyNewsDraft story for OhmyNews<br />
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Starts with Adobe, later what is pre-media?will789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37895854.post-88086916037529070102010-05-10T04:14:00.000-07:002010-05-10T04:14:46.190-07:00Bernd Zipper from drupa, still ahead of IPEXOnly a week to go and still the best stuff is from drupa. Just my opinion.<br />
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Notice that the internet is not competition. The print industry can take advantage.<br />
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My blog posts will mostly be for the IPEX 2002 blog for the next fortnight or so. I may take space in this blog for the <a href="http://www.libregraphicsmeeting.org/2010/">Libre Graphics</a> meeting coming up in Brussels. Just a bit off topic there is an Experimentality link to <a href="http://www.futureeverything.org/festival2010/damewendyhall">the City</a> during this week. Mostly when I have visited drupa I also stay in Brussels. Also Koln is the closest to drupa I can find somewhere to stay. Amsterdam is in the mix for the Seybold events. So my particular focus has got me away from the screen on occasions. "The city" however is not very clearly located.<br />
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And of course Brussels is not very far from Ghent, the centre of the PDF universe. I may revise that view if Adobe turns up in Birmingham. At the moment there is no stand number on the IPEX site. Lots of annoying Flash of course.<br />
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I expect the Libre Graphics meeting to continue research on SVG and everything XML. They may cover the eBook and how to create ePUB. So making sense of IPEX could continue through May at least.will789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37895854.post-52711176745734629942010-05-09T04:42:00.000-07:002010-05-09T04:42:55.561-07:00Book from Wikipedia<object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/D1K03AZfpDM&hl=en_GB&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/D1K03AZfpDM&hl=en_GB&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object><br />
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This is working in the USA. Not sure what is possible in the UK. But IPEX should offer some comparisons. The technology will show options for short runs. Question remains how to arrange distribution.will789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37895854.post-38687499383726133792010-05-08T03:17:00.000-07:002010-05-08T03:17:13.260-07:00Adobe late booking for IPEXPrintweek has arrived, the hard copy version, and reports that Adobe have booked some space at IPEX. Cannot find the stand number on the IPEX website though.<br />
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More on this later when I find out a bit more. I still think Adobe are mostly into web video and soforth. Digital Printer has also arrived and confirms that there are no new PDF features in the recent Creative Suite. Variable printing may be improved through some new standards but the implementation will probably come through companies other than Adobe.<br />
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It will be a benefit for Abobe to be there, but mostly as a reminder for the print industry how wide the scope is now for the communications world that Adobe is concerned with. I am not sure what they will have to offer around hard copy.will789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37895854.post-3571535163238032522010-05-06T09:30:00.001-07:002010-05-06T09:30:46.956-07:00Adobe at Web 2 event, not really that interested in printBackground to IPEX, Adobe is somewhere else<br />
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This sort of post is based on links outside the UK. The drupa blog will continue mostly with such a scope. The <a href="http://ipex2002.blogspot.com">IPEX blog</a> will be more about the UK.will789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37895854.post-83638822042111700572010-03-31T08:40:00.000-07:002010-03-31T08:40:24.407-07:00Chrome has a translation feature, Zipcon now seems closerI have found that Google Chrome pops up with "This page is in German, would you like to translate it?"<br />
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Perfect for the <a href="http://www.eprint-forum.de/2010/03/15/einladung-und-vorwort-zum-zweiten-forum/#more-81">Forum</a> on ePrint Portals coming up early in May. I hope to find out more from this.<br />
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But YouTube is still a problem. Can subtitles just be added. The same page has a YouTube link and it seems to be an old press in the background. Please add a comment if you know what this is about.will789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37895854.post-81479004434529623122010-03-30T08:33:00.000-07:002010-03-30T08:33:38.250-07:00Frank Romano speaks : Why I need to learn GermanMy main story for OhmyNews about drupa was based on Web To Print as presented by Bernd Zipper. Recent search keeps coming up with my own language problems. So further study follows. Meanwhile..<br />
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then follow YouTube suggestions for a start. Several weeks yet before IPEX.will789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37895854.post-50649928637256834242010-03-26T09:04:00.000-07:002010-03-26T09:04:16.885-07:00More about vanishing PDF on Adobe blogsStill thinking about the CS5 information and the apparent lack of interest in PDF. I have checked out the MARS blog, nothing recent and also <a href="http://blogs.adobe.com/insidepdf/">Inside PDF</a> , updated last October.<br />
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I still think there is not much going on. The potential for disruption in the next few months is significant. If the CS5 launch is all about Flash then the flat pages of hard copy as at IPEX will have a struggle for attention. Apple definitely will not be there. Adobe possibly mostly on other stands.will789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37895854.post-58005211029626402592010-03-25T09:10:00.000-07:002010-03-25T09:44:31.876-07:00Adobe - not much to say about AcrobatI listened to the sound for the Earnings Call yesterday and have found a <a href="http://seekingalpha.com/article/195398-adobe-f1q10-qtr-end-3-5-10-earnings-call-transcript?page=3">transcript</a> today. There will be more detail on CS5 in April but what interests me is Acrobat.or rather PDF. Apparently there will be an Acrobat release later in 2010, linked to Acrobat.com. So CS5 is not much related to PDF or hard copy. Seems mostly about Flash, getting content into video and mobile phones.<br /><br />Acrobat is still significant. It seems to account for much of the income. Sales pretty steady even though there is no recent release or new features. But the reason I cannot find much speculation about Acrobat 10 could be that there is actually not much happening. On the <a href="http://workflowflash.com/6925/adobe-acrobat-connect-pro-for-iphone-built-using-adobe-flash-cs5.php">blogs</a> there are reports about Acrobat Connect as a Flash app for the iPhone. But this is not PDF. <br /><br />I think the classic print and publishing industry should pay attention to the early part of the statement from Shantanu Narayen<br /><br /><blockquote>With general availability expected beginning in Q2, 10.1 is the first run time release of the Open Screen project enabling uncompromised web browsing of expressive content, high definition video and rich applications across multiple screens including desktops, smart phones, net books, internet connected DVD, new tablet devices and other consumer electronics.</blockquote><br /><br />Postscript sales are flat. PDF is just an income stream, there is not much buzz. There will be a low Adobe profile at IPEX, but they will still be in the background somehow.<br /><br />Meanwhile Simon Eccles in <a href="http://viewer.zmags.com/showmag.php?mid=rphqph&spid=-2#/page18/">Digital Printer</a> interviews Dov Isaacs about variable data and PDF/VT. This is interesting enough, but what sort of priority for Adobe? In April there will be more information about Creative Suite 5. I doubt if PDF/VT shows up as high profile. This is just a guess obviously. But the CS5 launch will be interesting for IPEX as a guide to context on just how diverse are the communications options of which print is a part.<br /><br />The Digital Printer story also mentions the Mars project, now PDFXML. This would be significant id it ever happened, a rewrite of PDF entirely in XML. But it seems very unlikely. I have stopped checking the MARS blog. I think ePUB is the supported format for reflow. That's about it.<br /><br />It is surprising that cashflow for Acrobat holds up so well. A product that is not developed and not promoted would in many other circumstances experience some price pressure.will789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37895854.post-67802429334059309942010-01-06T07:36:00.000-08:002010-01-06T08:00:39.699-08:00Flash for mobiles hard not to noticeThe Google announcement of Nexus One mobile phone makes a convincing case for Flash and Adobe presentations. I have been finding the Flash emphasis a bit out of proportion but this is beginning to make sense. There is a video on YouTube that is impressive<br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vlWOocHwcLo&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vlWOocHwcLo&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br />Flash could be the equivalent of DOS in an earlier time when Apple stuck to their own systems. I am going back and fro in time. The Consumer Electronics show is apparent in the UK through various leaks and blogs etc. Many suggested devices like an e-book or laptop or in between but the phone is also a reader for text. Stanza was a bit of a surprise on the iPhone. I think the e-book takes many forms and the Google push on hardware will help this to spread.<br /><br />Adobe developments make it even more difficult for IPEX to discuss technology. Most hard copy print organisations are in the era of Postscript. There will be some PDF workflow but there is no Adobe stand shown on the plans. Continues on the <a href="http://ipex2002.blogspot.com/">IPEX 2002</a> blog, mostly about the UK. This blog will cover the context. there is a stand for drupa 2012, roughly in the middle near Heidelberg.<br /><br />Sorry. lost the link to blog where this came from<br /><br /><embed id=VideoPlayback src=http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-4176721009838609904&hl=en&fs=true style=width:400px;height:326px allowFullScreen=true allowScriptAccess=always type=application/x-shockwave-flash> </embed><br /><br />The tablet idea is not new. Roger Fidler research for Knight Ridder was influential in Korea, mentioned in Media Big Bang - a book I was given by OhmyNews. About four years ago, now even more interesting.will789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37895854.post-70279874245110932022009-12-31T07:38:00.000-08:002009-12-31T07:49:16.201-08:00Coping with events - Adobe Classic era coming to an endAt Online Information I was interested in the Adobe explanation of how they relate to e-books but also found it hard to accept the emphasis on video embeds. The hardware available seems tome to be suited to mostly text. Even InDesign is a bit too much with complex layout. Something like Open Office seems more suitable.<br /><br />But there is some interest in Flash and video. There may be demand for books with video sometime in the future. A decade is a plausible way to think about this. So I can get my head around the idea that Flash will be widely accepted sometime. Meanwhile the issues around PDF,XML,JDF etc still need some attention so I think this will be the focus for this blog at least till IPEX.<br /><br />The media archaeologists have a view on events and chronology that is not exactly clear to me. But next year will come up for study eventually.will789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37895854.post-61757344931448139832009-10-16T02:52:00.000-07:002009-10-16T03:26:26.336-07:00Guardian reports Frankfurt, online and from San FranciscoFirst the facts. Nothing in my print version Guardian this morning that I could find about Google Editions. As reported in the Bookseller daily email a couple of days ago this was announced at the O'Reilley Tools of Change Frankfurt event ( #TOCFrankfurt ) as was the timescale of before the middle of 2010. I have found online a report from <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/oct/15/google-editions">Bobbie Johnson</a> in San Francisco. Now a comment. This is not unusual. The Guardian quite often seems to present one view of the world for an online audience and quite another for the print audience who pay for the limitation. Digital news is often not reported in print. The global Kindle is on the business page ahead of Monday availability. The advance news was in a photo caption linked to two pages of knocking copy reprinted from the New Yorker. Oh dear I may be going off topic. Continues on <a href="http://readg.blogspot.com/">readG</a> blog.<br /><br />The thing is that my expectation of the Guardian books review section tomorrow having any technology reporting from Frankfurt is quite low. Even the news summary from the Bookseller has vanished. This literary world continues almost unchanged and something like TOC must come as a bit of a shock. Guessing from the available blogs found through Twitter there seems to be some sort of continuing tension. <br /><br /><a href="http://eoinpurcellsblog.com/2009/10/15/tocfrankfurt-now-with-controversy/">Eoin Purcell</a> gives more detail on the criticism of TOC from some publishers. As memory serves it was the software fans who first used email but now a lot of people do. So the O'Reilly experience could be interesting even for trade publishers.<br /><br />I think the Google plans will change the way books are considered. The discussion around this will grow during 2010 and follow Kindle interest over the rest of 2009. There will be lots of interesting copy in the Bookseller. The <a href="http://www.thebookseller.com/emails">email service</a> is available free and there is a prize draw if you sign up. <br /><br />Meanwhile still not much about the #weiss_raum . some links to podcasts but I cannot find free audio translation. The drupa innovation parc was not well reported at the time given the interest in machinery although Web-to-Print has since been widely discussed in UK media. Maybe something similar will happen as Frankfurt is clearly a technology show.will789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37895854.post-15784377526261742622009-10-15T07:55:00.000-07:002009-10-15T08:27:15.492-07:00Bookseller and Web 2 , to be continuedThis is not supposed to be a negative post about the Bookseller. I find the daily email is just about perfect as a guide to what is going on, including all things digital. But us bloggers make a contribution as well. such as suggesting to proper journalists that it may not matter if there is no reply to an email. It is surprising what you can find on a blog and usually ok to copy it out. <br /><br />The O'Reilley TOC <a href="http://toc.oreilly.com/2009/10/the-good-and-and-some-bad-of-toc-frankfurt-coverage.html">blog </a>has a post about "The Good and (and some Bad) of TOC Frankfurt Coverage" that comments on a Bookseller <a href="http://www.thebookseller.com/news/100303-improved-toc-to-return-to-fair-in-2010.html">report</a> that included a claim that trade publishere were under-represented at the TOC Frankfurt event and that the agenda was too friendly for pirates and software fans.<br /><br />Sara Lloyd, digital director of Pan Macmillan, was quoted by the Bookseller as saying "The O'Reilly perspective is quite slanted by the content and market that they serve, and that perspective shines through in their choice of speaker and subject matter. There needs to be a greater understanding of what the differences are between a computer software manual and a fiction bestseller. I'd like to see more of a consumer publishing perspective."<br /><br />It may be worth mentioning that Cory Doctorow is not just a techie but also a writer of science fiction. His blog at <a href="http://craphound.com/">craphound.com</a> reveals that there is a Norwegian PDF of Little Brother for free download from Samlaget. Apparently they bought the rights after downloading a free copy in English.<br /><br />O'Reilley also organise events about "Web 2" on the west coast. "Tools Of Change" seems like an East Coast version for people with more of a print background. So there could be more wierd stuff to follow.<br /><br />There are signs of a bit of a gap at the moment. The Bookseller report claims that TOC fail to answer emails and the TOC blog claims that complaints about the TOC agenda are out of proportion. But some dialogue continues. Comments on the TOC blog include information from Sara Lloyd that Pan MacMillan have yet to experience larger sales on mobile than in print as she claims is the case for some O'Reilley titles. Philip Jones states that "The Bookseller has no issue with TOC or its agenda, we are simply responding to publisher concern about what was widely regarded as the set-piece digital conference at the Frankfurt Book Fair."<br /><br />Publishers may have concerns about the issues involved and the speed of change rather than TOC as such. A survey ahead of Frankfurt in the printed version of the Bookseller suggested many people expect a "turning point" to digital in 2018. My impression is that #TOCFrankfurt has changed the agenda already.<br /><br />Meanwhile I cannot find much online about #weiss_raum or "White Space". Anybody near Frankfurt please have a look and write it up. The nature of book production is changing, enough to keep this post on topic for this blog.will789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37895854.post-46252568642860247062009-10-13T11:08:00.000-07:002009-10-13T11:11:09.300-07:00ePub found in white space #weiss_raumAfter some browsing and quick translating through Google the tweets so far from #weiss_raum seem to mostly cover InDesign server, web-to-print, and short run digital printing. From epubli an ISBN is only 19.95 Euros so publishing has no mystery at all. I am interested in <a href="http://www.abavo.de">Abavo</a> as they are specific about ePub. They can start with Framemaker then "XML data automatically processed and transformed via XSLT into XHTML format ePub." (warning this is Google translation but the idea of this is clear enough. <br /><br />So "pre-media" includes ePub. This is a technology show. I am repeating from previous but this is the end of the day here in Exeter UK.will789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37895854.post-2594593230816740102009-10-13T10:16:00.000-07:002009-10-13T10:20:41.722-07:00weiss_raum twitter translationIt turns out the Twitter term should be weiss_raum. The tag is not finding much so far but suggest starting with <a href="http://twitter.com/weiss_raum">http://twitter.com/weiss_raum</a><br /><br />I have done a quick Google translate. More later.<br /><br /># "Creative Book" and the cover Production Tool: On the last day of the exhibition is Adobe's Theme "Kre .. http://bit.ly/82uRG3:31 PM Oct 9th from twitterfeed<br /> <br /># Epubli: The specialty at the Book Fair!: Epubli now offering a special discount for authors: For the Book Fair would cost .. http://bit.ly/13WzwJ1:30 PM Oct 7th from twitterfeed<br /> <br /># Printing - Binding - Storage - delivering: Am 17.10. If the weiss'raum "edition one" means that Pres .. http://bit.ly/2ifXX94:30 PM Oct 5th from twitterfeed<br /> <br /># Not only in terms of pressure, a real expert: the infowerk ag: ag infowerk is a genuine all-rounder and pr .. http://bit.ly/2LrHVA4:31 PM Oct 2nd from twitterfeed<br /> <br /># Schmidkonz - highest quality - hardcover production, short runs from 1 to 100: The Schmidkonz Gm .. http://bit.ly/dUQJw2:31 PM Oct 1st from twitterfeed<br /> <br /># Crossmedial thanks ContentServ: Am 14.10. it says "Online first" in weiss'raum and ContentServ G.. http://bit.ly/VWXEv9:25 AM Oct 28th from web<br /> <br /># Thursday, could 15.10.2009: look in abavo weiss'raum The definition of "Production of the Future" and .. http://bit.ly/Yy94R8:24 AM Oct 21st from web<br /> <br /># The weiss'raum soon opening its doors open in about one months, the 61st Frankfurt Book Fair (14 to 18 .. http://bit.ly/lD7jB6:24 AM Oct 18th from web<br /> <br /># KiNTETiK presents "iBright Web2Print" in weiss'raum on opening day of the Frankfurt Book .. http://bit.ly/BvETf9:24 AM Oct 17th from web<br /> <br /># Your print is in good hands!: The online "print master short" of the Swabian family firm .. http://bit.ly/3wvYrd10:24 AM Oct 16th from web<br /> <br /># Adobe's Theme: "Creative Paper" in weiss'raum at the Frankfurt Book Fair: Trends in Kreate .. http://bit.ly/OyKnN8:25 AM Oct 15th from web<br /> <br /># Effective Web-to-print for big companies!: Cutting Edge, yet agile, the Austrian company celum .. http://bit.ly/4aZg2o8:23 AM Oct 14th from web<br /> <br /># Industry survey: What are the business models of the future: http://bit.ly/15j8na4:15 AM Oct 14th from web<br /> <br /># Now auchFrankfurter Book Fair @ Book_Fair with private Tweet! Where precisely flyer for future online forum http://bit.ly/o4B44:14 AM Oct 14th from web<br /> <br /># Total flexibility with digital media partner at the weiss'raum: Editorial system for cross-media content .. http://bit.ly/bHn1C9:24 AM Oct 10th from web<br /> <br /># FIT FOR FUTURE: Scheel media are an all-rounder and the experts for the production of books of the future!: .. The mitt http://bit.ly/DS15o7:24 AM Oct 9th from twitterfeed<br /> <br />At # 14.10. Prasentiert are trivet.net in weiss'raum: is trivet.net with over 350 installations in deutsc .. http://bit.ly/1Cxtt27:25 PM Sep 7th from web<br /> <br /># Vebesserte transparency flattening with callas pdfAutoOptimizer 2: Just in time for the Frankfurt Book Fair is cal. http://bit.ly/1ayiQx9:24 PM Sep 4th from web<br /> <br /># Shortlisted for the most innovative online book project 2009 by the online magazine announced newBook: Munich .. http://bit.ly/sj0Sa6:24 AM Oct 3rd from twitterfeedwill789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37895854.post-89853751788397583772009-10-13T07:12:00.000-07:002009-10-13T07:44:57.498-07:00On Demand Books and binding optionsI am finding something through search but nothing recent yet from the #wausraum. A Google translation from <a href="http://www.dailynet.de/ITNewMedia/54001.php">DailyNet.de</a> announces that the waus'raum daily booklet will be printed on a Ricoh Pro C900. This has binding options including the Plockmatic BK5010e. Perhaps this is more convincing than the Expresso from Books On Demand (Hall 8 stand L903). In the UK there has been interest in the machine at Blackwells on Charing Cross Road since the London Book Fair. Victor Keegan has tweeted @vickeegan that a four day wait is not instant printing. But this wait is just because there is only one machine in the UK. On Printweek there has been some negative comment about the binding. Blogger Jo Francis has a plan to visit Charing Cross Road later and examine how this settles down. #printweek . In my opinion the print industry should welcome the idea of instant books. The capacity of devices in a bookshop must be limited such that short runs within a reasonable distance are viable.<br /><br />Links welcome on other printing devices at Frankfurt.<br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zyNSap5XSv0&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zyNSap5XSv0&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>will789gbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235107715610126666noreply@blogger.com0