28. November 2009 by ohowell.

This site is still a work in progress, but has lots of useful information.  It is a wiki about eBooks, formats, mobile technology and anything “mobile e-text”: MobileRead Wiki.

For example check the page that contains a good summary of eBook Formats.  Peruse the page about eBook Conversion and the Conversion Matrix, further dive into the eReader Matrix (probably the best out there).  In all a very good idea, with time and effort could become a really important site.

From the intro to eBooks: “Ebook users, and the surrounding culture, are interested with anything electronic and text based. Its acolytes are focused on such pursuits as open intellectual property, well archived accessible data, or things as simple as reading with one hand in the bathtub. The idea to ponder is, what happens when all text is accessible electronically, and is viewable anywhere”.

An article about the future of paper books, first editions and fine editions is missing, would be a good addition.

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6. October 2009 by ohowell.

Dan Gillmor’s new project is called Mediactive, a blog that will create a “User’s Guide to Democratized Media”.  The blog will result in a book to be published later.  At the same time it is an ongoing conversation about new media, journalism, participation and eBooks, and a public writing project.  It is certainly not the first blog that is designed to become a book, but prehaps one of the most interesting.

The core of the project is to show every user of online media how to become a creator of media with their own means and following their own agenda and interests.  The very essence of civic media and citizen journalism.

The project is based upon previous work by Gillmor at Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society: Principles for a New Media Literacy.

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