|
On Tuesday, the Google Blog unveiled their latest offering to the eBook world – a digital “infinite bookcase”. Google explains “…we imagined something that looks like the shelves in your living room, but is also capable of showcasing the huge number of titles available online—many more than fit on a traditional shelf. “ While still in its experimental phase, some users will be able to browse the bookcase at WebGL Bookcase or you can check out a quick tour below:
An interesting byproduct of the Occupy Wall Street movement cropped up shortly after the start of the protest on September 17th. Starting as a pile in a cardboard box, a collection of books has grown into a full-fledged library for the OWS population, complete with a reading room and online catalog provided by Library Thing. An article in the American Libraries Magazine, the magazine of the American Library Association, details this development and explains some of the changes facing the library. “OWSL also has issues of space and access, growth being among its biggest concerns,” as book donations from individuals, publishers, and booksellers are constantly flowing in. You can read the full article here: http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/news/10182011/library-occupies-heart-occupy-movement
If you, like many publishers, have been wondering why there is so much talk about semantic web, Publishing Technology has a series of videos on its blog that can give you the quick basics.
These cover the details of what semantic web technology can do for you as a publisher and why you should care. To discuss it in more detail, you can contact Rebecca Appleby in our Cambridge, MA office (rebecca.appleby@publishingtechnology.com).
Congratulations to PNAS’ Mark Chesnek, who answered all 10 trivia questions correctly and won the PCG iPad at the SSP conference. Thanks to the many people who participated in the trivia contest — we’ll be doing it again next week at SLA! Here are the answers:
1.) The ________________ are the leading international awards honoring excellence on the Internet.
Webby Awards
2.) The name “Alcatraz” is derived from the Spanish word for what bird?
Pelican, or gannet
3.) What company is typically credited with the launch of the “paperback revolution” in the English-language book market?
Penguin Books
4.) Name three of the five countries that border the Caspian Sea.
Russia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan
5.) What do the letters “A&M” refer to in the name of a university?
Agricultural and Mechanical
6.) Which of these countries is NOT a part of the Commonwealth of Nations (formerly the British Commonwealth)?
a. Ivory Coast c. Jamaica
b. Pakistan d. Cameroon
7.) What is Cai Lun often credited with inventing in 2nd century China?
paper
8.) Jack Kerouac, Alan Greenspan and Barack Obama all attended this university.
Columbia University
9.) According to the PCG+ blog (www.pcgplus.wordpress.com), in which three cities did seven PCG employees run simultaneous half-marathons on May 30, 2010?
Sao Paolo, Boston (or Cambridge) and Oxford
10.) What piece of technology made its debut at the New York Public Library in the summer of 2007?
the Espresso Book Machine
Thanks very much to everyone who came out for the PCG 20th Anniversary party at the SSP conference in San Francisco last week. We hope to see you all again next year in Boston!
View more by category: publishing industry (52), library market (44), PCG (36), conferences (31), ebooks (19), budgets (19), Europe (18), Scholarly publications (13), publishing technology (13), higher education (12). .
