The Fall of Language in the Age of English, by the Japanese novelist and scholar Minae Mizumura, has all the ingredients of a rage-read. Indeed, when it was published in Japan in 2008, it infuriated commentators, who dismissed Mizumura as “reactionary,” “jingoistic,” or “elitist” and swarmed across Amazon deleting positive reviews. More than 65,000 copies have sold since then—which suggests the sl

I prepared for my first-ever trip to Japan, this summer, almost entirely by immersing myself in the work of Haruki Murakami. This turned out to be a horrible idea. Under the influence of Murakami, I arrived in Tokyo expecting Barcelona or Paris or Berlin — a cosmopolitan world capital whose straight-talking citizens were fluent not only in English but also in all the nooks and crannies of Western

The E-Ink Corporation may have cornered the e-paper market, with its screens in Kindles, Nooks, and e-readers of all sorts, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be improved — or replaced. A new display technology that works on similar principles has been demonstrated, and it appears to be superior in every way while retaining all the advantages of E-ink displays. The display, demonstrated at the Univers

'; doc += ''; doc += ''; doc += ''; winimg.document.writeln(doc); winimg.document.close(); } //]]> 電子書籍や出版の未来をめぐって、出版界の内外ではさまざまな意見が飛び交っている。しかしそもそも、書籍が電子化されることの意味とは何だろうか?　「本であること」と「紙であること」はどう違い、どう結びついているのか? 電子書籍の権利やフォーマット、教育現場での活用に詳しい東京電機大学出版局の植村八潮さんに訊いた。 （このインタビューは2010年3月27日に収録しました） プロフィール 植村八潮（うえむら・やしお） 1956年（昭和31年）生まれ。東京電機大学出版局長。日本出版学会副会長。共著に『出版メディア入門』（日本評論社、2006年）『情報は誰のものか?』（青弓社、2004年）。 ・東京電機大学

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E Ink shows off next-gen displays: high contrast, fast refresh, and rugged (video) It took so long for electronic ink screens to finally hit the market we feel a bit silly getting impatient for the next-generation, but the Kindle has been on the market for a year and a half now, Sony Reader models for twice that long, and still we're dealing with the same crummy 7:1 contrast ratio, 16 shade graysc

By Nick Bilton March 5, 2010 7:24 pm March 5, 2010 7:24 pm craigmod.com Craig Mod discusses a series of book “interfaces” that could make the transition from print to digital. A recent blog post by Craig Mod, a self-titled computer programmer, book designer and book publisher, offers a thoughtful and distinctive perspective on the move of books from paper to interactive devices like Apple’s iPad.

In the emerging world of e-books, many consumers assume it is only logical that publishers are saving vast amounts by not having to print or distribute paper books, leaving room to pass along those savings to their customers. Publishers largely agree, which is why in negotiations with Apple, five of the six largest publishers of trade books have said they would price most digital editions of new f

2010年02月12日01:08 カテゴリITメディア 電子出版の経済学 ツイッターで「これからは『直接売文業』の時代だ」と書いたら、予想外に大きな反応があった。池尾さんからは（予想どおり）「市場型間接売文業」が正しいというコメントをもらったが、これはちょっと語呂が悪いので、以下そのように読み替えてください。 いま電子出版で起こっている現象は、技術的には新しくない。iPadは大きめの携帯端末（あるいは小さめのネットブック）にすぎず、その配信システムも伝統的な中央集権型で、P2Pのような破壊力はない。しかしこれが出版業界や流通業界に与える影響はかなり大きいだろう。それは従来の著者と出版社の関係を変えるからだ。 日本の書籍の印税は10％、原稿料は400字詰め原稿用紙1枚あたり5000円ぐらいが相場で、ここ30年ぐらい変わっていない。この30年間に物価は約2倍になっているので、原稿料は実質的に半

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