web books: the future of digital publishing is dynamic, universal and open
DESCRIPTION
A brief presentation on the primary characteristics of web books; the reasons they may offer a positive future solution for digital publishing in museums specifically; and some tools and examples already out there. This talk was first given at the National Museum Publishing Seminar, June 12–14, 2014, as part of the panel "Digital Publishing 101: The Complete Picture from EPUB to App". A comparative chart on the many digital publishing formats and resources discussed in the panel, can be found at http:bit.ly/digpub101.TRANSCRIPT
Greg Albers
Digital Publications Manager,
Getty Publications
Web. Books. Web Books.
What’s Makes a Booka Web Book?
Web Books are Read on Web Browsers
Any device. Offline too.
Web Books are Built with Web Tools
Content Style Interaction
Why the Web?
3 Things I Loveabout the Web
1. You can do amazing things with it
3 Things I Loveabout the Web
1. You can do amazing things with it
2. It’s connected to everything
3 Things I Loveabout the Web
1. You can do amazing things with it
2. It’s connected to everything
3. There’s porn
3 Things I Loveabout the Web
1. You can do amazing things with it
http://closertovaneyck.kikirpa.be/
1. You can do amazing things with it
http://warhol.gradientlabs.com
2. It’s connected to everything
http://artbabble.org
2. It’s connected to everything
http://walkerart.org
2. There’s porn
http://www.getty.edu/about/opencontent.html
2. There’s porn
http://www.klausgallery.net/ebooks/hirsch.html
2. There’s porn
http://www.google.com/search?q=lolita+covers
The web offers a dynamic, universal, and open publishing ecosystem for digital books
The web offers a dynamic, universal, and open publishing ecosystem for digital books
1. You can do amazing things with it
The web offers a dynamic, universal, and open publishing ecosystem for digital books
1. You can do amazing things with it
2. It’s connected to everything
The web offers a dynamic, universal, and open publishing ecosystem for digital books
1. You can do amazing things with it
2. It’s connected to everything
3. There’s porn
How?
EPUB
idpf.org/epub
HPUB
bakerframework.com
OSCIToolkit
oscitoolkit.org
Scalar
scalar.usc.edu
Atlas
atlas.oreilly.com
GitHub
github.com/futurepress/epub.js
GitHub
github.com/Prinzhorn/skrollr
GitHub
github.com/hyperstudio/Annotation-Studio
GitHub
github.com/DigitalPublishingToolkit
Art Canada Institute
aci-iac.ca
3 Challenges to Web Book Adoption
1. No viable sales venue
3 Challenges to Web Book Adoption
1. No viable sales venue
2. Requires a largely new skill set
3 Challenges to Web Book Adoption
1. No viable sales venue
2. Requires a largely new skill set
3. There’s porn
3 Challenges to Web Book Adoption
Greg Albers
Digital Publications Manager,
Getty Publications
@geealbers
Questions?
Tina Henderson
Digital Publishing Consultant
and Production Artist
@tinahender
Elisa Leshowitz
Director of Publishing
Services, ARTBOOK / D.A.P.
Edyta Lewicka
Designer, Potion
Beyond the Printed Page
digitalpublishingbliki.com
Digital Publishing 101 Chart
http://is.gd/digpub101