Yeah! regards,
southpark On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Magnus Manske <[email protected] > wrote: > (This mail is focused on books, but the topic is of more general > interest IMHO, thus foundation-l) > > Hi all, > > I just saw the "iBooks Author" news: > > http://www.macrumors.com/2012/01/19/a-closer-look-at-ibooks-author-textbooks-and-exclusivity/ > > Of course, all these pretty books will be only available in the Apple > paywalled garden. > > So I thought: As they use basically HTML5 (plus a few proprietary > libraries), could we produce such interactive, tablet/phone-enabled > e-books ("wBooks" as in "Wikimedia":-) from free content? I believe > the answer is yes, though it might be quite a push technologically > (just to be clear, I am speaking of the books here, not of the > authoring software). > > Also: Should we? I believe the answer is yes as well, for two reasons. > One, Apples work here might (yet again) set a new standard, which > means everything falling short of that standard will be neglected by > the target audience, which runs counter to our declared goal of > disseminating free knowledge; standing still might well mean falling > behind. Another reason is the opportunity that Apple creates for us > here: Once such e-books become accepted as general teaching tools in > schools, it will be much easier to switch from Apple-only, costly > books to run-everywhere, free books; they might just win the > "technology battle" for us. > > > What do you think? > > > Cheers, > Magnus > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
