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C2C Presentation. Garry Knespa l Executive Secretary Graphic Arts Services Association of Australia. A brief look at. Some quick stats Acrobat 5 and PDF 1.4 Content tagging e and d book book issues. Some quick stats. $400 Billion publishing industry (Adobe)

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  1. C2C Presentation Garry Knespal Executive Secretary Graphic Arts Services Association of Australia GASAA - 3 October 2001

  2. A brief look at • Some quick stats • Acrobat 5 and PDF 1.4 • Content tagging • e and d book book issues GASAA - 3 October 2001

  3. Some quick stats • $400 Billion publishing industry (Adobe) • $200 billion advertising industry (S Acker-Moy Hewlett Packard) • 300 million free Acrobat Readers (Adobe) • 4 million Microsoft readers (Microsoft) • Ebooks market USA $10m (1999); $100m (2000) 400% annual growth to $3.1b (2004) and $25b (2008). 70 ebooks. (David Spiselman) Cyclopsmedia • 4 million Microsoft readers (Microsoft) • 40% book and 60% mags pulped (S Acker-Moy Hewlett Packard) • 59% of people 18 – 24 years prefer online info (Online Journal review) GASAA - 3 October 2001

  4. Acrobat 5 (PDF 1.4) • 2 years since last major upgrade • Bridging corporate and professional graphic art space • enhanced networking capabilties; microsoft integration; XML,HTML and Javascript support; metadata (both text and object level); digital signatures (128 bit encrypting); online annotations; transparency and trapping (opaque, overprint and knockouts; soft-proofing). GASAA - 3 October 2001

  5. Acrobat 5 (PDF 1.4) … cont • Metadata - XML packets and XAP (RDF compatible) • Tagged PDF (structural tree, reflow, linear functions eg spell checking, searching extracting data, extracting native images and RTF text). • Expect developers to release tagging tools (Adobe’s MakeAccessible) • Still need for third party plug-ins (PitStop etc) GASAA - 3 October 2001

  6. ebooks and dbooks issues • .lit vs .pdf • business models (eg ebrary, rosteta books) • technology advances • DRM GASAA - 3 October 2001

  7. Websites of interest • www.gasaa.asna.au • www.gtx.com.au • www.planetebook.com • www.adobe.com/epaper/ebooks • www.microsoft.com/reader/shop.asp • www.lightningsource.com • www.rosettabooks.com • www.ebrary.com GASAA - 3 October 2001

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