Lightening talk at the 2011 Ignite | Smithsonian event

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Martin R. Kalfatovic
11 April 02011
Ignite|Smithsonian

2. Average of 125 book titles per year
1470 - 1599

4. Of making many books there is no end
- Ecclesiastes 12:12

6. 129,864,880*
* number of books, carefully defined, according to Google

7. Codex: 500 years of quality!
No manual needed!

9. 10 million ebook “titles” available
TODAY in the United States from
all sources
- Glenn Fleishman

10. 100/115
paperback/Kindle
100/180
hardcover/Kindle
Obligatory Chart Graphic

11. I come not to bury
Pat the Bunny
* * * * *
“Board books are for
chewing, not reading”
Mandatory Pat the Bunny slide

12. .66

15. U.S. Code Title 17. Chapter 1. Section 109
Limitations on exclusive rights

16. 3,500 books

17. Books on Devices
Books in Apps
Books in Browsers

20. Available in all formats (print,
Mobi, ePub, DAISY, PDF, ?)
Rich media integration
Socially connected (aside: yes,
reading is solitary but books are
social)
Shorter turn around from idea
to instantiation
Gamification
Pricing that is fair and works
Adapted from Mike Hendrickson's "The Future of the Book" on O'Reilly Radar
A Future of Books?

21. Thanks!
•Martin R. Kalfatovic
•Smithsonian Institution Libraries
•Twitter@UDCMRK
•UDC793.blogspot.com
•Notes and citations for the slides
•available on the blog above
•Thanks to Banjo for reading
•Northanger Abbey on the Kindle