macudc’s Tweets from the 2009 TOC Conference

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macudc: at #toc Google explaining terms of Google settlement with Authors Guild and AAP ... did this go thru Google legal? \

macudc: #toc registry for scanned Google books is separate NFP with a board made up of interested parties ... who will never agree and thus be weak!

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macudc: #toc GBS pimping the partner program, sorry no questions out of time! Very convenient all questions exposed -ve aspects of GBS

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macudc: #toc color ebooks in 2010, beyond that then flexible screens that will enable large formats

macudc: #toc Riding the Social Net Wave to Democraiz Book Dist. and Increase Profits.scribd.com makes posting of copyrighted material easy, napster?

macudc: @beyondhall8 Not familiar w kindlefeeder.com I use feedbooks.com for RSS to Sony PRS. Incidentally thats where you can find Corys books #toc

macudc: 300,000 Sony PRS sold #toc no official Amz # in 12-18mons 2-3% of all US households will own - ebook reader. That when evryone knows someone

macudc: #toc go from350 to 200 you get 10x volume on devices. That point will be reached in 12months, at least in China says Russell Wilcox (E Ink)

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macudc: #toc start with xml, packed room - not even standing room left, out in hall. Presenting findings of survey done with BISG

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macudc: #toc 90% of talk is about kindle, iphone, and mobile. What about epub? Am I in the wrong sessions?

systimetre: @macudc ePub was discussed heavily at the sessions yesterday #toc

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macudc: #toc how would google do publshing Jeff Jarvis. "We all need Google Juice"

macudc: #toc v-book, an ebook with videos

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macudc: #toc Is your distribution partner hardware agnostic? What?

macudc: #toc - 50% of africans have a java enabled mobile phone - According to David Nudo. Really? Access to a mobile phone maybe, otherwise no way

robotech_master: @macudc Access sounds right to me. According to this, only 1 in 4 Africans have a cell at all. http://bit.ly/151op #TOC

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macudc: #toc tim or says read sir jos reynolds final speach to the royal academy

macudc: #toc no presure

macudc: #toc the web has published more pages than all the books written in human history!

macudc: #toc specs, rfp, build is history. Lightweight dev is a must! Agile anyone?

macudc: #toc publishers must be more equal than others in order to be positioned to confer "status" on others

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macudc: #toc Predicts carnage in the publishing ranks. 2009 -2012. Few are looking ahead most are reacting. guess who will go.