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Page 1: Introduction to the Consortium

Dynamic Publishing - New Platforms,

New Readers!

Research plan http://consortium.io/research-plan

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Free at the point of reading?

Alan Kay, Dynabook, 1972

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Developing software for Multi-format

conversion

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Open Access

The crime of academic

publishing

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GoalsPublic Open Source

InfrastructureLowing cost of innovation

for publishers

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Single SourceDynamic Publishing

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Hacks/Design Research

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Dynamic Publishingautomated–

layout, multi-format conversion, distribution, rights management, file

transfer, translation workflows, document updates,

payments and reading metrics

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Current multi-formatpublishing software

is inefficient or too expensive

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Open Source PlatformTypeSetr

Multi-format conversion

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WorkflowsArchive, Kuda, Merve, Leonardo,

Nätverkstan, bbooks, Mute, Culture Machine, Mittelweg 36

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Market AnalysisInDesign

Microsoft WordOpen OfficeLibre Office

Google DocsHigh-end professional - Woodwing

Le-tex Bookwire

Aptara

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RoadmapAlpha Q4/13

Beta Q1/14Prototyping Q1-2/14Spinoff startup 2014

New funding? 2015

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PrototypesMerve Verlag - publishing from search

Leonardo Electonic Almanac - academicSaarbrucken+ - Publishing to OER ?

Public Library - book scanning McLuhan - publishing from the archive

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Open Research