亞馬遜進軍出版業務

2009年05月26日 10:23:00  吳雨珊 來源：出版商務週報 

   網絡零售巨頭亞馬遜邁出了進軍出版領域的第一步。近日，亞馬遜宣佈，簽下美國青少年作家塞拉·庫福爾（Cayla Kluver）自助出版的小說《遺物》（Legacy）的全球英語版權。不久前，亞馬遜宣佈啟動出版項目「亞馬遜重唱」（AmazonEncore），這是該項目的第一部作品。但雙方都拒絕透露此次版權協議的詳細情況。

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消息稱亞馬遜第三代大屏幕Kindle聖誕前上市

http://news.sina.com   2009年04月10日 21:00   北京新浪網

首款彩色電子書 日本登場

擁有8吋彩色螢幕的FLEPia，是由富士通旗下的富士通尖端科技和富士通研究室共同研發。富士通於2007年4月首度發表FLEPia，當時只提供企業用戶試用版。該公司說，最新版本的FLEPia在亮度和對比上提升了1.5倍，頁面重現速度提升了1.7倍。因該產品和亞馬遜（Amazon）的電子書產品Kindle性質相近，未來可能成為Kindle的強勁對手。

富士通尖端科技研發的發言人齋藤說：「消費者對FLEPia的反應非常好。」他說，FLEPia未來將在海外上市。

FLEPia 18日在線上商店正式販售，價格為9.975萬日圓（約1000美元），富士通預計明年底前售出5萬台。Kindle的價格為359美元。

FLEPia的厚度為1.25公分，比Kindle稍厚，358公克的重量也比Kindle重。但FLEPia採用Windows CE 5.0作業系統，擁有8吋彩色螢幕，解析度為1024x768，可顯示26萬種顏色。Kindle只有6吋的黑白螢幕。

FLEPia充飽電後可運作40小時，Kindle則可運作整整四天。但FLEPia同時內建無線上網和藍芽功能，4GB SD記憶卡可儲存約5000本書。

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/ebooks/fujitsu-a4-and-a5-flepia-they-say-console-reader-we-say-ebook-253921.php

Fujitsu A4 and A5 FLEPia: They Say Console Reader, we Say eBook

http://www.frontech.fujitsu.com/en/release/20070420.html

The following is a translation of the press release that was announced by Fujitsu Frontech Limited and Fujitsu Laboratories Limited on 20th April 2007. This translation is made by Fujitsu Frontech Limited.

Fujitsu Frontech Starts Limited Sales of Portable Information Terminal “FLEPia”

Fujitsu Frontech Limited announced the development of a ubiquitous browser, “FLEPia” that adopts color electronic paper first in the world and launches domestic sales of the samples.

“FLEPia” will be displayed in “Fujitsu Forum 2007” being held on 17th and 18th May at Tokyo International Forum.

“FLEPia” realizes compactness and low power by electronic paper which can display a still image continuously without power supply. There are two types of size, A4-size (12 inch) and A5-size (8 inch). A4-size weighs 480g and A5-size weighs 320g. They measure 12mm and can run for 50 hours at most.

Larger View

The contents stored to SD card (option) thorough a high speed wireless LAN can be referred “Anytime” and “Anywhere”. For example, the latest information can be downloaded at speed and available at the wireless LAN spot or a Net cafe.

The purpose of the limited sales of “FLEPia” is for the field trial of some companies who are considering business by making use of color electronic paper. Therefore it is equipped with USB mini-B connecter and a stereo speaker which is available for various applications.

[Feature of ubiquitous browser, “FLEPia”]

[1]Visible display and color variation

There are two types of size, A4-size (12 inch) which can display largely and portable A5-size (8 inch). The resolution of both types is the XGA standard of 768 x 1024. A color display is adopted and 8 colors or 4,096 colors can be configured.

There are three color variation for the body of “FLEPia”, white pearl, pink pearl and silver.

[2] Simple operation

“FLEPia” has the large touch panel of 12 inch or 8 inch and it is easy to operate with a scroll button and six function buttons.

[3]Long operating time

Because electronic paper is adopted for a display, a still image can be displayed continuously without power supply. Power supply is necessary only for redrawing of a image. Therefore “FLEPia” can run longer than the other liquid crystal display panels. With a fully charged battery, “FLEPia” can run for 50 hours (when 3,000 pages are displayed every 1 minute on 8 colors display.)

[4]Full outside interface

High speed wireless LAN of 11/54Mbps conformed to IEEE802.11b/g, a USB mini-B connecter conformed to a USB 2.0 (480Mbps) and a SD card slot are equipped as outside interface. They can be selected according to the way to download information. Because there is also a stereo speaker on both sides, reading out of books or audio explanation of an advertisement are available.

[5]Equipped Windows CE5.0

“FLEPia” equips the Japanese version of Windows®CE5.0 by Microsoft Corporation. Web browser and e-mail are available. Because “FLEPia” can also display data of variety of applications by Microsoft Corporation such as Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel, referring of a document or an attachment of e-mail is available. A software keyboard and a touch-pen enable to input short sentence for e-mail.

[6]High security

The information is protected by 128bit of AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) and a security password with 16 characters.

Fujitsu Frontech will provide the service of searching the terminal, locking the operation and deleting the information when losing “FLEPia”.

（* “FLEPia” is shipped every lot of 10 units to corporations for the full customer service.）

[Sales target]

The sample number of sales target for fiscal year 2007 is 1,000 units. (200 units per month) The worldwide general sales will be started in fiscal year 2008. Fujitsu Frontech is targeting sales of about 10 billion yen accumulated by fiscal year 2010.

[Trademark]

Windows®CE is registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
SD is a trademark of SD Card Association.
Other company names and product names described in this sheet are trademarks or registered trademarks of each company.
“FLEPia” is applying for the register as a trademark of Fujitsu Frontech.

Contacts

Fujitsu Frontech Limited
Marketing Division
Contact Us:http://www.frontech.fujitsu.com/en/contact/

Related Website

Fujitsu Laboratories Limited