1. GASAA - 3 October 20011 C2C Presentation Garry Knespal Executive Secretary Graphic Arts Services Association of Australia

2. GASAA - 3 October 20012 A brief look at Some quick stats Acrobat 5 and PDF 1.4 Content tagging e and d book book issues

3. GASAA - 3 October 20013 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)

4. GASAA - 3 October 20014 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).

5. GASAA - 3 October 20015 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)

6. GASAA - 3 October 20016 ebooks and dbooks issues.lit vs.pdf business models (eg ebrary, rosteta books) technology advances DRM

7. GASAA - 3 October 20017 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