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Going Mobile Checklist for Delivering Your Content on Devices Ulhas Anand Sr. Product Manager
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Electronic Geographic Language Ancillary Media Rights
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Rights – Electronic
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Rights – Geographical Source: Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_mobile_phones_in_use
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Rights – Language Devices are there, now for the content Spanish, Mandarin and Russian markets will mature Same title multiple languages
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Rights – Ancillary Ancillaries like audio, videos, images, instructor resources, etc. Deliver what other aggregate stores do not Replace back-of-the-book CD/DVD-ROMs
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Rights – Media Associated media Games and Videos Passive and participative experiences
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Rentals Subscriptions Freemium Ancillary Bundles Pricing
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Secure rental models For individuals, institutions and libraries Fraction of cost, micro payments Geographies with weaker currencies Alternative to photocopying Pricing – Rentals
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For individuals, institutions, book clubs, associations and libraries Set of titles, title series, categories or entire catalog Multi-seat and concurrency licenses Pricing – Subscriptions
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Offer free content Advance digital copies and virtual sampling Content sharing among friends Sample chapters, ancillaries, etc. Access full content with limitations Up-sell to full access Pricing – Freemium
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Add-on products to monetize rights Image and video stock sales Usage rights based pricing Pricing – Ancillary
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Electronic + Print eBook + ancillaries eBook download + cloud Pricing – Bundles Source: O’reilly Books and Videos, http://www.oreilly.com http://www.oreilly.com
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Develop a marketing plan that includes PR Website Social Media Affiliate Network (Reviewers, Bloggers, etc.) Institutional sales plan Marketing
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PDF XML (content, catalog and meatadata) ePUB Formats
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Usability –WYSIWYG from Typesetting –Fixed format display –Suitable for tablets Advantages –DRM through Adobe ACS4 –Low-cost content preparation –Typesetting Software does not matter Formats – PDF
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Disadvantages –Smaller screen support o No-reflow of text –File size –Enrichments –Licensing cost o ACS4 o RM SDK Formats – PDF
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Usability –Storage format –Content, catalog and metadata Advantages –Extensible –Future Proof, not limited to one format Formats – XML Disadvantages –Needs planned typesetting workflows –More expensive in the beginning –Legacy content support
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Usability –Re-flowable text –Suitable for all devices Advantages –Format is a webpage –Future proof, can work outside an app –Books-on-the-cloud Formats – ePUB Disadvantages –Formatting –Enrichments –Content conversion costs –No DRM
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Aggregators –Metadata & content requirements –Pricing model –Reports Operating Systems –What do/will your readers use? –Prevalence, market share –Rate of growth, future Delivery
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Your own ebookstore Apps Buy once, read anywhere Relationships
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Your own ebookstore –Are your customers, your customers? –Offer distinct advantages –Marketing is vital –Get to know your users –Establish relationships Relationships
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Apps –Provide Apps that are useful –Your value add o Content o Presentation o Usability –Rethink content flow –Make use of the medium –Make authors and users participate Relationships
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Buy once, read anywhere –Books-on-the-cloud –Multi-format delivery –Advantages to users that approach direct Relationships
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Offer to everyone, business model without boundaries of Countries, Languages, Formats, OS or Market places Don’t sell the same book to a user, without creating additional value Offer more to those who come direct Allow authors and users to participate and be a part of the content Make your customers, truly your customers Relationships
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