XML Marks the Spot: XML Helps Move Knowledge from Books to Bytes

The discussion will share advancements in the areas of digital capture, storage, management, access and output. It will review the significant benefits and cultural implications with the digitization of information, focusing on software and storage solutions creating easy access and search capability for scanned information. A demonstration and review of the automatic bookscanning process relating to the use of XML will share how modifications can be made to a pre-existing XML file.

Belkhir, Lofti. IDEAlliance (2005). Articles>Information Design>eBooks>XML

The Struggle for Book Access: Amazon

The Kindle2 is a hot topic in the disability field right now. Many print-disabled people (people who are blind, severely dyslexic or a have a physical disability that keeps them from reading regular print books) see electronic books as a dream come true. But, it's a dream that the commercial ebook vendors keep dashing.

Fruchterman, Jim. Benetech (2009). Articles>Publishing>Accessibility>eBooks