Comments on: E-readers for comic book viewing http://www.teleread.org/2008/08/19/e-readers-for-comic-book-viewing/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:47:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Hadrien http://www.teleread.org/2008/08/19/e-readers-for-comic-book-viewing/comment-page-1/#comment-880759 Hadrien Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:00:18 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/08/19/e-readers-for-comic-book-viewing/#comment-880759 6" e-ink devices could easily display manga. I've read a few manga myself on such devices. What we need is also the right format to handle these manga: ePub could work perfectly for this (no need to convert the images since ePub supports PNG/JPEG/GIF) as long as we change the specs to allow any OPS Core Media in the OPF file instead of OPS Documents only. We've discussed this several times already and there's another area where this would be useful: covers. 6″ e-ink devices could easily display manga. I’ve read a few manga myself on such devices.
What we need is also the right format to handle these manga: ePub could work perfectly for this (no need to convert the images since ePub supports PNG/JPEG/GIF) as long as we change the specs to allow any OPS Core Media in the OPF file instead of OPS Documents only.
We’ve discussed this several times already and there’s another area where this would be useful: covers.

]]> By: pond http://www.teleread.org/2008/08/19/e-readers-for-comic-book-viewing/comment-page-1/#comment-880044 pond Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:44:55 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/08/19/e-readers-for-comic-book-viewing/#comment-880044 Printing costs escalate when 4-color is brought in, but the same doesn't apply for digital comics. Digital gadgets are very popular in Japan, as are video game consoles. Both Sony and MicroSoft have online gaming communities built around the PS3 and XBox360, so I wonder: - How long before all manga are done in color, with grayscale versions for the 'unfortunates who can only read print versions'? - How long before comics are distributed via the online gaming consoles, and viewed on HDTVs at very-high resolutions, with potential for zooming in and out and navigating with the console controllers? Printing costs escalate when 4-color is brought in, but the same doesn’t apply for digital comics. Digital gadgets are very popular in Japan, as are video game consoles. Both Sony and MicroSoft have online gaming communities built around the PS3 and XBox360, so I wonder:

- How long before all manga are done in color, with grayscale versions for the ‘unfortunates who can only read print versions’?

- How long before comics are distributed via the online gaming consoles, and viewed on HDTVs at very-high resolutions, with potential for zooming in and out and navigating with the console controllers?

]]> By: Mike Cane http://www.teleread.org/2008/08/19/e-readers-for-comic-book-viewing/comment-page-1/#comment-879997 Mike Cane Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:43:43 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/08/19/e-readers-for-comic-book-viewing/#comment-879997 Japanese manga is usually monochrome. Japanese Manga Comes To The iPhone http://mikecane2008.wordpress.com/2008/08/09/japanese-manga-comes-to-the-iphone/ And comics on iPhone: Comic Books (Almost) Come To iPhone http://mikecane2008.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/comic-books-almost-come-to-iphone/ Glad to see others are waking up too. Japanese manga is usually monochrome.

Japanese Manga Comes To The iPhone
http://mikecane2008.wordpress.com/2008/08/09/japanese-manga-comes-to-the-iphone/

And comics on iPhone:

Comic Books (Almost) Come To iPhone
http://mikecane2008.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/comic-books-almost-come-to-iphone/

Glad to see others are waking up too.

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