Publishing 3.0 Concept
The "Publishing 3.0 – Hong Kong Smart e-Book Hub" Promotion Scheme provides a conversion platform for the publishing industry to produce e-books and audiobooks free of charge. The "Hong Kong Smart e-Book Hub" is established afterwards. After setting e-book selection criteria, a team of credible industry professionals served as an assessment panel selects high quality Hong Kong publications with international market potential in recent years for building up the Hong Kong Smart e-book Hub.
Functions of the Hong Kong Smart e-Book Hub include categorical/keywords searches and online sample chapters, etc which can help promote Hong Kong publications at various large-scale international book fairs.
Through technology sharing and joint promotion, "Publishing 3.0" assists small and medium-sized publishing houses in Hong Kong with insufficient capital, technology and other resources to accelerate their upgrading and transformation. The Scheme also helps consolidate the Hong Kong Publishing Industry to be a Chinese Publishing Centre as well as an Asian Creativity Hub.
AI-empowered smart e-book features for e-publishing
Hong Kong Publishing Federation establishes an online "Conversion Platform" through technological achievements under the "e-Book Project". Local publishers can utilise the Platform to translate Chinese publications into English and also generate audio books in Cantonese, Putonghua and English by the Text-to-Speech (TTS) system.
A publisher can literally obtain an English translation and trilingual audiobooks by the Conversion Platform.
Key Components & Events
- The "e-Book Project" aims to provide a technical basis for the Hong Kong publishing industry and authors to build a convenient and easy-to-use the "Conversion Platform". The relevant technology can facilitate converting locally published Chinese publications into e-books.
- LSCM's AI-empowered smart e-book features for e-publishing enables Chinese publications to be translated into English.
- Through the Text-to-Speech (TTS), Chinese and English text can be translated into audio books in Cantonese, Mandarin and English respectively.
- The "Hong Kong Smart e-Book Hub" contains various functions such as categorical/keyword searches and online sample chapters, etc, that can facilitate promoting Hong Kong publications at large-scale overseas book fairs.
- The "Publishing 3.0" is expected to be implemented on a trial basis in betweenJanuary and March 2023, and will be completed by phases thereafter.
Promotion Events
"Publishing 3.0" has been officially launched, and a series of promotional events will be coming in Hong Kong and overseas.
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Disclaimer: The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region provides funding support to the project only, and does not otherwise take part in the project. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in these materials/events (or by members of the project team) are those of the project organisers only and do not reflect the views of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau, Create Hong Kong, the CreateSmart Initiative Secretariat or the CreateSmart Initiative Vetting Committee.