To help Hong Kong's e-books
and audiobooks explore the international market, and to promote the copyright
trade of Hong Kong's e-books, the "Publishing 3.0 - Hong Kong Smart eBook Hub"
("Publishing 3.0") project team went to Bologna, Italy to participate
in this year's Bologna Children's Book Fair from April 8 to 11, and exhibited
the "Hong Kong Smart eBook Hub" at the "Hong Kong Pavilion - Soaring
Creativity" set up within the book fair. During the book fair, the "Hong
Kong Pavilion - Soaring Creativity" held a record-breaking 13 cultural
activities, creating a new high.
Through the "AI-empowered
e-book conversion platform" driven by artificial intelligence, the
"Publishing 3.0" project helps Hong Kong publishers self-translate
and produce high-quality Chinese and English electronic publications, and
selects works with potential for the international market to build the "Hong
Kong Smart eBook Hub". To promote Hong Kong's development as a regional
copyright centre for e-books and audiobooks, the project conducts promotions
both locally and abroad, bringing Hong Kong's creative achievements to the
industry worldwide, in order to assist the Hong Kong publishing industry in
developing e-book copyright trade.
Dr. Sharon Wong,
Executive Chairwoman (Administration) of “Publishing 3.0” Steering Committee
and Executive Director of Hong Kong Reprographic Rights Licensing Society, introduced
"Publishing 3.0" during the Bologna Children's Book Fair this year,
showcasing the results of Hong Kong's e-book publishing conversion technology.
Currently, 63 Hong Kong publishing organizations are participating in
"Publishing 3.0", and have successfully converted over 5,000 Chinese
and English e-books and audiobooks through the project's " AI-empowered
e-book conversion platform". During the book fair, Dr. Sharon Wong also
shared the development of the "Publishing 3.0" project over the past
year, and demonstrated the key features of the platform, such as trial reading
and listening functions, in the smart e-book hub.
