Internet Bookmobile to Offer 100,000 Titles at Seybold San Francisco 2003; Refurbished 10-Year-Old Minivan Reflects Emerging Trend in Publishing Arena.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Seybold San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden 2003 SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 19, 2003 Sitting somewhat incongruously in·con·gru·ous adj. 1. Lacking in harmony; incompatible: a joke that was incongruous with polite conversation. 2. among the latest in digital imaging, Web design and printing technology at next month's Seybold San Francisco 2003, will be a refurbished, green 1993 Ford Aerostar The Ford Aerostar was Ford's first minivan, and was introduced as a 1986 model in summer 1985. Although introduced to compete with the front-wheel drive Dodge Caravan/Plymouth Voyager twins, it was a rear-wheel drive minivan, like the Chevrolet Astro and Toyota Van. , with a satellite dish satellite dish n. A dish antenna used to receive and transmit signals relayed by satellite. satellite dish A parabolic antenna used to receive signals relayed by satellite. on its roof. The whimsical "print your own book" emblazoned down its side quickly betrays its immediate mission of allowing event attendees to peruse pe·ruse tr.v. pe·rused, pe·rus·ing, pe·rus·es To read or examine, typically with great care. [Middle English perusen, to use up : Latin per-, per- a database of some 100,000 books and perhaps walk away minutes later with a free, bound volume. Titles currently available include "The Wizard of Oz Wizard of Oz reaches and departs from Oz in circus balloon. [Children’s Lit.: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz] See : Ballooning Wizard of Oz false wizard takes up residence in Emerald City. [Am. Lit. " and a manual of Buddhist ethics The foundation of Buddhist ethics for laypeople is the Pancasila: no killing, stealing, lying, sexual misconduct, or intoxicants. That is, in becoming a Buddhist--or affirming one's commitment to Buddhism--a layperson is encouraged to vow to abstain from these negative actions, in from the 4th century BC. However, beyond the fun and satisfaction of getting an instant, personalized copy of "Alice in Wonderland," the minivan represents a global effort to use 21st century technology to help preserve ink-on-paper media, vulnerable tomes at risk of being lost forever. Ashley Rindsberg, "bookmobilist" for the Internet Archive See Wayback Machine and Web archiving. , which created the vehicle in October 2002, said the San Francisco-based nonprofit is working in concert with the Million Book Project at Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University, at Pittsburgh, Pa.; est. 1967 through the merger of the Carnegie Institute of Technology (founded 1900, opened 1905) and the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research (founded 1913). . "We've (the bookmobile) handed out some 10,000 books throughout the Bay Area," he said. "The bookmobile fits well with the Internet Archive's motto, `Universal Access to All Human Knowledge.'" Since the group started in 1996, it has amassed a collection of some 10 billion Web pages of "pretty much anything digital," he said. "As long as it has some cultural or historical value or value in knowledge, we'll collect it." Seybold San Francisco is a natural venue, added James M. Smith, vice president and general manager of Seybold Seminars, Publications & Consulting, because the Sept. 8-12 gathering at Moscone West always has represented the cutting edge of publishing technology. The minivan will be part of the Seybold Marketplace, dominating the center of the pavilion floor and offering a central spot where event attendees can grab a snack, conduct some business or just relax and get caught up with some headlines and e-mail via a wireless link. "Publishing is moving more and more toward individual control," said Smith. "Conveniently personalized and customized for one particular user is apparent across the board. Look at where digital photography is now compared with just two or three years ago. Using a camera-phone, a user is capturing an image for that particular moment for a particular receiver." The personalization trend, said Rindsberg, definitely exists and is growing. "It's print-on-demand," he explained, adding that Seybold Seminars is an obvious forum. "It's about serving smaller markets. This is an innovation that the publishing world ought to know about." The Internet Bookmobile's model, Rindsberg predicted, could easily find its way into kiosks run by the big-name book retailers to offer their customers a way of obtaining nearly any book a reader might seek. "Now, it's limited to the set of titles that the store chooses to carry and offer," he said. "We want is to see this set up in as many places as possible because that would be more people having access to books and knowledge. Even though it's nonprofit now, this could become part of a for-profit competitive market." About the Internet Archive The Internet Archive is a 501(c)(3) public nonprofit that was founded to build an "Internet library," with the purpose of offering permanent access for researchers, historians, and scholars to historical collections that exist in digital format. Founded in 1996 and Located in the Presidio of San Francisco, the Archive has been receiving data donations from Alexa Internet Alexa Internet, Inc. is a California-based subsidiary company of Amazon.com that is best known for operating a website that provides information on the web traffic to other websites. and others. In late 1999, the organization started to grow to build more well-rounded collections, including audio and moving-image files. About MediaLive International, Inc. MediaLive International produces information technology tradeshows and conferences. MediaLive International's products range from the IT industry's largest exhibitions such as COMDEX The former, premier computer trade show in the U.S. Although it grew into an end user event, it was originally created for dealers and distributors (it was the COMputer Dealers EXposition). and NetWorld+Interop to highly focused events featuring renowned educational programs, custom seminars and specialized vendor marketing programs. For more information about MediaLive International, visit www.medialiveintl.com. MediaLive International, Seybold Seminars, COMDEX, NetWorld+Interop, Interop, NetWorld, and associated design marks and logos are trademarks or service marks owned or used under license by MediaLive International, Inc., and may be registered in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. 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