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I attended the eBook Readers and Standards, where to next? webinar today.  My notes (done real time, please excuse typos) are below.
Speakers:  SarahRotman Epps, Forrester Analyst and Michael Smith, IDPF Executive Director

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Yesterday at the Charleston Conference we hosted a preconference on eBooks, titled “eBooks: Not just another binding.”  Carolyn Morris from Coutts, James Galbraith from OCLC, Janet Fischer from PCG Industries, and Sue Polanka from Wright State University organized the preconference.  There were 5 sessions on a variety of topics.  The discussion was great, questions were […]

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Thanks to TeleRead for the heads up on this one.
eBook  Readers and Standards…..Where to Next?
Webinar, November 18th, 11:00 EST
Speakers:  Michael Smith, Director of the IDPF and Sarah Rotman Epps, eBook Market Analyst at Forrester
As the eBook market rapidly unfolds, it seems to get more complex by the day. Publishers are struggling to adapt as competitive […]

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An IDPF Press Release:
IDPF Launches EPUB Standards Maintenance Work
The EPUB standards are open and living specifications, rapidly gaining momentum. The members of the working group are committed to assisting with corrections and improvements to the EPUB standards that will lead to wider adoption and greater accessibility.
Toronto, Canada (PRWEB) August 16, 2009 — The International Digital […]

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NSR has a great new interview posted with Andy Weissberg, VP of Identifier Services and Corporate Marketing at Bowker.  One of Andy’s tasks at Bowker is the ISTC, the International Standard Text Code.  This interview discusses the ISTC, ISBN, and other standards which relate to the publishing industry (for ordering/selling/tracking) and for libraries.  It’s a […]

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Is this fuel for the anti DRM fire or what?
Teleread.org - You really DON’T own your Amazon ebooks
Posted: 17 Jul 2009 06:43 AM PDT
Got this email from John Hagewood and it just had to be shared with you:
Weirdness in Kindle-land:
this morning I got an email from Amazon saying:
We’re writing to confirm that we […]

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Last Friday at the NISO/BISG forum on changing standards I heard a presentation by Andy Weissberg at Bowker on the ISTC standard.  This standard was adopted in March of 2009 and according to an ISTC press release, “The ISTC system provides a means of uniquely and persistently identifying textual works in information systems, and facilitates […]

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Last Friday at ALA I was part of a NISO/BISG panel on the changing standards landscape.  There were many speakers, each discussing various aspects of eBook standards like business models, ISBNs, epub, DRM, and the standards and features needed by librarians (which was my part).  I’ve summarized my presentation here and would welcome additional suggestions […]

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July 10, 2009 | 12:30pm - 4:00pm | Hyatt Regency Chicago
@ ALA Annual Conference
The Book Industry Study Group will host a program the Friday before the ALA Conference in Chicago.  You need not be registered for ALA to attend this program, but obviously it’s encouraged. The program, “The Changing Standards Landscape: Creative Solutions to Your […]

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One of my favorite blogs is Teleread, an eBook blog started way back in 1992.  Yesterday I was able to speak with Paul Biba, Co-Editor of Teleread.  We had a great conversation about the blog, eBooks in the mass market, DRM and standards.  Check it out on the NSR interviews page.  Thanks Paul!

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