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What MLB Fans Can Teach eBook Readers about Kindle and Other EReading Devices

By Jane • Dec 2nd, 2007 • Category: Ebooks, Letters of Opinion, Misc

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MLB Makes Fools out of Fans
In 2003, Major League Baseball offered game footage for fans to download to their personal computers for $3.95 each. Red Sox fan, Allan Wood, took advantage of the digital offerings and purchased nearly $300 worth of digital video game footage. The video was downloadable to the [...]



Hachette to Adopt the One Standard to Hopefully Rule Us All

By Jane • Oct 26th, 2007 • Category: Publishing News

According to Publishers Weekly, Hachette Book Group USA (which includes Grand Central Publishing, the house of Elizabeth Hoyt and Karen Rose) will adopt the International Digital Publishing Forum’s new file format standard for ebooks. The format standard allows a publisher to create just one digital book file instead of the 6-10 previously required. [...]



Adobe’s New E-Reader Step in Right Direction

By Jane • Jun 20th, 2007 • Category: Publishing News

Adobe released its Adobe Digital Editions 1.0 that had previously been released in beta form. I’ve tried out the beta form and with properly formatted pdfs, the books looked great. With older books, however, it struggles with the same issues of reflow and readability. Still, if the IDPF can convince every publisher [...]



Time for Digitizing Is Now Declares Industry Groups.

By Jane • May 11th, 2007 • Category: Publishing News

Two recent events mark increased interest in digital books. The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) held a conference yesterday and the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) held a seminar on Wednesday. Both focused on the need for a uniform standard in the industry for digital content. [...]



The Limits of an Open Reader Standard

By Jane • Oct 29th, 2006 • Category: Ebooks, Letters of Opinion, Misc

There are two competing factions in the ebook reading industry. No, not authors v. readers or readers v. publishers (that story is for tomorrow ;) ), it’s IDPF v. OpenReader. The idea is to create an ebook standard that would enable customers to buy any book from any online source and view it [...]