Comments on: IDPF call for board candidates: Chance to help reform the e-book industry and advance tech standards http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/idpf-call-for-board-candidates-chance-to-help-reform-the-e-book-industry-and-advance-tech-standards/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:23:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/idpf-call-for-board-candidates-chance-to-help-reform-the-e-book-industry-and-advance-tech-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-949596 David Rothman Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:19:58 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/11/07/idpf-call-for-board-candidates-chance-to-help-reform-the-e-book-industry-and-advance-tech-standards/#comment-949596 Liza: Good show! I hope you yourself can do a no-DRM version. With proprietary DRM, the usual kind, the ePub standard is no longer a standard in practical terms. Thanks, David Liza: Good show! I hope you yourself can do a no-DRM version. With proprietary DRM, the usual kind, the ePub standard is no longer a standard in practical terms.

Thanks,
David

]]> By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/idpf-call-for-board-candidates-chance-to-help-reform-the-e-book-industry-and-advance-tech-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-949595 David Rothman Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:17:06 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/11/07/idpf-call-for-board-candidates-chance-to-help-reform-the-e-book-industry-and-advance-tech-standards/#comment-949595 Terrific news about AllRomanceEBooks and ePub, Rob. Thanks for telling us, and it's great to hear of your own efforts. Small publishers like you will especially benefit in the long run from the economies of ePub. Hello, Fictionwise! May you be next. Thanks, David Terrific news about AllRomanceEBooks and ePub, Rob. Thanks for telling us, and it’s great to hear of your own efforts. Small publishers like you will especially benefit in the long run from the economies of ePub. Hello, Fictionwise! May you be next.

Thanks,
David

]]> By: Liza Daly http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/idpf-call-for-board-candidates-chance-to-help-reform-the-e-book-industry-and-advance-tech-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-949594 Liza Daly Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:16:53 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/11/07/idpf-call-for-board-candidates-chance-to-help-reform-the-e-book-industry-and-advance-tech-standards/#comment-949594 I commissioned some unofficial ePub logos and released them into the public domain: http://www.threepress.org/epub/logos They don't distinguish between DRM and non-DRM but anyone would be free to remix them to do so. I commissioned some unofficial ePub logos and released them into the public domain: http://www.threepress.org/epub/logos

They don’t distinguish between DRM and non-DRM but anyone would be free to remix them to do so.

]]> By: Rob Preece http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/idpf-call-for-board-candidates-chance-to-help-reform-the-e-book-industry-and-advance-tech-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-949586 Rob Preece Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:05:16 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/11/07/idpf-call-for-board-candidates-chance-to-help-reform-the-e-book-industry-and-advance-tech-standards/#comment-949586 Some news on ePub you might have missed. I got an e-mail from AllRomanceEBooks.com (they're an eBook distributor specializing in romance) indicating that they're making ePub an option. They'll convert for all the publishers who sell through them--assuming the publisher signs the approval form. I'm certainly going to sign up. As regular readers know, I've been offering ePub versions of our latest books for a number of months now, but one small publisher doesn't really constitute a movement. I'm glad to see All Romance taking this step. I have no inside info, but it would also make sense for Fictionwise to add ePub to their multiformat option list. I suspect they're already looking into this. Rob Preece Publisher, www.BooksForABuck.com Some news on ePub you might have missed. I got an e-mail from AllRomanceEBooks.com (they’re an eBook distributor specializing in romance) indicating that they’re making ePub an option. They’ll convert for all the publishers who sell through them–assuming the publisher signs the approval form. I’m certainly going to sign up.

As regular readers know, I’ve been offering ePub versions of our latest books for a number of months now, but one small publisher doesn’t really constitute a movement. I’m glad to see All Romance taking this step. I have no inside info, but it would also make sense for Fictionwise to add ePub to their multiformat option list. I suspect they’re already looking into this.

Rob Preece
Publisher, http://www.BooksForABuck.com

]]> By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/idpf-call-for-board-candidates-chance-to-help-reform-the-e-book-industry-and-advance-tech-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-949579 David Rothman Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:43:24 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/11/07/idpf-call-for-board-candidates-chance-to-help-reform-the-e-book-industry-and-advance-tech-standards/#comment-949579 Hi, Paul. I should have mentioned that detail. Many thanks for the jog---I've added the information. David Hi, Paul. I should have mentioned that detail. Many thanks for the jog—I’ve added the information.

David

]]> By: Paul Biba http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/idpf-call-for-board-candidates-chance-to-help-reform-the-e-book-industry-and-advance-tech-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-949566 Paul Biba Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:21:11 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/11/07/idpf-call-for-board-candidates-chance-to-help-reform-the-e-book-industry-and-advance-tech-standards/#comment-949566 The way I read the invitation for nominations, the only people who can self nominate are those who are members of the IDPF. Your post indicates that any member of the public can self-nominate, and I don't think this is correct. The way I read the invitation for nominations, the only people who can self nominate are those who are members of the IDPF. Your post indicates that any member of the public can self-nominate, and I don’t think this is correct.

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