Just got an email from former IDPF Executive Director Michel Smith saying that Bill McCoy will be his replacement. From the press release: An experienced manager and entrepreneur, Bill most recently served as General Manager, Digital Publishing at Adobe Systems Incorporated. Bill previously served two terms on the IDPF Board of Directors, playing a key role in the development of the IDPF EPUB standard, and has been actively contributing to the development of EPUB3, the forthcoming major revision to the standard....

From the release: Effective November 19, 2010 Michael Smith will be leaving the IDPF to pursue other opportunities in the digital book space. Mike has volunteered to work with the IDPF through its recruiting efforts and transition to a new Executive Director. It is hoped that this transition will be completed by early January 2011. Michael says: "It has been a pleasure to speak, work, and communicate with IDPF Membership these last three years. The growth of international participation within the IDPF, the burgeoning eBook community, and the continued adoption of EPUB across the globe indicate the best is yet to...

Year to date ebook sales were up 192%. Here are the numbers. Remember, these numbers are always low because a lot of companies don't report and they only represent trade book sales via wholesale channels. The IDPF says the retail numbers can be as much as double the amounts due to industry wholesale discounts. ...

The figures from the IDPF show a slight decline in ebook sales in Q2 10, but a huge increase in sales over Q2 09. What a lot of commentators on this subject miss, however, is that the IDPF is very clear about the caveats to these numbers. I will repeat them here: # The data above represent United States revenues only # The data above represent only trade eBook sales via wholesale channels. Retail numbers may be as much as double the above figures due to industry wholesale discounts. # The data above represent only data submitted from approx. 12...

Michael Pastore of Epublishers Weekly, has redone the IDPF data and posted the above chart. This chart is done on an annual basis, as opposed to the IDPF chart which they do on a quarterly basis. It makes the data easier to see. Remember, the usual caveats to IDPF data apply to this chart as well....

The official ePUB logo has been announced. According to their web page the IDPF received 203 entries from 18 different countries, and the contest was won by Ralph Burkhardt from Stuttgart, Germany. You can find more details here. Of course, as a lawyer who has had a fair amount to do with trademarks and intellectual property, I can tell you that this is a fairly meaningless exercise. Unless the IDPF decides to enforce a set of standards on people using ePUB, and then only license those who follow the standard, and then police the standard, the logo has no teeth...

Quarters Revenues Quarters Revenues Quarters Revenues Q1 02 $1,556,499 Q1 06 $4,100,000 Q1 10 $91,000,000 Q2 02 $1,258,989 Q2 06 $4,000,000 Q2 10 Q3 02 $1,329,548 Q3 06 $4,900,000 Q3 10 Q4 02 $1,649,144 Q4 06 $7,000,000 Q4 10 Q1 03 $1,794,544 Q1 07 $7,500,000 Q2 03 $1,842,502 Q2 07 $8,100,000 Q3 03 $1,789,455 Q3 07 $8,000,000 Q4 03 $1,917,384 Q4 07 $8,200,000 Q1 04 $1,794,130 Q1 08 $11,200,000 Q2 04 $1,887,900 Q2 08 $11,600,000 Q3 04 $2,460,343 Q3 08 $13,900,000 Q4 04 $3,477,130 Q4 08 $16,800,000 Q1 05 $3,161,049 Q1 09 $25,800,000 Q2 05 $3,182,499 Q2 09 $37,600,000 Q3 05 $2,310,291