I always knew that this would pass, and the evidence from O'Reilly (and others) is that the industry is finally fighting back and supporting
the broad eBook standard, EPUB.
Not exact matches
It's the work of a widely - supported industry group called the International Digital Publishers Forum (IDPF)-- and it looks like it might have the momentum and technical capability to serve as a
broad standard for
ebooks.
The rapid takeoff of digital reading can be attributed to a variety of factors, including
broad adoption of mobile apps and industry
standard eBook and audiobook file formats.
This struck a chord with me as the coming year promises to be a new beginning for our community which came together in 1999 as the Open
EBook Forum (OEBF) to develop open
standards for digital books, reinvented itself in 2005 with a
broader remit when it became the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), and then found mainstream success with the development of the key EPUB
standard.