EPUB became an official standard of the IDPF in September 2007, superseding
the older Open eBook standard.
EPUB became the formal standard of IDPF on September, 2007 to displace
the old open eBook standard.
Not exact matches
Since she uses a number of
ebook apps, this gave us an opportunity to answer the (not - so) age -
old question: when you
open the new box, are the
ebooks still alive and meowing?
I'm not saying
open the flood gates to any
old crap — they still have to curate their stable of authors to maintain their reputation — but I'm sure they could take a few more chances, what with the approaching - zero cost of launching an
ebook - only title?
Open Road Media, a three - year -
old company who started out as an
ebook publisher, has quickly grown to one of the most widely recognized names in digital publishing and
ebook distribution.
Sony's PRS - 505
ebook reader can now read
ebooks produced using the
open ePub format giving this year -
old, industry - endorsed standard a major boost.
Incentive to digitize Most interestingly to me is that by
opening up the hitherto closed incremental revenue option, Amazon is encouraging publishers and authors to make
old books available both in print and as
ebooks.
Although
Open Road (@openroadmedia) is only a year
old, they've already made a major push in publishing
ebooks and have set an ambitious target of 2,000 new books to be published in 2011!
Open Road acquires 15 - year -
old ebook publisher E-Reads — This is a pretty interesting alliance, actually, between a digital publisher co-founded by former Harper Collins CEO Jane Friedman and one headed by literary agent Richard Curtis.