The IDPF, of International Digital Publishing Forum, is on a mission to be the bridge between what the publishing industry has known about its business for the past few centuries, and where books and bookselling is headed. For the past many years, IDPF has conducted a one-day conference just prior to the official opening of the largest publishing industry event in the world, … [Read more...] about BookExpo Kicks Off This Week with the IDPF Conference
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BISG Annual Meeting Addresses Digital Challenges
The Book Industry Study Group held its annual meeting last Friday in New York, and the focus of this year's event was to address some of the many challenges still facing the publishing and bookselling industries now that digital publishing has taken hold. The BISG also introduced its new mission statement, which shifts more attention on digital publishing. “Book Industry … [Read more...] about BISG Annual Meeting Addresses Digital Challenges
Book Industry Study Group Falls in Love with ePUB 3
The Book Industry Study Group has just published a new article that cites the benefits of all their member organizations to adopt EPUB 3 in their publishing pipeline. Never heard of them before? Well they are a NON-PROFIT U.S. book trade association with the mission of creating a more informed, empowered and efficient book industry. They are committed to the development of … [Read more...] about Book Industry Study Group Falls in Love with ePUB 3
International Markets Must Adopt Ebooks in Order to Survive
The Australian government focus group Book Industry Strategy Group issued a report yesterday that included twenty-one different steps that it recommended in order to revive a flailing book industry. According to an article by Suzanne Tindal for ZDNet, the current state of Australia’s book market is in all but chaos, given that the Australian book market has lost $280 million so … [Read more...] about International Markets Must Adopt Ebooks in Order to Survive