EPUB 3 seeks to be the global industry standard for digitally published books and today during the Frankfurt Book Fair the International Digital Publishing Forum officially voted to elevate EPUB 3.0 to a final IDPF Recommended Specification. EPUB 3 became a reality in May of 2010 when enhanced ebooks began to gain traction. A new global standard was necessary in order to … [Read more...] about EPUB 3 Voted for Final IDPF Recommended Specification
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Status Update ePub 3 and New Video
When we were are Book Expo America, we landed an exclusive interview with the lead developers of the EPUB 3 Team and things have been rather quiet since then. Today the team announced some news regarding their iPad technology and even included video. If you have never heard of ePub 3 before, check out our exclusive interview and video interview HERE. The team announced today … [Read more...] about Status Update ePub 3 and New Video
Good e-Reader Book Expo Exclusive – The Design of EPUB 3
The Digital Book Conference at the BookExpo America in New York City kicked off today with some huge announcements. First was the obvious bombshell, Kobo has a touch-screen Pearl dipslay e-ink e-reader that went live at 11:00 this morning. However, the long awaited news has been the upgrades to EPUB 3, and the participants were lined up at the microphones even before the … [Read more...] about Good e-Reader Book Expo Exclusive – The Design of EPUB 3
Books-A-Million Reader from Bluefire brings e-books for mobile devices
Books-A-Million, Inc., the third largest book retailer in the United States have now joined forces with Bluefire Productions LLC to make good use of their extensive e-book library resources. What Bluefire Productions have actually done is they have developed an e-book reader application - Books-A-Million (BAM) Reader that would easily connect to the wide variety of books … [Read more...] about Books-A-Million Reader from Bluefire brings e-books for mobile devices
Bookeen Launches Colorful Opus E-Reader
If you are looking for a colorful e-reader, here is one more choice for you – the Bookeen Opus e-book reader named Opus Color. It is the color version of the Cybook Opus and is the latest e-reader to join the colorful e-reader bandwagon. The Opus Color has a 5 inch screen with a resolution of 800x600 pixels and makes use of the print imitating monochrome e-ink technology. … [Read more...] about Bookeen Launches Colorful Opus E-Reader
Are You Ready to Buy The Samsung SNE-60 Electronic Reader
The latest addition to the plethora of e-readers that is seeing the light of day is the Samsung SNE-60. With most marketing predictions pointing towards a great year for e-readers in 2010, no consumer electronics company worth its salt is willing to be left out of the race. So what we have is one more e-reader joining a segment that is getting increasingly crowded. Potential … [Read more...] about Are You Ready to Buy The Samsung SNE-60 Electronic Reader