The IDPF is holding a two day event before the main Book Expo America Starts in late may. This is a major digital publishing event featuring the who's who of the ebook, e-reader, and self-publishing world. The main speaker list has been finalized and one of the new executives to lead a session is Otis Chandler, Co-founder and CEO of Goodreads. He will share an update and tackle … [Read more...] about IDPF Speaker List Finalized for Book Expo America
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IDPF Digital Book 2013 Is Just a Month Away!
The schedule for IDPF Digital Book Conference is set for May 29th to the 30th at the Javits Center in New York. This event transpires every year right before the start of Book Expo America. It is the most definitive gathering of stalwart digital heroes and focuses on the trends in ebooks, self-publishing, e-readers, and what companies are doing. The incredibly rich 2013 … [Read more...] about IDPF Digital Book 2013 Is Just a Month Away!
Good e-Reader and IDPF Reach New Sponsorship Agreement
Good e-Reader and the International Digital Publishing Forum have struck an agreement on a new sponsorship deal. Good e-Reader now joins Publishers Weekly as the companies media sponsor, covering all major IDPF events. The first major event that is happening in May, is the Digital Book show that is happening at Book Expo America. IDPF Digital Book 2013 at BookExpo America is … [Read more...] about Good e-Reader and IDPF Reach New Sponsorship Agreement
Snapplify Brings Foreign Language eBooks to Broader Audience
While digital reading has become such a common part of the American landscape that consumers are now reading on a wide variety of portable devices, there are still portions of the reading world where digital publishing is not as accessible as the consumers hope. The frustration over lack of affordable technology and market saturation is only the beginning; the crux of the … [Read more...] about Snapplify Brings Foreign Language eBooks to Broader Audience
Bill McCoy of IDPF on the ePub Standard and Where It’s Going in 2013
Part of the excitement surrounding an event like Digital Book World is the opportunity to meet up with some of the top innovators in the digital publishing industry. GoodeReader sat down with Bill McCoy, Executive Director of the International Digital Publishing Forum, the organization that hosts the IDPF Digital Book event each year at BookExpo America. At today's event, … [Read more...] about Bill McCoy of IDPF on the ePub Standard and Where It’s Going in 2013
Bookseller’s FutureBook Innovation Awards 2012
The final presentation at this year's FutureBook event, hosted by The Bookseller and sponsored by Kobo, Ingram, Atwood Tate, Nielsen, and YUDU, was to give out the Innovation awards in a large number of diverse categories that spanned the major functions in digital publishing. Hundreds of nominations were made in each of the eight categories. "One of the reasons that we got … [Read more...] about Bookseller’s FutureBook Innovation Awards 2012
Buzzwords from BookExpo
Only a few years ago, the publishing camps were firmly divided about digital publishing’s place in the world. While supporters declared ebooks to be the “death of paper,” critics dismissed digital reading as a flash in the pan. When it seemed like these newfangled ebooks were actually gaining popularity, both sides became just as divided on where digital fit in the publishing … [Read more...] about Buzzwords from BookExpo
Bluefire Reader App for Ebooks, Original Content
BookExpo’s Digital Zone held no shortage of new reading platforms for both iOS and Android, but Bluefire Productions was on hand to demonstrate its “white label” branded app that lets publishers concentrate all of their content within their own easily identifiable app. This feature is becoming more important as reading consumers are taking notice of the types of books that each … [Read more...] about Bluefire Reader App for Ebooks, Original Content
3M’sTom Mercer Discusses Smashwords Partnership at BEA
3M Cloud Library was set up in the BEA Digital Zone to talk about its library lending offerings, but the real news from 3M lately was the recent partnership with Smashwords that puts the ebook distributor’s titles in the catalog for libraries to choose from. Currently, public libraries are struggling with trying to implement digital lending, as five of the Big Six publishers … [Read more...] about 3M’sTom Mercer Discusses Smashwords Partnership at BEA
Inkling’s Matt MacInnis Demos Inkling Habitat at BEA
Digital textbook publisher Inkling was at the IDPF Digital Book event today to demonstrate some new features within the academic ebook developer’s interactive content. New to the platform is Inkling Habitat, a cloud-based interface that lets users access their Inkling content from anywhere. MacInnis walked the attendees through a projected scenario of various books, as well … [Read more...] about Inkling’s Matt MacInnis Demos Inkling Habitat at BEA