The publishing industry has been watching from the sidelines for the better half of a year, waiting to see what will happen to the IDPF's proposed merger with the W3C. For those not schooled in acronyms of the inner workings of digital publishing, here's a quick breakdown: The International Digital Publishing Forum called for a member vote about a proposed merger with the … [Read more...] about All Is Not Well with the IDPF W3C Merger
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IDPF Approves Measure to Join W3C
A highly contentious move in the world of digital publishing has resulted in a combination of forces between the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), a move that has caused no small measure of division among members and stakeholders. The IDPF proposed the measure last May at BookExpo, and the backlash was swift and loud. One … [Read more...] about IDPF Approves Measure to Join W3C
OverDrive Continues Efforts Against IDPF Merger
Two entities in the digital publishing sphere that GoodeReader greatly admires--OverDrive and the IDPF--are at odds over a planned merger between the IDPF and W3C. Steve Potash, OverDrive's CEO, has vehemently expressed concerns over the upcoming member vote on the merger in the past, and is reiterating those concerns with the IDPF board and membership. The IDPF, or … [Read more...] about OverDrive Continues Efforts Against IDPF Merger
Tools of Change Call for Papers for W3C
O'Reilly Media's highly anticipated annual Tools of Change publishing conference brings some of the industries top innovators together for what is arguably one of the most dynamic multi-day publishing events in the era of ebooks. For this coming year's event, TOC will be hosting the W3C eBook Workshop, “eBooks: Great Expectations for Web Standards – A W3C Workshop on … [Read more...] about Tools of Change Call for Papers for W3C