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SPi Global, a Gold Sponsor for Digital Book 2011, has upgraded to a Platinum level sponsorship for the 2012 Digital Book conference.
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The ad-hoc group working on fixed-layout metadata held an all-day meeting on Jan. 12, hosted by Sony in San Jose, CA, with representatives from Apple, Adobe, Barnes&Noble, Google, Hachette Book Group / AAP, and Sony. Consensus was reached on a unified framework for representing fixed-layout metadata in EPUB 3.
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Member consent voting is open through Jan. 29 for working group charter proposals to add dictionaries and indexes support to EPUB, following member comment periods during December, 2011 and subsequent approval of both draft charters by the IDPF Board of DIrectors.
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The Book Industry Study Group is offering a discount on registration to IDPF members for its Making Information Pay for Higher Ed Publishing conference (February 8th, 2012 in NYC) to IDPF members. Now in its second year, MIP for Higher Ed brings together publishing executives to gain practical insights on how they can benefit from an industry in transformation. This year’s conference focuses on innovation in the higher ed marketplace.
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Discussion forums are now available on idpf.org. Posting is open to both IDPF members and the general public (registration required to minimize spam). Our goal in hosting forums is to help foster the EPUB ecosystem via information sharing and community discussion of timely topics. Forums have been established for general IDPF/EPUB topics, EPUB 3, and EPUB Accessibility.
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The open-source validator tool for EPUB 2 and EPUB 3 content, EPUBCheck 3.0 (currently in beta) is now officially available at validator.idpf.org . Kudos to the EPUBCheck contributors and DAISY Consortium technical team members who coordinated the hosted deployment.
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Digital Book World 2012 (NYC; Jan 23-25) is extending a substantial discount to IDPF members Register now using code IDPFDBW12 for $200 off the full conference rate. The DBW conference is uniquely focused on giving trade publishers hard data and actionable strategies.
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O’Reilly’s TOC Conference, happening February 13-15, 2012 in New York City, is where the publishing and tech industries converge, as practitioners and executives from both camps share what they've learned from their successes and failures, explore ideas, and join together to navigate publishing’s ongoing transformation. Multiple sessions will highlight the latest developments in EPUB, and speakers will include key IDPF leaders and board members. IDPF members can save an extra 15% on early-bird registration (which ends Tues, Dec 20) by using discount code IDPF. For more details and to register, visit http://toccon.com .
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Following the virtual workshop on dictionaries and indexes that was held on 18 October, the ad-hoc groups that were formed have completed and published drafts of charter proposals for two working groups on these topics, and a member comment period has been called that will end December 18, 2011. The charter proposals, with comment submission fields, are http://code.google.com/p/epub-revision/wiki/DictionariesCharterProposal and http://code.google.com/p/epub-revision/wiki/IndexesCharterProposal .
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November 22, 2011 - The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) today announced election results for seven seats on its board of directors. Six new board members and re-relected Incumbent Ken Brooks (Cengage Learning) join seven other incumbents on the newly expanded IDPF board. Twenty-one candidates submitted nominations, and a record 127 IDPF member organizations cast votes in this election. The newly elected directors are: Angela Bole - Book Industry Study Group (BISG) Ken Brooks - Cengage Learning (INCUMBENT) Masaaki Hagino - Voyager Japan & Association of Media in Digital (AMD) Leslie Hulse - HarperCollins Publishers Tatsuo Kobayashi - Japan Electronic Publishing Association (JEPA) Liisa McCloy-Kelley - Random House Roger Webster - Barnes & Noble
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On October 25, the IDPF held a workshop on fixed-layout EPUB in Taipei. Over 50 people attended physically, with 20+ more participating remotely. Preliminary meetings notes are now available at http://code.google.com/p/epub-revision/wiki/TaipeiMeetingNotes . Several action items were taken including formation of two ad hoc groups to propose rendition metadata and a rendition mapping data structure; one or both of these efforts could lead to charter proposals for a new Working Group.
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A record twenty-one candidates have submitted nominations for election to seven seats on the newly expanded IDPF Board of Directors. These candidates are affiliated with IDPF member organizations from Asia, Europe, and North America, representing publishers, reading system vendors, service providers, libraries, and other organizations. A list of candidates with links to nomination statements is available at http://idpf.org/board-elections-2011-11. The election is underway from November 1 through November 21, 2011.
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The nomination period for the upcoming election for seven positions on the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) Board of Directors will close on Friday, October 28, 2011.
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Frankfurt, Germany, October 11, 2011. The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) today announced the completion of a major revision to EPUB, the global standard interchange and delivery format for eBooks and other digital publications. The IDPF membership unanimously voted to elevate EPUB 3.0 to a final IDPF Recommended Specification, publicly available at http://idpf.org/epub/30.
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A self-nomination period is now open for an election to fill seven positions on the IDPF Board of Directors. Six of the seven positions will fill board seats that are new or vacant (pursuant to the recently approved expansion of the IDPF Board from 9 to 14 members). The nomination period is from October 11 through October 28, 2011.
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The IDPF will hold a workshop on Fixed Layout EPUB (representing pre-paginated content) on October 25, 2011. The workshop will be hosted in Taipei, Taiwan thanks to the support of the Taiwanese Digital Publishing Forum. All IDPF members interested in this topic are welcome to participate physically or via Web conference. Non-members can request an invitation by emailing co-organizer Bill McCoy at bmccoy@idpf.org.
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O'Reilly Media, in collaboration with the IDPF, have just released a free (registration required) white paper "What is EPUB 3?", authored by EPUB 3 spec editor Matt Garrish. Per the catalog description: "This article walks you through the format and puts it in its place in the digital landscape, explaining why EPUB 3 is set to become the new global standard for ebooks as it also becomes the new accessible standard for ebooks".
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Seattle, Washington and Stockholm, Sweden, September 21, 2011 The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) today announced that Markus Gylling has been appointed its Chief Technical Officer. Gylling has been seconded to the IDPF via the DAISY Consortium, and will continue to serve in parallel as CTO of DAISY.
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The open source XSL stylesheets for DocBook have been updated to support EPUB 3 by Bob Stayton (author of DocBook XSL: The Complete Guide). The EPUB produced validates against the new EPUBCheck 3.0 b2 and supports advanced EPUB 3 features including audio, video, and MathML.
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On September 6 an initial beta of the next version of the widely used validation tool for EPUB was made available by its open source developers. EPUBCheck 3.0, a Java library, now supports validation of EPUB 3 content. As well, the new release supports validation of "exploded" (unzipped) EPUB publications and single-file validation of individual elements of a publication (package file, navigation file, etc.). Fore more information about the new version see: http://code.google.com/p/epubcheck/wiki/EPUBCheck30 .
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On July 20, 2011 the IDPF held a workshop on Advanced Adaptive Layout for High-Design Publications, in Mountain View, CA USA and via Web conference. Total attendance was over 60 (over 30 in person) from over 25 different organizations including Adobe, Apple, Barnes & Noble, Cengage Learning, Google, IDEAlliance, Inkling, John Wiley, Libre Digital, Pearson, Rodale, Safari Books Online, and others.
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Presentation slides from IDPF Digital Book 2011 at BEA (May 23-24 2011) can be downloaded from links in each speaker's biography. We regret the delay in posting. Note that not all speakers and panelists utilized slides, and some speakers have chosen not to make slides publicly available.
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RSVPs are requested by today (July 12) for physical attendance at the IDPF Workshop on Advanced Page Layout for High-Design Publications which will be held on July 20 at the Google campus in Mountain View, CA.
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JEPA (Japan Electronic Publishing Association) will hold a seminar on EPUB 3 Latest Topics in Tokyo, Japan, on July 8, 2011. Speakers will include IDPF Executive Director Bill McCoy and several key contributors to the Japanese digital publishing technology ecosystem. Capacity is limited to 120 and pre-registration is required (at http://www.jepa.or.jp/seminar/ ); 2000 Y fee will be donated in entirety to Tohoku devastated area relief.
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The IDPF will hold a Workshop on Advanced Adaptive Layout for High-Design Publication on July 20 from 9:00am Pacific until 2:00pm, at the Google campus in Mountain View, CA and via Web meeting. The meeting facilitator will Markus Gylling, Chair, EPUB 3 Working Group. IDPF members, EPUB 3 Working Group participants, and other interested parties are invited to participate.
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On July 7, 2011, IDPF Executive Director Bill McCoy will participate with industry leaders in a panel discussion on international digital publishing issues during e-Book Expo Tokyo , billed as the world's largest trade show for eBook devices, content, and technology.
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IDPF Executive Director Bill McCoy will present on IDPF, EPUB, and the current situation and trends for global digital publishing during the Fourth Chinese Digital Publishing Exposition in Beijing (taking place July 5-9). More information: http://china-media-news.org/2011/05/16/chinas-4th-digital-publishing-exp... , http://www.chuban.cc/ggl/201103/t20110309_84837.html [in Chinese].
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New York, NY, May 23, 2011 - (PRESS RELEASE) The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) today announced that EPUB® 3 is now a Proposed Specification for final member and public review. EPUB, an XML and Web Standards based format developed by the IDPF, has become a key global standard in the rapidly developing digital publishing industry, enabling digital books and publications to be portable across devices and reading systems. EPUB 3 is a major revision of the standard that aligns EPUB with HTML5 and adds support for key emerging requirements including video, audio, interactivity, vertical writing and other global language capabilities, improved accessibility, MathML, and styling and layout enhancements.
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The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) and the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) invite members and other interested parties to an open, informal Digital Rights Management discussion during BookExpo America. During this 1-hour session, BISG and IDPF will work with attendees to explore options for improving consumer experience with multi-channel acquisition and cross-device consumption of eBooks and other commercial digital publications. Wednesday, May 25 4:00pm-5:00pm; Terrace 4A, Javits Center.
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Aptara is sponsoring a complementary webinar Thurs May 12, 11:00am EDT (4:00pm GMT) - EPUB 3, an Insider's Look - which will feature IDPF Executive Director Bill McCoy, Aptara Solutions Architect & EPUB Working Group member Eric Freese, and Libre Digital VP of Publisher Services Tyler Ruse.
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The IDPF EPUB Working Group today published a second Public Draft of specifications for EPUB 3. This work-in-progress revision reflects feedback received during the Public and Member comment period that commenced with the publication of the first Public Draft on Feb 15, 2011, as well as other Working Group decisions, review and editorial improvements.
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Data Conversion Laboratory, Inc, Copia and Bluefire Productions all sign on as sponsors as registration numbers climb for Digital Book 2011.
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Special keynote from multiple Hugo and Nebula award-winning best-selling science-fiction authors Neal Stephenson and Greg Bear, creators of the ground-breaking project, The Mongoliad
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Book Business magazine and IDPF partner to provide their members and readers incredible value!
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IDPF members can now take advantage of a special member discount for BISG's Making Information Pay conference, to be held on May 5th in New York Ciry.
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As BEA approaches and seats are quickly selling, more sponsors commit to Digital Book 2011.
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As London Book Fair winds down, more and more sponsors line up for a chance to support the IDPF Digital Book 2011 at BEA.
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IDPF is pleased to welcome Innodata Isogen as a Gold Sponsor.
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Limited sponsorship opportunities remain as more and more companies renew commitments following sold-out success of IDPF Digital Book 2010.
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Aptara renews their commitment for IDPF Digital Book 2011.
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Highly Anticipated Conference will be May 23-24 2011, NYC – Platinum Sponsors to include Ingram, OverDrive
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Sponsorships are moving fast after success of 2010 sold-out conference
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HTML5-based revision supports rich media & interactivity, layout improvements, global languages, accessibility
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