Gene Therapy: Embracing E-books
Most commonly, making a title available in the Sony Reader format is an element of a publisher’s total commitment to e-books for any given title or list. Most major conversion houses (mentioned in Part I of this column) will include the Sony Reader format among the multiple platforms they produce, and will also handle the distribution of files and metadata to Sony.
Eugene G. Schwartz is editor at large for ForeWord Reviews, an industry observer and an occasional columnist for Book Business magazine. In an earlier career, he was in the printing business and held production management positions at Random House, Prentice-Hall/Goodyear and CRM Books/Psychology Today. A former PMA (IBPA) board member, he has headed his own publishing consultancy, Consortium House. He is also Co-Founder of Worthy Shorts Inc., a development stage online private press and publication service for professionals as well as an online back office publication service for publishers and associations. He is on the Publishing Business Conference and Expo Advisory Board.