Gene Therapy: Embracing E-books
In July, Sony announced that its latest Reader model PRS-505 will be able to accept both secure and nonsecure
e-books in the .epub format—an XML-based tagging standard designed to enable an e-book to be readable on any platform. It also will have the capability to reflow standard text-based PDF e-books.
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.