IDPF Working Group Improving on EPUB Format for E-books
Vice Chairman of the EPUB 2.1 Working Group Garth Conboy discusses how the new version will benefit book publishers.
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Publishing an electronic version of a book is now one conversion. So the price of doing that is coming down, and that puts the economic decisions on publishers: Is it worth doing more of my backlist since I'm only spending for one conversion? I think they answer yes, so it feeds sort of a virtuous cycle. If the cost is down, publishers can then bring out a wider swath of their titles. That, of course, drives up the amount of content available, and consumers see this e-book thing as, “My god, all the titles are there.” That's a good thing.
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Joe Keenan
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Joe Keenan is the executive editor of Total Retail. Joe has more than 10 years experience covering the retail industry, and enjoys profiling innovative companies and people in the space.
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