EPUB 3.0 Draft Specification Published
Today the IDPF made available the first public draft of the EPUB 3.0 specification (press release).
The IDPF has posted a good overview document to 3.0 that is worth spending a little time with. But here is a brief summary of some of the proposed new ‘features’, or changes, in EPUB 3.0.
Canada Reads 2011: Will the New Format Change Sales Patterns?
Canada Reads 2011 has come to a close with Terry Fallis taking home the prize for his novel The Best Laid Plans.
A few of us at BNC were lucky enough to attend the debates this week.
The Analyst, the Thinker, and the Doer
Data: Pushing It Out Is One Thing, but You Also Need to Get It Back
TEDBooks and Kindle Singles: Spreading Ideas in a Closed System?
Stop Being an Enabler: BISG E-Book ISBN Study Findings
Tom and I called in to the BISG meeting on Thursday (January 13, 2011) where the findings of the Identification of eBooks Research Project [pdf - slides] were revealed and discussed.
The results of this research are pretty distressing for someone who works with standards every day, but also (sadly) not at all surprising. Here are the key findings from the report…
Who’s Attending Technology Forum 2011?
Our registration list continues to grow. People from all across Canada and part of the US are coming to Toronto for BookNet Canada’s fifth annual Technology Forum. Our attendees will be a diverse group of professionals from trade and academic publishers, consulting companies, booksellers, organizations and service suppliers.
Check out our growing list of attendees…