BookExpoCast

eBook content authored in the IDPF EPUB standard is not limited to text and images. Publishers and developers are integrating into EPUB titles audio, video, animation, and a growing array of interactive educational content. This session includes updates to the EPUB standard and how readers will interact with eBooks utilized enhancements that take titles far beyond what print could ever offer.

This panel of industry experts includes Garth Conboy, eBook Technologies, Inc., President; and Liza Daly, Threepress Consulting, President. The session was moderated by Peter Brantley, Internet Archive, Director of BookServer Project.

Major American trade publishers have adopted new “Agency Model” terms of sale for their eBooks by retailers and other booksellers. What created this change in the market and how the Agency Model differs from “eBook wholesale terms” is discussed by leading digital distributors and eBook resellers. Learn about the new eCommerce requirements to resell Agency Model eBooks. Hear how eBook resellers and digital book distributors are adapting to this evolving business model.

This session’s speakers were Erica Lazzaro, OverDrive, Inc, General Counsel; Bob LiVolsi, BooksOnBoard, President & CEO; and Andrew Weinstein, Vice President & General Manager, Retail Solutions Ingram Content Group.

eBooks are providing publishers, booksellers, device manufacturers, data carriers and many entrepreneurs from all corners of the globe with innovative ways to connect readers with the materials they seek to read and enjoy. In this podcast episode, listen to a select group of digital book leaders demonstrate the international success eBooks and the IDPF EPUB standard is enjoying on screens large and small, near and far.

This panel of experts included Tyler Ruse, LibreDigital, Sr. Director, Solution Consulting; Daihei Shiohama,Voyager Japan, Head of International Business; and Michael Tamblyn, Kobo, Inc., EVP Content, Sales & Merchandising.

The IDPF Digital Book 2010 opening session included greetings from the leadership of the International Digital Publishing Forum and Chairmen for Digital Book 2010. This introductory session reviewed many notable eBook events of the past year and the impact of the IDPF EPUB standard in the market. Listen in to learn about business, technical, production, and related digital book and content issues from industry leaders.

Speakers included George Kerscher, IDPF President and Secretary General of DAISY Consortium; Garth Conboy, IDPF Chairman and President of eBook Technologies, Inc.; Michael Smith, IDPF, Executive Director; and Steve Potash, Conference Moderator, and CEO of OverDrive.