What do the IDPF‘s new e-book standards mean to publishers? Just what’s a container format? And will the old OEPBS system be readable by software based on the new standards? Those are among the questions answered in a Digital Book 2007 presentation by Garth Conboy of eBook Technologies, Inc., one of the key players in the IDPF’s standards initiative.
This post also contains direct links to dozens of other presentations from the IDPF’s Digital Book 2007 and conferences from earlier years. Later I’ll highlight a few presentations, and meanwhile I’d encourage TeleBlog readers to look through the files and share their own thoughts in the comment area, taking care to be fair and accurate. Just click on “Read the rest of this entry” to reach the direct links here, which, by the way, should make the individual presentations more discoverable by search engines.
Reproduction of IDPF listings
Upon approval from the speaker, the IDPF occasionally posts presentations from its past events or industry related events.
Please also note that these presentations are only as up to date as the day they were made. They may contain old or outdated information.
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Presentations from Digital Book 2007, May 9th, 2007, New York, NY |
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OverDrive: Angela Arnold |
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HarperCollins: Carolyn Pittis |
2115K | |
Oxford University Press: Corey Podolsky |
105K | |
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eBook Technologies, Inc.: Garth Conboy |
713K | |
Telecom Italia: Guiliano Muratore |
239K | |
Jim Kennedy: Associated Press |
698K | |
Jonathan Stowe: Thomson |
129K | |
Kent Freeman: Ingram Digital Group |
1010K | |
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Matt Shatz: Random House |
153K | |
Peter Brantley: Digital Library Federation |
712K | |
Randall Walker: LiveInk |
4651K | |
Ron Hawkins: SONY |
844K | |
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Willem Endoven: iRex Technologies |
687K | |
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Utilizing emerging standards to leverage publishing assets: practical |
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| Current Production Issues and Delivery of Digital Reflowable Books (A Publisher’s Perspective) |
Hachette Book Group USA: Neil De Young & Phil Madens |
47K |
| IDPF Standards & Development |
eBook Technologies, Inc.: Garth Conboy |
531K |
Problems with Production and Delivery of Digital Reflowable Books (A Conversion Perspective) |
Publishing Dimensions: Jonathan Hevenstone |
105K |
| Managing and Delivering Digital Assets (Adobe Perspective) |
Adobe Systems Inc.: Bill McCoy |
341K |
Mobipocket: OCF Implementation |
Mobipocket (An Amazon.com Company): Martin Gorner |
375K |
| Delivering Digital Files: What Publishers Can Do To Get Started |
Thomson Learning: Ken Brooks |
178K |
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Panel: Industry Update on New Mobile Devices and Portable Reading Platforms |
iRex Technologies bv: Willem Endhoven, New Business Development Manager |
1896K |
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Sony Electronics: Ron Hawkins, Vice President, Portable Reader Systems |
340K |
Panel: Industry Update on New Mobile Devices and Portable Reading Platforms |
ereader/motricity: Elizabeth Mackey, Vice President/General Manager |
3625K |
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Panel: Digital Audio Industry Update |
Foy Sperring, Executive Vice President |
3484K |
MediaBay: Brian Nash, SVP Business Development |
121K | |
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Panel: Digital Audio Industry |
OverDrive, Inc.: Angela Arnold, Marketing Manager |
2675K |
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Panel: Digital Audio Industry Update |
Audiofy :Cartwright Reed, President |
641K |
Panel: Conference Followup – Digital Books in Education |
MBS Direct, LLC: Kevin McKiernan, Director of Business Development |
2566K |
Panel: Conference Followup – Digital Books in Education |
Safari Books Online: Sean Devine, Managing Director |
289K |
Panel: Conference Followup – Digital Books in Education |
Vital Source Technologies: Frank Daniels, President & CEO |
2629K |
Panel: Conference Followup – Digital Books in Education |
WRT Live Ink Reading Technologies:
Randall Walker, MD, President |
1606K |
Update on Digital Book Strategies for PDF |
Adobe Systems Incorporated: Bill McCoy, General Manager, ePublishing Business |
299K |
Career Education Corporation/Blish.com: Paul Gleason, COO New Initiatives Group |
4523K | |
Panel: Emerging Business Models for the Digital Book |
Harlequin Enterprises: Malle Vallik, Director, Editorial New Business Development |
2046K |
Panel: Emerging Business Models for the Digital Book |
Rosetta Solutions: Ted Treanor, President |
1305K |
Panel: Books & Search |
Amazon.com: Jeff Steele, Director of Worldwide Publisher Relations for Digital Books |
851K |
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Panel: Industry Standardization |
American Printing House for the Blind: Larry Skutchan, Technology Project Leader, Department of Educational Research |
39K |
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Panel: Industry Standardization |
eBook Technologies, Inc.: Garth Conboy, President |
2448K |
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Panel: |
Green Point Technology Services, Inc.: Eli Willner, Chief Technology Officer |
782K |
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Presentations from |
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Case Study: Digital Materials in the Classroom K-12 |
Ruth Adams, Virtual High School | 259K |
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Case Studies – Digital Materials in Higher and Continuing Education |
Melissa Anderson, Blackboard | 9595K |
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Panel: Industry Update on Digital Book and Reading Technologies |
Darren Bischoff, eInk | 1982K |
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Panel: Industry Update on Digital Book and Reading Technologies
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Garth Conboy, eBook Technologies | 3674K |
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Case Studies – Digital Materials in Higher and Continuing Education |
Frank Daniels, Vital Source Technologies | 396K |
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Joel Domino, Kent Displays | 929K |
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Case Studies – Digital Materials in Higher and Continuing Education |
Paul Erickson, University of Nebraska | 435K |
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Panel: Legislative Update, Accessibility & National Repository
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Geoff Freed, WGBH | 871K |
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Case |
Ted Gaiser, Boston College | |
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Case Study: Digital Materials in the Classroom K-12 |
Steven Guttentag, Connections Academy | 1089K |
| Bonnie Hawkwood, Thomson/Gale | 2997K | |
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Case Studies – Digital Materials in Higher and Continuing Education |
Isabella Hinds, WebCT | 1712K |
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Panel: Legislative Update, Accessibility & National Repository |
Chuck Hitchcock, CAST | 2242K |
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Case Study: Digital Materials in the Classroom K-12 |
Tim Magner, Department of Education | 980K |
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Panel: Legislative Update, Accessibility & National Repository |
Ed McCoyd, AAP | 519K |
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Panel: Higher Ed ePublishing Initiatives and New Media Products |
Kevin McKiernan, MBS Direct | 8942K |
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Panel: Higher Ed ePublishing Initiatives and New Media Products |
Ginny Moffat, McGraw-Hill | 1250K |
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Panel: Higher Ed ePublishing Initiatives and New Media Products |
Bob Steigerwald, Thomson Learning Labs | 1010K |
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Keynote |
Craig Swenson, University of Phoenix | 2397K |
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Case Study: Digital Materials in the Classroom K-12 |
Hemi Weingarten, SanDisk Corporation | 826K |
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Panel: Legislative Update, Accessibility & National Repository
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John Worsfold, Dolphin Computer Access Ltd |
387K |
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Khaki Wunderlich, AHEAD | 71K |
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Library Markets for Your eBooks and Digital Materials |
Angela Arnold, OverDrive | 1310K |
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eBook Retail & Distribution Channels |
Angela Arnold, OverDrive | 1197K |
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eBooks at kcls.org |
Angelina Benedetti, King County Library System | 1838K |
| Bonnie Hawkwood, Gale | 410K | |
| Brad Whittle, Dynix | 625K | |
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Who’s Hot and Who’s Not in the eBook Market |
Chris Strano, Franklin Electronic Publishers | 943K |
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A "Las Vegas Library Story": Using Technology to Develop the Library of the Future |
Dan Walters, Executive Director, Las Vegas-Clark County Library District |
176K |
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eBook Pricing – What is the Cost of this eBook and Who can Use It? |
Gillian Harrison, netLibrary | 991K |
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The Budget Crisis in Public Libraries – Are Digital Libraries a Solution? |
Jean Bedord, Shore Communications Inc. | 186K |
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eBooks: The Developing Model |
Jean Srnecz, Baker & Taylor | 109K |
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Follett eBooks brought to you by BWI |
Michael Johnson, Follett | 532K |
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eBooks to Lend in the Heart of the Heartland |
Michael Williams, Indianapolis, Marion County Public Library | 667K |
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eBooks in the Public Library: Pricing and Usage Models |
Pam Turner, OverDrive | 892K |
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New Sources of eBook Content for Libraries |
Ron Maas, Greenwood Publishing Group | 881K |
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The Libwise Library System: Pricing Models in the eBook Library Market |
J. Stephen Pendergrast, Fictionwise | 697K |
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eContent Today and Tomorrow |
Susan Peterson, Baker & Taylor | 52K |
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Welcoming |
Steve Potash, OverDrive | 905K |
| Tom Gates, Sirsi Corporation | 138K | |
| Theresa Horner, HarperCollins | 174K | |
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Cataloging and Managing Digital Content in the Public Library |
William Jones, New York University Libraries | 387K |
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Publication Structure Working Group Annual Report |
Jon Noring |
132K |
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Library Best Practices for eBook and Digital Materials Circulation |
Ted Schmitt, OverDrive | 4065K |
| Evan Cox, Partner, Covington & Burling | 72K | |
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E-books Thinking by One Person at UCLA Library |
Stephen Schwartz, Phd, MBA, Head of System |
52K |
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OeBF Annual Meeting 2003 |
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102K |
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Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Ph.D.
netLibrary |
ACRL 11th National Conference Proceedings, April 10-13, 2003 |
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Steve Potash, OverDrive | Public Hearing on TEACH Act |
| Nick Bogaty, OeBF | PRISM Working Group Meeting | |
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Digital Publishing Opportunities and Challenges Presented by the Tablet PC |
Steve Potash, OverDrive | Tablet PC Digital Publishing Conference |
It’s great that major players are agreeing on a standard. I read Garth Conboy’s presentation (and a few others) and certainly agree with the sentiment that DRM is bad.
Speaking of DRM, this is obviously something that still needs work. A non-DRM infected ebook standard is wonderful, but if it gets wrapped in proprietary DRM, cross-platform useage goes out the window. That situation wouldn’t be any better than today’s multiple format mess.
I applaude the efforts of everyone involved and look forward to the day when I really can use just one ebook format on numerous devices , with or without DRM (preferably without).
BTW, I am one of those ebook consumers who votes with his wallet. I avoid DRM infected ebooks and music unless absolutely necessary. In fact, I would buy more ebooks than I do if there were no DRM. There are a few enlightened publishers/distributers who provide non-DRM ebooks. I buy from them whenever possible.
[…] Teleread has posted links to presentations given at last week’s IDPF Digital Book 2007 conference. I came fairly close to attending myself, but in the end I talked myself out of it. I appreciate David Rothman posting these links so I can at least glean the information second-hand. […]