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- Conference Keynote to Report on the Demise of the Textbook
- The keynote address at the eBooks in Education Conference on Thursday, April 14, 2005 in New York City will be presented by Craig D. Swenson, Ph.D., the Provost and Senior VP for Academic Affairs at the University of Phoenix. Conference information is available at www.openebook.org/education. Dr. Swenson will...
- Research articles 2005-03-29
- Digital Textbooks in the Classroom Conference Announced
- Will digital textbooks replace print? Do eBooks offer improvements in learning? These questions and presentations on the advantages of using digital media to deliver educational content will be center stage at the eBooks in Education Conference, Thursday, April 14th, 2005 at the McGraw-Hill Auditorium in midtown Manhattan. The...
- Research articles 2005-02-28
- Top Selling eBooks of 2004 Announced
- The Open eBook Forum (www.openebook.org) released its annual list of Top Selling eBooks today. Dan Brown dominated the 2004 list with "The Da Vinci Code" topping the list and Brown's "Angels & Demons" and "Deception Point" rounding out the top three. At the same time, the industry reported...
- Research articles 2005-01-12
- eReader.com's Mike Violano Elected to Open eBook Forum's Board of Directors
- Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BookExpo America 2004 DURHAM, N.C.--BUSINESS WIRE--June 2, 2004 eReader.com formerly Palm Digital Media, the world's largest and most popular eBookstore, announced today that Mike Violano, vice president and general manager of eBooks and eReader at PowerByHand, has been elected to the Open eBook Forum's...
- Research articles 2004-06-02
- Tablet PC Digital Publishing Conference to Highlight Convergence of Print Media
- Business and Technology Editors NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 19, 2002 The future of digital newspapers, magazines, and books to be demonstrated on new computer platform The Open eBook Forum announced today speakers and sponsors for the Tablet PC Digital Publishing Conference (www.openebook.org/tabletpc), an event that will bring...
- Research articles 2002-11-19
- Tablet PC Conference to Spotlight ePublishing; Microsoft Executive to Keynote Conference on New Platform's Benefits for Book, Magazine and Newspaper Publishers
- Business Editors NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 23, 2002 The Tablet PC Digital Publishing Conference was announced today by the Open eBook Forum (www.openebook.org/tabletpc), an event focusing on the impact the Tablet PC platform from Microsoft Corporation will have on ePublishing markets. Scheduled for Thursday, December 5, 2002 at...
- Research articles 2002-09-23
- Industry Pioneer Elected to Board of Directors of Leading eBook Group; Mike Segroves of Palm Digital Media Joins Open eBook Forum's Board
- Business Editors NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 20, 2002 Lending years of innovative technology experience to the eBook industry's non-profit trade and standards organization, Palm Digital Media Director of Business Development Mike Segroves was recently elected to the Open eBook Forum board of directors. The announcement was made by...
- Research articles 2002-08-20
- August 5th - 11th is Open an eBook Week; Industry-wide Promotion to Highlight eBooks; eBooks by Bestselling Authors Released and Discounted
- Business Editors NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 5, 2002 Providing a new incentive for consumers to add eBooks to their summer reading repertoire, the Open eBook Forum announces Open an eBook Week -- seven days of deep discounts on eBooks, a host of new electronic title introductions and other special...
- Research articles 2002-08-05
- E-book market grows steadily.(Open eBook Forum analysis)
- EUROPEMEDIA-C2002 Van Dusseldorp & Partners - http://www.vandusseldorp.com/ A recent analysis by the Open eBook Forum OeBF, an international trade and standards organisation whose members include Microsoft, HarperCollins, Adobe and McGraw-Hill, showed that e-books are contributing to increasing revenues of...
- Research articles 2002-07-22
- eBooks by the Numbers: Open eBook Forum Compiles Industry Growth Stats; Report Points to Solid Growth of Electronic Publishing
- Business Editors NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--July 22, 2002 Marking a significant shift in the perception of electronic book publishing, the Open eBook Forum today released the results of an industry-wide analysis of sales growth and new product innovation. The world's first eBook industry trade and standards organization, the...
- Research articles 2002-07-22
- Which eBook Format is the Weakest Link?; Microsoft, Adobe, Palm, Mobipocket Square Off At Seybold Seminars New York
- Business & High-Tech Editors NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 4, 2002 Which eBook format will emerge as the leader as technologies continue to evolve? An all-star panel of top representatives from the eBook divisions of Microsoft, Adobe, Palm Digital Media, and Mobipocket will face off at the upcoming Seybold...
- Research articles 2002-02-04
- `Open an eBook' Campaign to Promote Literacy, Accessibility and Enhanced Reading; Authors, Publishers, Libraries and Technologists Unite to Expand Reading with eBooks
- Business Editors BOULDER, Colo.--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 19, 2001 "Open an eBook...Discover New Worlds of ReadingSM" is the name of a campaign recently announced by the Open eBook Forum OeBF board of directors and membership. Joining in this campaign are leading eBook technology vendors, publishers, authors, libraries and educators. The...
- Research articles 2001-11-19
- The Open eBook Forum Completes Integration of EBX
- Business Editors BOULDER, Colo.--BUSINESS WIRE--April 5, 2001 The Open eBook Forum OeBF Board of Directors and the Electronic Book Exchange EBX Working Group Executive Committee announced the completion of EBX merging into the Open eBook Forum during the Annual Meeting of OeBF members on March 19, in Paris,...
- Research articles 2001-04-05
- Open eBook Forum Announces the Election of Two New Members to the Board of Directors
- Business Editors BOULDER, Colo.--BUSINESS WIRE-- Feb. 14, 2001 Open eBook Forum OeBF (www.openebook.org), the leading international electronic book trade association, is pleased to announce the additions of Ed McCoyd and Tom Diaz to its Board of Directors. Elected to their positions through a vote of the principal...
- Research articles 2001-02-14
- Open eBook Forum launches standards initiatives
- The Open eBook Forum OeBF, the international trade organization for e-publishing, has announced a framework and two initiatives to further accelerate the growth of the e-publishing marketplace. The organization is launching a standards-coordination initiative to bring together standards-development activities in the e-book and e-publishing arenas. Additionally, the OeBF announced its...
- Research articles 2000-11-01
- International eBook Trade Association Endorses ePubExpo; Open eBook Forum To Provide Sponsorship and Education At Inaugural Event
- Business/High-Tech Editors BOULDER, Colo.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 12, 2000 The Open eBook Forum OEBF, the leading international standards and trade organization for eBooks, announced today its support for and participation with ePubExpo, the premier event focusing exclusively on the management, distribution, sales and protection of eBook digital content. On October...
- Research articles 2000-09-12
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- Smashwords Broadens its Reach to Publishers
- Over its first year of operations, the eBook publishing platform and online book store Smashwords has catered mainly to authors, publishing some 1,200 titles from about 600 authors. As is fitting on its first-year anniversary, Smashwords announced today that it is broadening its services to add support for book publishers....
- Blog posts 2009-05-05
- New e-reader carves out Android 'nook'
- Barnes & Noble, the largest bookseller in the US, has launched an e-reader, running Google's Android operating system, and analysts say it might be a Kindle killer US bookseller Barnes & Noble has unveiled an e-reader in the US, called the nook , to compete with Amazon's...
- News items 2009-10-21
- Sony turns e-reader page
- When Sony introduced the first commercially available electronic book reader in Japan four years ago, I was among the lucky few in the west to get their hands on a review unit. I liked the hardware but was disappointed by the lack of low-cost content. The Sony Librié was a...
- News items 2009-08-27
- Sony Adopts EPUB as It Fights Amazon.com for E-book Readers
- Sony announces that it will adopt the XML-based EPUB format for its eBook store, which will allow users to buy and read e-books even if they do not have a Sony Reader. Adopting the EPUB standard is seen as Sony's latest move against Amazon.com and its Kindle e-reader.Sony is adopting...
- News items 2009-08-13
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