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IDPF Names New Executive Director: Michael Smith

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Michael Smith to Promote eBook Standards for Publishing and Digital Reading New York, NY 11/20/07 – The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), the international trade and standards association for the eBook and digital publishing industry has named Michael Smith its new executive director. As executive director Michael Smith is responsible for leading the operational and […]

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TEI v1.0 of P5 Released

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So it is finally here, TEI v1.0 of P5. Around six months ago I did some research into TEI and noted there was some big improvements over P4. If you need a mature XML based markup (perhaps for use as a Master File Format) I would certainly recommend having look at TEI P5. Here is […]

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OPS 2.0 is now an official IDPF standard

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Nick Bogaty, Executive Director of the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) has announced on the IDPF Forums that OPS 2.0 has been Elevated to Official IDPF Standard. The specifications can be found here and supporting documentation, implementation and tools on the entire .epub standard can be found on the IDPF Forums. Voting to elevate the […]

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The Mobile Library releases classic and modern literature for cellphones

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German developer QiOO Interactive hosts the ‘Mobile Library’ – a service that brings classic books as well as modern literature to JAVA™-enabled cellphones. The portfolio ranges from Aristotle over Mark Twain to such extraordinary authors as Algernon Blackwood. As the founder Thomas Lucka states the Mobile Library will continue to release high quality books in […]

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Digitized BRF (Braille) files for Gutenberg.org eBooks

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TravelBraille.com is taking requests for Braille transcriptions of Gutenberg.org eBooks to BRF Braille. The transcriptions will be prepared by a US Library of Congress Certified Braille Transcriber. There will be NO charge for this service. No assurance can or will be given that any particular file will be transcribed – priority will be given to […]

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What is Project Gutenberg TEI?

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PGTEI is first and foremost a markup language. Just like HTML puts tags around words to give them some sort of meaning, PGTEI puts tags around words, too. Where a HTML document would italicize a word with <em>emphasis tags</em>, PGTEI would italicize a word with <emph>emphasis tags</emph>, too. Same basic principle, different vocubulary. So, why […]

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Digital Text Masters: A Future for Public Domain eBooks?

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The following article was posted by Jon Noring on the TeleRead blog in February 2007. This is an excellent discussion on why Digital Text Master files should be created along with ideas on how to implement it. — Ed ‘Digital Text Masters’ (Digitizing the classic public domain books) by Jon Noring The recent TeleBlog articles […]

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