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O formato ePub é um padrão do W3C

Como anunciado deste o ano passado o IDPF, consórcio que administrava o formato ePub juntou-se ao consórcio W3C, como expliquei neste artigo publicado no Publishnews [leia aqui].

Esta união foi efetivada no dia 30 de janeiro deste ano conforme informa o site do IDPF e o press release do W3C. Deste dia em diante o formato ePub passa a ser oficialmente um padrão do W3C abrindo portas para um…

Steve Potash, OverDrive CEO and library e-book pioneer: A TeleRead interview

Steve Potash started digitizing books long before it was cool.

Now in his 60s, the CEO of OverDrive began digitizing law books in the 1970s, thinking this was the next big step in the publishing world.

Every new invention that came along—PCs, CD-ROMs, Windows—made him more optimistic for the future of digital publishing.

But 40 years?

No, Potash never thought it would take that long, but he also…

Spellbound uses augmented reality to turn children’s books into digital pop-up books

Yesterday at BookExpo America, the International Digital Publishing Forum presented augmented-reality app Spellbound with its 2016 IDPF Innovation Award. Today I stopped by Spellbound’s booth to

find out more about it.

Jake Derry, Spellbound’s Strategic Development Director, was happy to explain it to me. Spellbound is a free iOS or Android app that uses a phone or tablet’s camera to add…

Writerly Round-Up (5 – 11 May)

I see you are back for another Writerly Round-Up.  Welcome back to a look at the various things that fluttered into my email and social media during the week. Last Thursday I participated in my first Kindle Free Day and as a result. 94 potential fans have my book on their e-readers.  I am planning another Kindle Free Day next Thursday. Now, let’s have a look at my Round-Up. __ Writing versus…

Will IDPF and W3C merger merge e-books and the web?

It’s not often you see two seemingly-unrelated digital technology consortiums come together like chocolate and peanut butter in a Reese’s cup, but that seems to be what’s in store for the IDPF—the organization responsible for the EPUB standard—and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Publishers Weekly reportsthat leadership of the two groups are discussing the possibility of unifying the…

“Radical” changes in EPUB 3.1

A change after a version number’s decimal point is usually minor or moderate, but the creators of the EPUB 3.1 draft at IDPF call their changes from 3.01 “radical.” (more…)

TeleRead’s New Year’s resolutions for e-book-related companies in 2016

For free, TeleRead will generously offer New Year’s resolutions for e-book-related companies. No need for DIY. We know exactly what you need to do in 2016.

Amazon: Jeff Bezos and friends should resolve to go ePub instead of forking their own formats. Too, they should beef up Amazon’s e-reading software on devices and in apps. Let experienced e-book users enjoy more of the capabilities they find in

Autobiografia in forma di curriculum di un emigrante moderno

Il tema dell’emigrazione è stato ed è tuttora un tema di grande attualità e interesse. Nel passato a “fuggire” dal nostro Belpaese erano soprattutto le “braccia”, manodopera di bassa e talvolta bassissima, manovalanza che lasciava l’Italia per destinazioni quali il Belgio, l’America, la Germania e la Svizzera dove finivano con lo…