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Dictionary, Indexes Working Groups Formed

January 31, 2012

IDPF member organizations have approved charters for working groups to add dictionaries and indexes support to EPUB. The consent vote for dictionaries WG was 68 in favor, 1 against, and 1 abstention. The consent vote for indexes WG was 69 in favor, 1 against, and 1 abstention.

SPi Global Goes Platinum for Digital Book 2012

January 24, 2012

SPi Global, a Gold Sponsor for Digital Book 2011, has upgraded to a Platinum level sponsorship for the 2012 Digital Book conference.

Progress on Common Approach to EPUB 3 Fixed-Layout Metadata

January 15, 2012

The ad-hoc group working on fixed-layout metadata held an all-day meeting on Jan. 12, hosted by Sony in San Jose, CA, with representatives from Apple, Adobe, Barnes&Noble, Google, Hachette Book Group / AAP, and Sony. Consensus was reached on a unified framework for representing fixed-layout metadata in EPUB 3.

Voting Underway for Dictionaries, Indexes WGs

January 15, 2012

Member consent voting is open through Jan. 29 for working group charter proposals to add dictionaries and indexes support to EPUB, following member comment periods during December, 2011 and subsequent approval of both draft charters by the IDPF Board of DIrectors.

MIP for Higher Ed Publishing: IDPF member discount to Feb 8 BISG event

January 15, 2012

The Book Industry Study Group is offering a discount on registration to IDPF members for its Making Information Pay for Higher Ed Publishing conference (February 8th, 2012 in NYC) to IDPF members. Now in its second year, MIP for Higher Ed brings together publishing executives to gain practical insights on how they can benefit from an industry in transformation. This year’s conference focuses on innovation in the higher ed marketplace.

Discussion forums now available on idpf.org

January 15, 2012

Discussion forums are now available on idpf.org. Posting is open to both IDPF members and the general public (registration required to minimize spam). Our goal in hosting forums is to help foster the EPUB ecosystem via information sharing and community discussion of timely topics. Forums have been established for general IDPF/EPUB topics, EPUB 3, and EPUB Accessibility.

EPUBCheck 3.0 beta hosted at validator.idpf.org

January 11, 2012

The open-source validator tool for EPUB 2 and EPUB 3 content, EPUBCheck 3.0 (currently in beta) is now officially available at validator.idpf.org . Kudos to the EPUBCheck contributors and DAISY Consortium technical team members who coordinated the hosted deployment.

DBW 2012 - $200 off for IDPF members

December 16, 2011
Digital Book World 2012 (NYC; Jan 23-25) is extending a substantial discount to IDPF members Register now using code IDPFDBW12 for $200 off the full conference rate. The DBW conference is uniquely focused on giving trade publishers hard data and actionable strategies.

TOC NYC 2012 - 15% discount for IDPF members (act by Tues, Dec. 20)

December 16, 2011
O’Reilly’s TOC Conference, happening February 13-15, 2012 in New York City, is where the publishing and tech industries converge, as practitioners and executives from both camps share what they've learned from their successes and failures, explore ideas, and join together to navigate publishing’s ongoing transformation. Multiple sessions will highlight the latest developments in EPUB, and speakers will include key IDPF leaders and board members. IDPF members can save an extra 15% on early-bird registration (which ends Tues, Dec 20) by using discount code IDPF. For more details and to register, visit http://toccon.com .

Comment Period Underway for Proposed Dictionaries and Indexes Working Groups

December 6, 2011
Following the virtual workshop on dictionaries and indexes that was held on 18 October, the ad-hoc groups that were formed have completed and published drafts of charter proposals for two working groups on these topics, and a member comment period has been called that will end December 18, 2011. The charter proposals, with comment submission fields, are http://code.google.com/p/epub-revision/wiki/DictionariesCharterProposal and http://code.google.com/p/epub-revision/wiki/IndexesCharterProposal .

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