BISG Endorses EPUB 3 as the "Accepted and Preferred" Standard

August 6, 2012

The Book Industry Study Group (BISG), the leading U.S. book trade association for standardized best practices, research, and educatinon, today issued a press release endorsing EPUB 3 as the "accepted and preferred format" for Web Standards-based digital content. The announcement noted that their endorsment "addresses the critical need for the global book publishing industry to rally around a single standard... in order to impede ... fragmentation".

Full policy statement: http://www.bisg.org/docs/BISG_Policy_1201.pdf . Statement from organizations supporting the policy (including IDPF): http://www.bisg.org/what-we-do-4-155-pol-1201-endorsement-of-epub-3.php . 

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