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Past News Items Featuring the IDPF
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Past News Items Featuring the IDPF

Date Publication Headline
01/02/08 Rosetta Solutions Rosetta Solutions Announces Full Compliance with .epub
12/13/2007 The Book Standard OverDrive Announces Global Support For .epub Format
10/25/2007 Publishers Weekly Hachette Adopts New E-Book Standard
08/09/2007 New York Times An Entire Bookshelf, in Your Hands
07/02/2007 Information Today Injecting Life Into the Ebook: Adobe Digital Editions 1.0 Released
06/29/2007 TechNewsWorld The Next Chapter for eBooks
06/11/2007 MSNBC/USA Today/AP Publishers testing e-books for young people: E-books for children come as e-sales have been rising quickly
05/31/2007 Gearlog Book Expo America 2007: The State of EBooks
05/31/2007 The Book Standard Day One at BookExpo America
05/09/2007 Publishers Weekly Google, Widgets Mark IDPF Afternoon
05/09/2007 Publishers Weekly Digital Devices Star at IDPF’s Digital Book 2007
01/23/2007 The Miami Herald School of thought: Why aren't e-textbooks selling?
11/6/2006 Library Journal IDPF Releases Digital Book Standard
10/5/2006 The Guardian Will the eBook finally replace paper?
07/23/2006 International Herald Tribune Springer shifts model for sales of e-books
07/21/2006 Sydney Morning Herald Phone a book: get a load of this
06/20/2006 Publishers Weekly New e-Book Standards Pushed
06/08/2006 Newark Star-Ledger Celling books Trade group wants to boost sales of e-books for cell phones
05/29/2006 Publishers Weekly The Digital Future Is Now
04/11/2006 Financial Times E-books turning over a new leaf
04/05/2006 News.com E-books, has your time come?
03/30/2006 Knowledge Wise from
Innodata Isogen
Nick Bogaty, Exec. Director, International Digital Publishing Forum, says 2006 could be watershed year for E-books
03/28/2006 EContent Magazine Can the Sony Reader Push eBooks into the Mainstream?
02/27/2006 Business Week Digital Books Start A New Chapter: Lighter devices, better displays, and the iPod craze could make them best-sellers
01/20/2006 Wired News Screening the Latest Bestseller
01/04/2006 SmartPhone Today Sith Tops 2005 eBook Bestseller List
01/04/2006 USA Today The plot thickens with a thin eBooks device
01/04/2006 Publishers Weekly Top e-Books Point to Widening Audience
12/29/2005 Business Week Curling Up With a Good E-Book
11/04/2005 PDAStreet.com Stephen King Leads eBook Bestseller List
11/04/2005 The Economist A library at your fingertips
08/09/2005 ZDNET Coming to campus: E-books with expiration dates
06/14/2005 Associated Press J.K. Rowling refuses electronic editions for Potter books
06/01/2005 Library Journal Open eBook Forum Revamps
02/22/2005 CanalPDA.com Los e-libros más vendidos del 2004
01/18/2005 SmartPhone Today Best Selling eBooks for Last Year
01/17/2005 Publishers Weekly Signs of Life for E-books in 2004
01/17/2005 Library Journal Brown Dominates Top Selling Ebooks of 2004
01/14/2005 The Boston Herald Readers turn new page with e-books
12/05/2004 The New York Times Sunday Book Review An Idea Whose Time Has Come Back
09/25/2004 Glasgow Sunday Mail UK eBooks Turn Over New Leaf
09/25/2004 The Independent UK Ebooks ready for take-off as sales accelerate
08/27/2004 Cnet Have e-books turned a page?
08/13/2004 Wired News Net Publishing Made Profitable
07/19/2004 Internet Week Booksellers, Libraries See Growth In eBooks
07/13/2004 SmartPhone Today Top 30 eBook Bestsellers for June
06/22/2004 eMarketer E-Book Sales Hit Record
06/07/2004 Macworld UK eBook sales rocket
06/04/2004 SmartPhone Today eBook Sales, Revenues Up
05/12/2004 Publishers Weekly Brown Tops April e-Book Sales
04/15/2004 Library Journal Librarians, Publishers, and Vendors Revisit E-books: IDPF-sponsored gathering tackles content, delivery, usage, economics, and the dire need for standards
04/12/2004 Publishers Weekly E-book Sales Up 27%; Bestseller List Launched
03/22/2004 Library Journal Librarians, Publishers, and Vendors Discuss eBooks
03/15/2004 Library Journal Library Journal Movers & Shakers 2004: E-Books Mediator--Nicholas Bogaty
03/04/2004 PrintingIQ IDPF hosts public library confab for e-books
Trade group to explore e-book technology’s applications in public libraries at March 16 conference in New York.
01/29/2004 The Guardian Under the cover story: Despite a difficult year in 2003, e-publishing is experiencing a steady growth in sales. Jim McClellan explains
01/12/2004 The Wall Street Journal The Plot Thickens: Remember e-books? Well, the story isn't over yet
12/18/2003 The Daily Herald A new covenant
12/18/2003 PDFzone.com Q&A: Tom Prehn on Adobeˆs new e-book store
12/13/2003 Wired News A Whodunit for the Digital Age
12/09/2003 PDFzone.com E-book sales hit the million mark for 2003
10/20/2003 Mobile Register Authors find e-books cheap way to publish
10/06/2003 Publishers Weekly Rising from the Dead: Publishers are finding ways to put life, and profits, into e-book publishing
09/25/2003 San Diego Union Tribute Rise of 'ebooks' puts thousands of titles just a click away
09/23/2003 New York Daily News E-book sales rise
09/17/2003 Publishers Weekly Survey Claims E-Book Sales Up 30% in '03
07/25/2003 internet.com No Lock on the Door at Digital Home
07/15/2003 eBook Gazette International Digital Publishing Forum to try standardizing eBook industry data
07/07/2003 The Globe and Mail E-books may yet meet great expectations
06/27/2003 EContent Magazine The International Digital Publishing Forum Takes on the Library Perspective
06/02/2003 USA Today E-books are getting a boost at BookExpo
05/27/2003 Reuters News Service PluggedIn: E-books catch on, but only for hardcore fans so far
05/21/2003 The Seybold Report Volume 8, No. 33
04/09/2003 Application Development Trends XML promises to boost eBooks
04/02/2003 atnewyork.com Open eBook Promotes New XML Spec
02/10/2003 MetroWest Daily News Check out those e-books: With new technology, digital media companies expand market into public libraries
02/10/2003 BookTech Magazine Consumer Acceptance of eBooks Grows
12/30/2002 The Seybold Report Assessing the Tablet PCˆs Potential for Commercial Publishing
12/17/2002 Editor and Publisher The Tablet PC's Implications For Newspapers
12/10/2002 MSNBC/Newsweek The Rebirth of E-Publishing
12/09/2002 Publishers Weekly E-Pub Show Brings Back Old Times
12/06/2002 atnewyork.com TabletPC Seen Helping eBook Adoption
12/05/2002 Publishers Lunch Tablet PC Digital Publishing Conference Reports
12/05/2002 eBook.com eBooks on track to post record year in 2002
12/02/2002 Publishing Trends Tablet PC: The Ebook Savior?
12/02/2002 Electronic Publishing Magazine Digital Magazines and Newspapers to Compete at Tablet PC Conference
10/31/2002 Smaller.com Review (IDPF) eBook Forum
10/16/2002 xml.com The Digital Talking Book
08/30/2002 CNN E-textbooks clicking with colleges
08/07/2002 Seybold Report eBook Week Marked by New Titles, New Services
08/05/2002 Publishers Weekly Download A Deal: Open an E-Book Week Offers Discounted, Free Books
08/05/2002 Digital Media Wire Industry Group Launches "Open An eBook Week"
07/29/2002 The Ventura County Star Read all about it, plug in an e-Book
07/30/2002 New York Newsday E-book Sales Donˆt Stack Up, So Push Is Online
07/29/2002 Publishers Weekly Survey Shows Steady Growth in E-book Sales
07/22/2002 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Travel Tip of the Week: E-Reading on the Road
07/22/2002 Digital Media Wire Report: Industry Statistics Point to Growth of E-Publishing
07/09/2002 Wired E-Publishing Ink: Promising Chapter in E-Book Story
07/11/2002 @newyork Q&A: Nick Bogaty, International Digital Publishing Forum
05/18/2002 USA Weekend Novel ideas: The latest on the electronic book front

IDPF Press Releases

Date Subject
10/06/08 International Adoption of EPUB eBook Standard to be presented at Frankfurt Book Fair
03/24/08 IDPF Digital Book 2008 to Present eBook Standards and Global Markets
10/20/2007 International Digital Publishing Forum Names New Executive Director: Michael Smith to Promote eBook Standards for Publishing and Digital Reading
02/27/2007 Digital Book 2007 to Present Ground-Breaking Electronic Reading Technologies
10/30/2006 New Digital Book Standard Released: Software Companies and Publishers Announce Implementation Plans
06/20/2006 Industry Adopts eBook Standards: Wide Industry Implementation Planned for IDPF’s New Standards for Digital Publications
05/17/2006 NYC Conference to Report on Digitizing Millions of Books: Amazon, Google, Windows Live Book Search, Wikipedia, Sony, Audible and Adobe to Present Digital Book Strategies
03/21/2006 Mobile and Connected Conference Brings Together Digital Book and Online Market Leaders: The stakes are high as publishers, search engines and portable device manufacturers seek to create the “iPod and iTunes for Books”
03/03/2006 Publishers Report Increases in eBook Revenue and Units Sold in Q2 '05
01/17/2006

International Digital Publishing Forum Announces 2006 eBook Initiatives: New Directors, technical standards, and educational conference to address growing digital content markets

01/04/2006 Star Wars: Episode III Leads 2005 eBook Bestseller List: eBook Industry Reports Diversity of Readership as Dan Brown, Bibles, Reference, Romance and Popular Fiction Share Spotlight on Annual Sales List
03/29/2005 Conference Keynote to Report on the Demise of the Textbook
University of Phoenix Provost to Present How Online Students Learn
02/28/2005 Digital Textbooks in the Classroom Conference Announced
Soaring prices and digital technologies pressure adoption of alternatives to print
01/12/2005

Top Selling eBooks of 2004 Announced
Strong Q3 in 2004 with Double Digit Sales Increase Over 2003

06/04/2004

Record eBook Retail Sales Set in Q1 2004
Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code Tops Bestselling eBooks for May

02/24/2004
12/08/2003 eBook Retailers Report Over 1 Million Units Already Sold in å03: Open eBook Forum Releases Q3 eBook Stats
11/12/2003 Looking to Checkout a Good eBook? Try your Public Library - "eBooks in the Public Library Conference" to Examine Growing Digital Book Adoption in Libraries
09/16/2003

eBooks Get Serious: Sales expected to top $10 million in 2003, Unit Sales Grow 40% Over 2002

05/30/2003 Open eBook Forum Announces eBook Industry Statistics Program
05/21/2003 eBooks to Take Center Stage in Los Angeles
05/20/2003 Open eBook Forum Announces Library Special Interest Group and Survey
04/02/2003

New Version of Widely Adopted eBook Specification Released

01/08/2003 BookExpo America Announces Launch of eBook Experience
12/16/2002 Popular eBook Beliefs Questioned in Consumer Survey
12/2/2002

Digital Magazine and Newspaper Vendors to Compete at Tablet PC Digital Publishing Conference

11/19/2002 Tablet PC Digital Publishing Conference to Highlight Convergence of Print Media
08/19/2002 Industry Pioneer Elected to Board of Directors of Leading eBook Group
08/14/2002 Publication Structure 1.2 Elevated to Recommended Specification
08/5/2002 August 5th through August 11th is Open an eBook Week
07/22/2002 eBooks by the Numbers: Open eBook Forum Compiles Industry Growth Stats
04/27/2002 Electronic Publishing Industry Launches Global Campaign To Educate Public on Benefits of eBooks
03/26/2002 Open eBook Forum Names Executive Director