eBooks, ePub, iPad, Kindle, o-my
*Excerpt
Print is dead. Well, not dead yet. But it'll be stone dead in a moment.
Description
The long-awaited move to paid digital distribution of books, magazines, and other text-centric content is finally underway. It’s not all smooth, however: below the gadget-lust-inducing surface of devices like the Kindle, iPad, and various other devices lurks a messy, incompatible bunch of standards competing for dominance.
Come learn about the various formats and distribution models for books, magazines, and comics in the Internet age.
Tags
publishing, text, books, gadgets, drm, ebook, epub
Speaker
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Lennon Day-Reynolds
Dark Horse Comics- Website: http://rcoder.net/
- Blog: http://rcoder.net/
- Twitter: rcoder
- Favorites: View Lennon's favorites
Biography
Lennon Day-Reynolds recently joined Dark Horse Comics as a software developer, fulfilling a life-long dream of combining his love of nerdy pop culture with software and the Internet. He currently works on digital publishing, e-commerce, and back-office applications for Dark Horse and its sister company, Things From Another World. He has a decade of experience building systems for organizations ranging from small non-profits to Fortune 500 corporations using open source operating systems, infrastructure, and programming languages.
Sessions
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- Title: eBooks, ePub, iPad, Kindle, o-my
- Track: Chemistry
- Room: Fremont
- Time: 4:45 – 5:30pm
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Excerpt:
Print is dead. Well, not dead yet. But it’ll be stone dead in a moment.
- Speakers: Lennon Day-Reynolds