eBooks, ePub, iPad, Kindle, o-my

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Accepted Session
Short Form
osb2010-0400
Scheduled: Wednesday, June 2, 2010 from 4:45 – 5:30pm in Fremont

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

    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.

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