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'Format war' holding back ebooks
A 'format war' is holding back ebooks, says UK Publishers Association chief executive Simon Juden, recommending the ePub format become an industry standard.
Sony adopts .EPUB standard; Reader on sale in the UK
Sony has adopted the .EPUB standard for e-books for its Sony Reader device, opening it up to allow e-books from many different sources to be read on the Sony Reader. The Reader is also set to go on sa...
UK agrees to separate ISBNs for digital formats
Publishers and booksellers in the UK have reached agreement that digital books published in multiple formats should each have a separate ISBN.
'Format wars' create problems, says UK PA head
Arguing about e-book formats is clouding diuscussion on much more important matters such as rights, arges Simon Juden, cheif executiuve of the UK's Publishers Association.
UK publishers ponder ebook formats
As more and more UK-based publishers announce their e-book plans, it seems that .epub is the preferred format, indicating that most are betting that Sony's E-reader (which can read .epub)will bea...
Melburnians to make hardcovers easier and cheaper
Three Melburnians have patented a new book-binding technique intended to make hardcovers more affordable. Called ‘Roylebind', the method involves ‘pre-formed laminated cases that can be pr...
Concern that harbacks will be 'sidelined' in the UK
Picador's recent move to curtail the number of titles it publishes in hardback has had some in the Uk trade worried that the traditional first-format is on its way out.
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