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<DIV>Could you elaborate a bit upon the Open eBook Forum standards announcement
and its relationship to Bookshare? I've been using commercial eBook formats with
Jaws for a number of years, and the only thing I have noticed happening is that
fewer proprietary formats are now accessible than even two years ago. Has OEF
had an actively positive incluence on making commercial eBook formats more
accessible? I used to belong to OEF but gave up trying to follow their
activities a couple of years ago.<BR><BR>Kestrell<BR><BR></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=ron.stewart@dolphinusa.com
href="mailto:ron.stewart@dolphinusa.com">Ron Stewart</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=athen@athenpro.org
href="mailto:athen@athenpro.org">'Access Technologists in Higher Education
Network'</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 30, 2006 1:22
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Athen] FW: New Digital Book
Standard Released (press release)</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=203511418-30102006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Here's my take, I monitored the process but did not
actively engage in it, perhaps someone from Bookshare who is on the list wants
to give their perspective.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=203511418-30102006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>It means that an updated standard has been adopted for
e-books or electronic versions of trade pubs. Several folks from the
access community have been involved with the process, and the effort was to
get them to adopt the same structure in this format as is used in the DAISY
format. Not 100% success was achieved but I think most can live with the
final results. Since the publishers use their own proprietary
formats, we shall see what these will look like once they start hitting
the streets.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=203511418-30102006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Ron </FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> athen-bounces@athenpro.org
[mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Berkowitz, Daniel
J<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 30, 2006 12:47 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Access
Technologists in Higher Education Network<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Athen] FW: New
Digital Book Standard Released (press release)<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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Bogaty [mailto:nbogaty@idpf.org] <BR><B><SPAN
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AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> library@openebook.org;
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> New Digital Book Standard
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<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dear IDPF Newsletter
Subscribers,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I am very pleased to announce that
the IDPF membership has elected to elevate the status of the Open eBook
Publication Structure Container Format 1.0 (OCF 1.0) to a Recommended
Specification, an official IDPF industry standard. A press release
announcing approval of the specification as well as publisher adoption and
software implementations of the standard was released this morning at <A
href="http://www.idpf.org/pressroom/pressreleases/ocf1.0.htm">http://www.idpf.org/pressroom/pressreleases/ocf1.0.htm</A>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Please contact me with any
questions.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">--<BR>Nick Bogaty<BR>Executive
Director<BR>International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF)<BR><A
href="mailto:nbogaty@idpf.org">nbogaty@idpf.org</A><FONT color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><BR></SPAN></FONT>(212) 924-9081
direct<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
align=center><A name=OLE_LINK1><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black
size=5><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black">New
Digital Book Standard Released</SPAN></FONT></B></A><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black">Software Companies
and Publishers Announce Implementation Plans</SPAN></FONT></B><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">New York, NY (October 30th, 2006) – The
International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), the standards and trade
association for digital publishing, announced today the release of a new
technical standard to facilitate digital content creation, distribution and
use by consumers. In addition to the Open eBook Publication Structure
(OEBPS), an XML standard for authoring digital books, the IDPF has now
released a new standard for packaging a digital publication, including the
contents of the publication, metadata, signatures, encryption, rights and
other information into one standard file. Entitled the Open eBook
Publication Structure Container Format (OCF), the new IDPF standard will allow
publishers to release a single standard file into their sales and distribution
channels and will also enable consumers to exchange unencrypted eBooks and
other digital publications between reading systems that support the new
standard.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">“The new container
format provides a simplified method of packaging a digital publication into a
single file, thereby making it easier for publishers, resellers and others to
deliver and utilize digital reading materials,” stated Nick Bogaty, IDPF
Executive Director. “The OCF specification has widespread support
from all sectors of our industry including publishers and software
companies.”</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">The standard specifies a ZIP-based
packaging format that is an extension of OASIS’ Open Document Format Standard
(ISO/IEC 26300). The OCF specification and additional information can be
found at </SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><A
href="http://www.idpf.org/ocf/ocf1.0/index.htm"><FONT color=#6699cc><SPAN
style="COLOR: #6699cc">http://www.idpf.org/ocf/ocf1.0</SPAN></FONT></A><FONT
color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black">. OCF files can easily be
identified by the file extension “.epub”.<BR><BR></SPAN></FONT>“Today’s
announcement heralds the beginning of increased title availability and lower
costs for publishers entering the eBook and digital reading market,” stated
<FONT color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Neil de Young, Hachette Book
Group USA. “</SPAN></FONT>Over the coming months we will be working with our
vendors and partners to transition our entire eBook publishing program to the
OCF standard<FONT color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black">,” he
added.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Over forty publishers, technology
companies and organizations were involved in the OCF Working Group, the
committee responsible for the creation of the standard, including Adobe
Systems Inc., Benetech, DAISY Consortium, eBook Technologies Inc., Hachette
Book Group, Harlequin, iRex Technologies, Mobipocket (An amazon.com company),
netLibrary, OverDrive Inc., Random House, Simon & Schuster, WGBH and many
others.<BR> <A name=OLE_LINK3><BR></A></SPAN></FONT><B><FONT
color=black><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: black">Publisher
Adoption</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black"><BR><BR></SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Both trade and academic publishers plan
to use the OCF standard to deliver files through their distribution channels
using the standard file. The OCF will be used in workflows where an
electronic publication is sent from a publisher to a distributor or retailer
and when an electronic publication is delivered to a consumer using software
or hardware which has implemented the standard.<FONT color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><BR><BR>“Defining a single delivery format is a huge
achievement for the industry. It simplifies production processes and promotes
distribution of many more titles than are currently available,” said Ken
Brooks, VP, Global Production and Manufacturing Services, Thomson
Learning.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Many IDPF member companies have
announced service offerings to produce digital publications using the OCF
standard including codeMantra, Green Point Technology Services, Publishing
Dimensions, Rosetta Solutions, Inc. and
techbooks.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><B><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">Software
Implementation</SPAN></FONT></B><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Numerous software and hardware companies
have also announced implementation plans for the new standard. Software
implementations will allow publishers to save considerable time and expense in
delivering digital content, enhancing the flow of content to consumers.
Also, implementations of OCF will increase interoperability between
software. Announced implementations are:</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><B><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Adobe Implementation
</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">– </SPAN></FONT><A
href="http://www.adobe.com/"><FONT color=#6699cc size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #6699cc">http://www.adobe.com</SPAN></FONT></A><o:p></o:p></P>
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style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><B><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Product
name:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black"> Adobe®<I><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic"> </SPAN></I>Digital
Editions<BR></SPAN></FONT><B><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Implementation Time Frame:
</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Public beta available
now<BR></SPAN></FONT><B><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Product Details/Features:
</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Natively supports PDF and OCF-packaged
OEBPS content, based on in-preparation next-generation OEBPS
specification.<BR></SPAN></FONT><B><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Product URL: </SPAN></FONT></B><A
href="http://www.adobe.com/go/getdigitaleditions"><FONT color=#6699cc
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #6699cc">http://www.adobe.com/go/getdigitaleditions</SPAN></FONT></A><o:p></o:p></P>
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style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><B><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">eBook Technologies,
Inc. Implementation </SPAN></FONT></B><FONT color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">– </SPAN></FONT><A
href="http://www.ebooktechnologies.com/"><FONT color=#6699cc size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #6699cc">http://www.ebooktechnologies.com</SPAN></FONT></A><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><B><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Product
Name:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">eBook Publisher<FONT color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><BR></SPAN></FONT><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Implementation Time Frame:</SPAN></B> Public Beta
Mac Tools supporting OCF available now; Windows and Server OCF support coming
in Q4 2006<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Product
Details/Features:</SPAN></B><A name=OLE_LINK69><FONT color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN></FONT>eBook production tools supporting
processing of OEBPS, Word, PowerPoint, text and HTML into eBooks for desktop
preview and delivery into the ETI Reading System<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Product URL:</SPAN></B> </A></SPAN></FONT><A
href="http://www.ebooktechnologies.com/support_publisher_download.htm"><FONT
color=#6699cc size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #6699cc">http://www.ebooktechnologies.com/support_publisher_download.htm</SPAN></FONT></A><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><B><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Mobipocket (An
amazon.com company) Implementation </SPAN></FONT></B><FONT color=black
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">– </SPAN></FONT><A
href="http://www.mobipocket.com/"><FONT color=#6699cc size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #6699cc">http://www.mobipocket.com</SPAN></FONT></A><o:p></o:p></P>
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style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><B><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Product
name:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Mobipocket Reader / Mobipocket
Creator</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black"><BR></SPAN></FONT><B><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Implementation Time Frame:
</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Q1
2007</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black"><BR></SPAN></FONT><B><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Product Details/Features:
</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Mobipocket Reader brings rich eBook content to all
mobile platforms (Windows Mobile, Symbian smartphones, Blackberry, Palm) as
well as desktops and laptops (MS Windows).</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black"><BR></SPAN></FONT><B><FONT
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Product URL:
</SPAN></FONT></B><A
href="http://www.mobipocket.com/en/DownloadSoft/default.asp"><FONT
color=#6699cc size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #6699cc">http://www.mobipocket.com/en/DownloadSoft/default.asp</SPAN></FONT></A><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><B><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">OSoft Implementation
</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">– </SPAN></FONT><A
href="http://www.dotreader.com/"><FONT color=#6699cc size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #6699cc">http://www.dotreader.com</SPAN></FONT></A><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><B><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Product name:
</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">dotReader with OCF
plug-in<BR></SPAN></FONT><B><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Implementation Time Frame:
</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Jan 2007<FONT
color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><BR></SPAN></FONT><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Product Details/Features: </SPAN></B>The dotReader
is a cross-platform, open source documentation platform that renders multiple
XML and other formats and will support the OCF format for the dotReader. The
OCF format will take advantage of all of dotReader’s capabilities including
advanced search and public, private, and group annotations. <FONT
color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><BR></SPAN></FONT><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Product URL: </SPAN></B></SPAN></FONT><A
href="http://www.dotreader.com/"><FONT color=#6699cc size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #6699cc">http://www.dotreader.com</SPAN></FONT></A><FONT
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><B><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">OCF and the Open
eBook Publication Structure</SPAN></FONT></B><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">OCF requires inclusion of an OEBPS
version of the publication, an XML standard for digital books maintained by
the IDPF (</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><A
href="http://www.idpf.org/oebps/oebps1.2"><FONT color=#6699cc><SPAN
style="COLOR: #6699cc">http://www.idpf.org/oebps/oebps1.2</SPAN></FONT></A><FONT
color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black">). For reading systems that can
display OEBPS files, publishers will be able to simply allow for the sale of
the OCF. Platform-targeting or the application of digital rights
management (DRM) will be the responsibility of the target software. For
content that is not secured by DRM, digital publications in OCF will be able
to be exchanged between conformant software, improving content
interoperability for the consumer.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">In addition to the OEBPS version of the
publication, OCF will also allow for the transport of alternate renditions of
the publication, including PDF and other targeted eBook
formats.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">The OEBPS standard is currently being
updated in the IDPF. A draft of the next version of OEBPS will be
released by the end of the year. The draft updates the standard to
include better control of content rendering, navigation, accessibility and
alignment with other standards efforts. OEBPS content is expected to
offer publishers National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard
(NIMAS) compliance. It is the production and consumer standard for
reflowable digital content.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><B><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">AAP/IDPF
Meeting</SPAN></FONT></B><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">On November 29<SUP>th</SUP>, the
Association of American Publishers (AAP) and the IDPF will hold a joint
meeting to help educate publishers on the use of OCF and the next version of
OEBPS in their production and distribution
workflows.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">The meeting will be held at the AAP New
York office. Registration for the event is limited to 50, please visit
the AAP website at </SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><A
href="http://www.publishers.org/conference/index.cfm"><FONT
color=#6699cc><SPAN
style="COLOR: #6699cc">http://www.publishers.org/conference/index.cfm</SPAN></FONT></A><FONT
color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> for registration
details.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><B><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Additional Relevant
Information</SPAN></FONT></B><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Open eBook Publication Structure
Container Format (OCF) Version 1.0:<BR></SPAN></FONT><A
href="http://www.idpf.org/ocf/ocf1.0"><FONT color=#6699cc size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #6699cc">http://www.idpf.org/ocf/ocf1.0</SPAN></FONT></A><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Open eBook Publication Structure (OEBPS)
Specification Version 1.2:</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#003366 size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #003366"><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><A href="http://www.idpf.org/oebps/oebps1.2"><FONT
color=#6699cc><SPAN style="COLOR: #6699cc">http://www.idpf.org/oebps/oebps1.2
</SPAN></FONT></A><FONT color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><BR><BR>OCF
Working Group:<BR></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT><A
href="http://www.idpf.org/idpf_groups/oebpscontainerwg.htm"><FONT
color=#6699cc size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #6699cc">http://www.idpf.org/idpf_groups/oebpscontainerwg.htm</SPAN></FONT></A><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">OEBPS Working Group:<BR></SPAN></FONT><A
href="http://www.idpf.org/idpf_groups/oebpswg.htm"><FONT color=#6699cc
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #6699cc">http://www.idpf.org/idpf_groups/oebpswg.htm</SPAN></FONT></A><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">IDPF Specifications & Documents:
<BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><A
href="http://www.idpf.org/specs.htm"><FONT color=#6699cc><SPAN
style="COLOR: #6699cc">http://www.idpf.org/specs.htm</SPAN></FONT></A><FONT
color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><BR><BR>IDPF Working
Groups:<BR></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT><A
href="http://www.idpf.org/idpf_groups.htm"><FONT color=#6699cc size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #6699cc">http://www.idpf.org/idpf_groups.htm</SPAN></FONT></A><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">IDPF meetings & teleconference
schedule:<BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><A
href="http://www.idpf.org/events.htm"><FONT color=#6699cc><SPAN
style="COLOR: #6699cc">http://www.idpf.org/events.htm</SPAN></FONT></A><FONT
color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><BR><BR>IDPF membership
information:<BR></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT><A
href="http://www.idpf.org/membership.htm"><FONT color=#6699cc size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #6699cc">http://www.idpf.org/membership.htm</SPAN></FONT></A><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><B><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">About the International Digital
Publishing Forum</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR><BR></SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The International Digital Publishing
Forum (IDPF), formerly the Open eBook Forum (OeBF), is the trade and standards
association for the digital publishing industry.<FONT color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN></FONT>Further information about the
organization and industry, including membership information, can be obtained
by visiting <A href="http://www.idpf.org/"><FONT color=#6699cc><SPAN
style="COLOR: #6699cc">www.idpf.org</SPAN></FONT></A><FONT color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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