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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
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Bogaty [mailto:nbogaty@idpf.org] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, October 30, 2006
10:40 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> library@openebook.org;
conferences@openebook.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> New Digital Book Standard
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<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;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>

<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Please contact me with any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;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 align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;margin-left:.5in;text-align:center'><a name="OLE_LINK1"><b><font size=5
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>New Digital Book Standard Released</span></font></b></a><o:p></o:p></p>

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auto;margin-left:.5in;text-align:center'><b><font size=4 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black;font-weight:
bold'>Software Companies and Publishers Announce Implementation Plans</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;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='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>“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='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;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:
10.0pt'><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='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;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='color:black;font-weight:
bold'>Publisher Adoption</span></font></b><b><font size=2 color=black><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'><br>
<br>
</span></font></b><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>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>

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margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;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='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Software Implementation</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;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='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Adobe Implementation </span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>– </span></font><a
href="http://www.adobe.com/"><font size=2 color="#6699cc"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#6699CC'>http://www.adobe.com</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></p>

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margin-left:1.0in'><b><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Product name:</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> Adobe®<i><span
style='font-style:italic'> </span></i>Digital Editions<br>
</span></font><b><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Implementation
Time Frame: </span></font></b><font size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:black'>Public beta available now<br>
</span></font><b><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Product
Details/Features: </span></font></b><font size=2 color=black><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;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-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Product
URL: </span></font></b><a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/getdigitaleditions"><font
size=2 color="#6699cc"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#6699CC'>http://www.adobe.com/go/getdigitaleditions</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></p>

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margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>eBook Technologies, Inc.
Implementation </span></font></b><font size=2 color=black><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>– </span></font><a
href="http://www.ebooktechnologies.com/"><font size=2 color="#6699cc"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#6699CC'>http://www.ebooktechnologies.com</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></p>

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margin-left:1.0in'><b><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Product Name:</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>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
size=2 color="#6699cc"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#6699CC'>http://www.ebooktechnologies.com/support_publisher_download.htm</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Mobipocket (An amazon.com
company) Implementation </span></font></b><font size=2 color=black><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>– </span></font><a
href="http://www.mobipocket.com/"><font size=2 color="#6699cc"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#6699CC'>http://www.mobipocket.com</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></p>

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margin-left:1.0in'><b><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Product name:</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><font
size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'>Mobipocket Reader / Mobipocket
Creator</span></font><font size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:black'><br>
</span></font><b><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Implementation
Time Frame: </span></font></b><font size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Q1 2007</span></font><font size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:black'><br>
</span></font><b><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Product
Details/Features: </span></font></b><font size=2><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>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 size=2
color=black><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><br>
</span></font><b><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Product
URL: </span></font></b><a
href="http://www.mobipocket.com/en/DownloadSoft/default.asp"><font size=2
color="#6699cc"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#6699CC'>http://www.mobipocket.com/en/DownloadSoft/default.asp</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>OSoft Implementation </span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>– </span></font><a
href="http://www.dotreader.com/"><font size=2 color="#6699cc"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#6699CC'>http://www.dotreader.com</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:1.0in'><b><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Product name: </span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>dotReader with
OCF plug-in<br>
</span></font><b><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Implementation
Time Frame: </span></font></b><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>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 size=2 color="#6699cc"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#6699CC'>http://www.dotreader.com</span></font></a><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>OCF and the Open eBook
Publication Structure</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;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:10.0pt'><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='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;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='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;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='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>AAP/IDPF Meeting</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;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='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;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:10.0pt'><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='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Additional Relevant Information</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;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 size=2
color="#6699cc"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#6699CC'>http://www.idpf.org/ocf/ocf1.0</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Open eBook Publication Structure (OEBPS)
Specification Version 1.2:</span></font><font size=2 color="#003366"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003366'><br>
</span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><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 size=2
color="#6699cc"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#6699CC'>http://www.idpf.org/idpf_groups/oebpscontainerwg.htm</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>OEBPS Working Group:<br>
</span></font><a href="http://www.idpf.org/idpf_groups/oebpswg.htm"><font
size=2 color="#6699cc"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#6699CC'>http://www.idpf.org/idpf_groups/oebpswg.htm</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>IDPF Specifications & Documents: <br>
</span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><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
size=2 color="#6699cc"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#6699CC'>http://www.idpf.org/idpf_groups.htm</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>IDPF meetings & teleconference schedule:<br>
</span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><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
size=2 color="#6699cc"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#6699CC'>http://www.idpf.org/membership.htm</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>About the International Digital
Publishing Forum</span></font></b><b><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:bold'><br>
<br>
</span></font></b><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>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>

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