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billmccoy

  1. "iBooks and the iBookstore now support EPUB 3 for flowing books…"! (in Apple iTunes Connect email announcement today) #epub3 #ePrdctn #idpf 4:40 PM May 22nd via TweetDeck
  2. draft requirements for a potential lightweight content protection standard for EPUB published by IDPF bit.ly/LebMfd #EPUB3 #idpf 7:49 AM May 18th via TweetDeck
  3. putting your money where your mouth is: today is "Day Against DRM", so eBooks are 50% off on oreilly.com (code: DRMFREE) 5:23 AM May 4th via TweetDeck
  4. @chrismole "open standard" is a loaded term… specs != open source and e.g. HTML5 doesn't come w/ W3C license, what would you want to see? 5:11 AM Apr 28th via TweetDeck in reply to chrismole
  5. @davidrisherWR congrats on Worldreader's pilot. But proprietary device & format, locked to one store, can't be the answer - right? #openweb 4:24 AM Apr 28th via TweetDeck
  6. Had to visit 6 shops to find an iPhone cable in Buenos Aires. "Es propriedad!" Yeah, I know, I'm a standards guy #openweb #Borges #winning 2:24 PM Apr 24th via TweetDeck
  7. InDesign CS6 out adobe.ly/I5iJm1 EPUB 3 export w/ Liquid Layout option (per IDPF Page Templates bit.ly/x7zT8U) #epub3 #ePrdctn 4:05 AM Apr 23rd via TweetDeck
  8. @yuxipacific ex officio I must frown on logo abuse - luckily the photo angle doesn't reveal my ear-to-ear grin ;) twitter.com/yuxipacific/st… 12:16 PM Apr 22nd via TweetDeck in reply to yuxipacific
  9. @lizcastro @JulietaLionetti … be careful what you tweet or I will end up with a second broken knee… :) 5:17 AM Apr 21st via TweetDeck in reply to lizcastro
  10. @lizcastro: iBooks "Read-Aloud" was implementation by Apple of (draft) EPUB 3 Media Overlays; spec was instigated by DAISY, not Apple 3:06 PM Apr 20th via TweetDeck
  11. IDPF Digital Book 2012 conference at BEA NYC (June 4-5) - preliminary program avail at bit.ly/IxgDaD #idpf #digitalbook2012 #BookExpo 9:56 AM Apr 10th via web
  12. @jwikert Readium now has EPUB 3 fixed layout metdata: bit.ly/GZqfuA so kvetching focus should be commercial vendors #epub3 #readium 2:09 AM Mar 30th via web
  13. Adobe: devs pay 9% for HW-accel in Flash cnet.co/GVKFbp. Or: bit.ly/vwi9qY, bit.ly/qzDcai bit.ly/me7WHE #openweb 1:40 AM Mar 28th via web
  14. Readium Chrome extension now 0.2 - bug fixes + features: load unpacked content, zoom fixed layout, toggle pagination, etc. #readium #epub3 11:53 PM Mar 23rd via web
  15. Hachette-Livre Group joins Readium Project: bit.ly/A1V887 #epub3 #readium 6:18 PM Mar 15th via web
  16. EPUB 3 Fixed Layout Metadata spec finalized idpf.org/news/epub-3-fi… idpf.org/epub/fxl/ #epub #idpf #readium 2:09 PM Mar 15th via web
  17. @fakebaldur : "treat eBook developers as developers". Yes, please!! great post. bit.ly/xU9z8G #eprdctn #epub3 6:19 AM Mar 14th via web
  18. kicking off BISG EPUB 3 webinar series Tues 1pm ET bit.ly/zOisRi I'm window dressing - meat from BillK, Josh, Ron, Kaplan folks #epub 8:39 AM Feb 18th via web
  19. @ronmartinez media overlays should be coming soon, as well as support for EPUB 3 fixed layout metadata ( idpf.org/epub/fxl/ ) #readium 8:56 PM Feb 14th via Tweet Button