What is an electronic book (eBook)?
Because different people use this term differently, the OEBPS Specification avoids the formal use of the term eBook within the Specification itself and instead defines its own more precise terminology:
• OEBPS Publication: The digital content you read (a “paperless” version of a book, article or other document)
• Reading Device: The physical appliance used to render an OEBPS Publication—examples of reading devices include dedicated “ebook” readers, personal computers (either desktop or portable), and palm-sized “personal digital assistants” (PDAs)
• Reading System: The combination of software and hardware that processes OEBPS content and presents it to a user (the OEBPS Specification does not require the reading system be completely contained in the reading device; a reading system may involve processing of content on other computers)

e-Books

What is in Public Domain?

Specifications
The goal of the IDPF's standards activities is to produce industry adopted specifications which benefit publishers, technology companies and, most importantly, consumers.
Our guiding values in regard to specifications are to strive toward:
• Providing a forum for the discussion of issues and technologies related to electronic books.
• Developing, publishing, and maintaining common specifications relating to electronic books and promoting the successful adoption of these specifications.
• Promoting industry-wide participation of electronic publishing through training sessions, guidelines, and demonstrations of proven technology.
• Identifying, evaluating and recommending standards created by other bodies related to electronic books.
• Encouraging interoperable implementations of electronic book related systems and providing a forum for resolution of interoperability issues.
• Accommodating differences in language, culture, reading and learning styles, and individual abilities.

• Publishers Report Continued Increases in eBook Revenue for 2005 18/04/06
• New York, NY – Tuesday, April 18, 2006 – eBook publishers reported increases in eBook revenue over the previous year with a 23% increase in eBook revenues over 2004.  eBook units sold remained even with 2004.  And, eBook titles published increased 20% over 2004.
Publishers reported 1,692,964 eBook units sold and $11,875,783 in revenues for 2005.  They also reported 5,242 eBooks published during this time.
• A total of 18 publishers contributed to the four quarterly 2005 reports including DigitalPulp Publishing; Elib AB; Ellora's Cave Publishers; E-Reads; Fictionwise, Inc.; Hard Shell Word Factory; Harlequin Enterprises Ltd.; HarperCollins; Houghton Mifflin Company; John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; McGraw-Hill; Pearson Education; Random House; RosettaBooks LLC; Simon & Schuster; Stonehouse Press; Time Warner Book Group and Zondervan.
While 18 publishers contributed to the reports in 2005 and 19 reported in 2004, publishers reporting varied.  There are additions and subtractions of companies reporting to this program and the reported figures will, therefore, reflect this variability.
Further details and comprehensive historical reports are available to IDPF Members.  The report is commissioned by the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF).  The International Digital Publishing Forum, formerly the Open eBook Forum (OeBF), is the trade and standards association for the digital publishing industry and is supported by its members.  Further information about the organization and industry, including membership information, can be obtained by visiting www.idpf.org.
Statistics for Q1 2006 are being collected now and we encourage participation from all publishers and retailers of eBooks. 

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