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Readium Foundation Unites Int’l Parters to Develop EPUB Solutions

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Today in Paris Readium.org launched its new open EPUB 3 SDK Project and has formalized a strong and varied consortium of international players to support it.

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Books as APIs: What are They and Why Should Publishers Care?

Example of Amazon's API, displayed on Github (click the image for more info)

Many have suggested APIs are the future of publishing. But little is understood about what an API is and how how it applies to publishing. We explain and offer examples.

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Digital Islam: Tunisian Start-up Targets Muslims with E-books

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Tunisia’s ISLAMeBooks, one of several new digital start-ups in the Arab world, is looking to help explain Islamic practice and theology to a wider readership.

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Hachette Livre’s Luc Audrain on the Practicality of EPUB3

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EPUB3 is a scalable, flexible format for publishers, says Hachette’s Luc Audrain, but even a year after its introduction not all retailers are ready for it.

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Explore HTML5 and EPUB3 at the Frankfurt Book Fair

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The Frankfurt Book Fair will host a workshop, HTML 5 and EPUB3: Digital Books Beyond Digitized Text, with Hachette’s Luc Audrain on October 11.

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Push Comes to Shove: Japan’s E-book Market in 2012

Steve Jobs in Japan

Until now, Japan has been the Galapagos Islands of e-books. Suddenly, with foreign companies appearing to win, the market is scrambling to catch up and adjust.

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Digital Publishing Growth in the Arab World: Slow, But Steady

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The Abu Dhabi Book Fair next week will showcase several Arabic digital publishing startups, including Qordoba Books, but there’s still unfulfilled potential.

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Walrus: A Pioneering E-book Start-up in Paris

Walrus, a one-year-old enhanced e-book publisher in France, has used Apple’s iBooks platform but is looking to EPUB 3 in the future.

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#BEA11: EPUB 3 Introduced at IDPF Conference

By Hannah Johnson At the IDPF Digital Book Conference preceding BookExpo America, Bill McCoy (Executive Director, IDPF) discussed today’s release of EPUB 3, an update  … 

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In Europe E-books are Approached with “Concern, Not Hysteria,” says Italy’s Mussinelli

By Daniel Kalder MILAN: ”The problem in Italy and in Europe in general, is that data on e-books is scarce, says Cristina Mussinelli, a digital publishing  … 

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