Hollywood and the DVD standard: Lesson for e-bookers

David Rothman writes “Stung by the Gemstar debacle, tech-hip librarians and others have begged the e-book industry for an end to the Tower of eBabel–for true standards. That would be good for libraries, readers and the industry alike. The OpenReader Consortium, which would build on existing production-level standards of the Open eBook Forum, is an initiative to bring order to a chaotic, underperforming industry whose global sales are now a pathetic $20-$30 million a year (disclosure: I’m an OpenReader founder). As a Newsweek article shows in chronicling the story of the DVD, which led to a $9-billion-plus business, standards can make a vast difference. More at TeleRead.”

June 28, 2004 by Uncategorized 1

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  1. Anonymous Patron says:
    June 29, 2004 at 9:49 am

    whatever happened to
    a .txt file … notepad, any base word processor, hell just about anything?

    Any ideas folks? What the hell do we need a governing body to decide on a standard for when it already exists. “PLAIN TEXT” the sh*t you’re reading.

    Censored so I don’t get kicked off my library internet terminal

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