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Press Room: Press Releases: Tablet PC Digital Publishing Conference

  

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 Executive Director
Nicholas Bogaty
 (212) 924-9081
www.openebook.org

Tablet PC Digital Publishing Conference to Highlight Convergence of Print Media

The future of digital newspapers, magazines, and books to be demonstrated on new computer platform

New York, NY, November 19, 2002: The Open eBook Forum announced today speakers and sponsors for the Tablet PC Digital Publishing Conference (www.openebook.org/tabletpc), an event that will bring together a cross section of the digital publishing and media markets. Scheduled for Thursday, December 5, 2002 at the McGraw-Hill auditorium, the one-day conference is being sponsored by Microsoft Corporation, The New York University Center For Publishing, Fujitsu, McGraw-Hill Companies, Adobe Systems, OverDrive, Inc., Palm Digital Media, Accenture, and AOL Time Warner Book Group.

 

The keynote presentation will be óThe Vision for On-Screen ReadingÇ presented by John Frederiksen, Product Unit Manager for Microsoft Corporation´s eReading Group.  Other presentations include:

Introduction to the Tablet PC and Enhancements for eReading

Leland Rockoff, Microsoft Corporation

 

Digital Publishing Opportunities and Challenges Presented by the Tablet PC

Steve Potash, President, Open eBook Forum, CEO OverDrive, Inc.

 

eReading Software Applications for the Tablet PC

James Alexander, Director of eBooks, Adobe Systems Inc.

Clifford Guren, Group Product Manager of eReading, Microsoft Corporation

Mike Segroves, Director of Business Development, Palm Digital Media Group

Adapting Newspapers to the Tablet PC

Roger Fidler, Director, Institute for CyberInformation

 eBook Publishing for the Tablet PC
Bob Bolick, VP & Director of New Business Development, McGraw-Hill
Kelly Leonard, Executive Director of eBook Publishing, AOL Time Warner Book Group
Christopher North, VP & General Manager, HarperCollins Publishers

 Digital Reader Applications for Magazines, Newspapers and Periodicals
Douglas Dobbs, PhD., Co-Founder and SVP, NewsStand, Inc.
Mike Edelhart, President & CEO, Zinio Systems, Inc.
 

Tablet PC Device Features & Solutions
Kyle Thornton, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Fujitsu PC Corp.

 

The conference will showcase the powerful new features of the Tablet PC platform and how book, magazine, newspaper and periodical publishers can provide digital versions of their publications to this compelling new on-screen reading platform.  The McGraw-Hill Auditorium is located at 1221 Avenue of the Americas in New York City. More details and registration for the Tablet PC Conference can be found at:

 

http://www.openebook.org/tabletpc

About the OeBF

The Open eBook Forum, www.openebook.org, is an international non-profit trade and standards organization for the electronic book publishing industry. Gold Sponsoring Members include technology leaders Microsoft Corporation, Adobe Systems, Palm Digital Media and OverDrive, Inc.

Members include leading publishing companies such as Random House, Simon & Schuster, AOL Time Warner Book Group, McGraw-Hill, HarperCollins and Reed Elsevier; and educational and government agencies including the Library of Congress, American Foundation for the Blind and the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

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