Submitter:

Name:Owen Ambur

Email:Owen.Ambur@verizon.net

Organization:

Name:International Digital Publishing Forum

Acronym:IDPF

Description:
The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) is the global trade and standards organization ...

Stakeholder(s):

• Creators of Content: The work of the IDPF promotes the development of electronic publishing applications and products that will benefit creators of content, makers of reading systems, and consumers.


• Makers of Reading Systems


• Consumers


• Publishers: The IDPF welcomes book, newspaper, journal and magazine publishers, booksellers, software and reading system developers, authors, and other groups interested in digital reading to join our organization.


• Book Publishers


• Newspaper Publishers


• Journal Publishers


• Magazine Publishers


• Booksellers


• Software Developers


• Reading System Developers


• Authors


• Bill McCoy: The Executive Director of the IDPF is Bill McCoy.


• IDPF Board of Directors: The IDPF Board of Directors consists of fourteen Directors who are elected by the membership to two-year terms. Directors are all Primary Representatives of Principal IDPF Member companies or organizations. The current Board of Directors members are as follows:


• Mark Bide: EDItEUR


• Angela Bole: Book Industry Study Group (BISG) -- Treasurer


• Garth Conboy: Google -- Chairman


• Pierre Danet: Hachette Livre


• Keith Fahlgren: Safari Books Online


• Masaaki Hagino: Voyager Japan & Association of Media in Digital (AMD)


• Leslie Hulse: HarperCollins Publishers


• George Kerscher: DAISY Consortium -- President


• Tatsuo Kobayashi: Japan Electronic Publishing Association (JEPA)


• Liisa McCloy-Kelley: Random House


• Cristina Mussinelli: Associazione Italiana Editori


• Roger Webster: Barnes & Noble


• Adam Witwer: O'Reilly Media