The IDPF show in New York City was May 11&12. That conference has a huge impact on what you email about and want.
I think you SHOULD care about what was discussed as that body represents the combined thinking of all the eBook Reader manufacturers, the publishers, the content providers, and everyone else connected to eBooks.
For the first time, Adam Smith of Google spoke at IDPF and spoke very well. There were actual panel groups of small publishers that tried doing away with DRM and had enormous success. They had a combined voice to do away with DRM! And, some major publishers are listening. It may not be this year, or next year, but the DRM wall is cracking and may come tumbling down.
Women now buy 50% of all eBooks and eBook Readers... yet several women-representing publishers spoke out on how they have tried for three years to get Amazon and Sony to pay attention to "what women want" and it has fallen on deaf ears.
Find out where most eBook reading people actually read eBooks: work, home, travel, bedrooms, planes, living rooms, etc.
Note that last year, 2008, Kindle sold 500,000 devices and Sony sold 400,000! Also learn on the impact of eBooks on the publishing industry!
This amounts to a relative 'UPRISING" for IDPF... a show that represents the major players in the eBook industry. I suggest that you all read my blog at:
www.robertbEZ.blogspot.com.
This group consists of representatives from almost ALL of the major companies involved in the eBook Readers and eBooks that you want to make better. Yet,few of you even know that there is such a group and that it is changing things.