Re: [read20-l] report from W3c publishing summit

Thanks, George!  Nice to see the photo of the Accessibility panel. It was a good week and great summit!

> On Nov 14, 2017, at 10:30 AM, George Kerscher <kerscher@montana.com> wrote:
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> From: Read20-l [mailto:read20-l-bounces+kerscher=montana.com@mailman.panix.com] On Behalf Of Peter Brantley
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> At Publishers Weekly, Jason Boog has a wrap up of the evidently very 
> future forward W3C summit -
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> https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/trade-shows-events/article/75372-digital-publishers-find-shared-purpose-at-w3c-publishing-summit.html
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> "During a presentation at the summit, McCloy-Kelley shared a long list 
> of print formats that publishers currently can’t adapt as digital 
> books—mostly due to the technical limitations of eBook formats. These 
> included pop-up books, flap books, touch and feel books, and books with 
> more than 3,000 images. “We hope that our working with the W3C moves to 
> the place where we have more control for these formats,” she said, 
> looking forward to a day when a shared digital standard could include 
> digital publishing with virtual reality elements, augmented reality 
> add-ons, or other innovations yet to appear."
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