Re: Garth Conboy

This is awful. May his memory be for a blessing.

deborah

On Thu, 1 Jul 2021, Siegman, Tzviya wrote:

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> A giant of the ebook world has left us. Garth Conboy (Google) died on June 29 in La Jolla, California. Garth was
> truly an ebook pioneer, helping lead the effort to create the very first ebook spec, OEB 1.0, in 1999. He had a
> leadership role in every version of EPUB since then, as well as being a primary editor of those specs. He served
> as chair of the IDPF board of directors, and was instrumental in bringing EPUB to W3C. He co-chaired the
> Publishing Working Group, which created the Audiobook spec. It’s fair to say that EPUB would not have happened
> without Garth’s vision, knowledge, and preternatural good nature. We will miss his good humor, his broad
> perspective, and his cheerful voice that will never again say, “sounds good to me.”
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> Google is organizing some remembrances of Garth, both stories and photos. These will be bundled together to make
> both a printed book and an EPUB to present to Garth’s family. Please provide your submissions by July 12th. If
> you have any trouble accessing the Google files, please send your submissions to Tzviya.
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> Please share your stories at:
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dUSEa-ygk9NsgRkzMQA0rxL_h7umdgD3Yfkm-nMQxP0/edit?usp=sharing
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> Please share photos at: https://photos.app.goo.gl/6LaHJxCtS88gX6PU6
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> Tzviya Siegman
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> Information Standards Principal
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> Wiley
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> 201-748-6884
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> tsiegman@wiley.com
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