What is the OeBF and Should I care?
The Open eBook (OEB) Forum represents a coalition of interested parties who are working together to promote a standard for creation and distribution of electronic books. If you plan to create an "electronic book" you should care as you want to make that book available to as many distributors and end users as possible by creating an electronic book that meets OeBF standards, you can expect many distributors to support that book with hardware and software. The story of electronic books has been one of starts and stops with a commitment to standards and an organization to enable content creators (authors), publishers, distributors, and technology suppliers to work together or at least collaborate, its very likely that this time, electronic books can be successful.
To find out about the OeBF, go to www.openebook.org.
