Membership Benefits:

·         Standards – participate in the creation of industry-adopted standards.

·         Conferences – attend important electronic publishing meetings at discounted member rates.

·         Surveys – obtain surveys exclusive to OeBF Members.

·         Network – with the leading publishers, technologists, retailers and advocates of the electronic publishing industries.

·         Voting – vote, as Principal Member, on the specifications that will affect our industry.

·         Information – access to the issues facing the electronic publishing industry through www.openebook.org and OeBF group meetings.

·         Directory – access to the entire OeBF membership directory with important contact information.

·         Sponsorships – increase your exposure through sponsorship of OeBF activities.

The Open eBook Forum (OeBF) is a trade and standards organization dedicated to the development and promotion of electronic publishing.

The work of the OeBF will foster and promote the development of electronic publishing applications and products that will benefit creators of content, makers of reading systems and consumers.  

OeBF’s standards work focuses on three main committees:

·         Metadata and Identifiers: Created to develop a framework for metadata standards and identifier schemes for ePublications.

·         Publication Structure: Charged with maintaining and advancing the OeBF Publication Structure, an OeBF XML-based specification for the content, structure, and presentation of electronic texts.

·         Rights and Rules: A committee dedicated to creating open and commercially viable digital rights management systems.

OeBF’s trade work consists of the following:

·         Consumer Awareness – August 2002 saw the first ever Open an eBook Week.

·         Surveys – Usability and consumer surveys were conducted and released to OeBF members in 2002.

·         Conferences – The OeBF arranges leading conferences important to its members including The Tablet PC Digital Publishing Conference 2002 and upcoming events at Book Expo America 2003.

·         Industry Statistics – The collection of reliable data on digital publishing industries.

·         Press Releases and Issue Statements – Public and media release of information important to our members.

Other important OeBF work includes:

·         Accessibility – A group which works to effectively include persons with disabilities at all points in the electronic publishing product chain.