eBook Community list still buzzing about a clean F Word after eight years: Happy birthday, TeBC!
The eBook Community list, the town square of e-bookdom, will be eight years old on January 5.
Jon Noring moderates and says TeBC has 1,970 members and is adding a few more each day. Members include everyone from e-book newbies and garage publishers to industry veterans at companies such as Palm Digital Media and Xerox.
Among general-interest e-book lists, TeBC is the most prestigious and probably the oldest as well. It started out as the “eBook-List” (not to be confused with the current e-books list, which Jon does not run).
When Jon announced the creation of TeBC under the original name, guess what was the first of his sample topics? Format-related issues! And the second sample was even more specific: “Should a ’standardized’ electronic book format be developed for the long-term future? Is it even possible?” His feelings today? Emphatically yes! I like those priorities.
Happy birthday, TeBC! And best wishes to all our readers in ‘04!
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