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Micah Bowers interviewed at TOC 2011

on YouTube 10m
Interviewat Tools of Change for Publishing 2011 · 2011-02-14..02-16· [accessibility]

speaker

name:Micah Bowers
links:none on file

resources

video:https://youtu.be/xIfRxXjnulI
slides:none on file

summary

Bluefire Reader starts as the first mobile ereader to support ebook lending from public libraries and now focuses on making checkouts frictionless after user feedback; apps get 40,000+ downloads a month largely via library use. Books-A-Million’s app uses the same open approach so library loans and side‑loading work alongside commercial stores. Becoming an authorized reseller for Adobe vendor IDs lets apps use retailer accounts for DRM, Adobe vendor ID simplifies DRM and creates branded reading solutions.

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chapters (4)

  1. 0:00How successful has Bluefire been with libraries
  2. 2:09What are some of the features that set BooksAMillion apart
  3. 3:35What does this mean for BooksAMillion
  4. 5:56Book book accessibility

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