1.Introduction: Publishing in Today's Digital Era, by William E. Kasdorf, President, Impressions Book and Journal Services, Inc. 1.01 Digital publishing is both a given and a goal 1.02 Various publishers, various solutions 1.03 What next? 2.The Technical Infrastructure, by Chris Biemesderfer, Seagoat Consulting 2.01 Overview 2.02 The basics of computer architecture 2.03 The processing environment 2.04 Display 2.05 Data storage 2.06 Data communications 2.07 Additional interesting resources 3.Markup: XML and Related Technologies, by William E.Kasdorf 3.01 Overview 3.02 HTML: HyperText Markup Language 3.03 XML: the Extensible Markup Language 3.04 Communication, cooperation, collaboration 4. Organizing, Editing, and Linking Content, by John Strange, Group Production Director, Blackwell Publishing 4.01 Overview: the transition from traditional to digital publishing 4.02 Structuring content 4.03 The impact of digital publishing on traditional publishing models 4.04 Information about content: metadata 4.05 Linking 4.06 Conclusion 5.Data Capture and Conversion, by Mark Gross, President, Data Conversion Laboratory 5.01 Overview: Entering a world of structure 5.02 Untangling content from structure 5.04 The conversion process 5.05 Analysis issues 6.Composition, Design, and Graphics, by Thad McIlroy, President, Arcadia House 6.01 Overview 6.02 Text, graphics, and page layout: The three elements of a page 6.03 Design vs. production 6.04 Three key technologies 6.05 PostScript: the language of print publishing 6.06 PDF -Adobe 's Portable Document Format 6.07 Typography 6.08 Graphic types and file formats 6.09 Color 6.10 Page production 6.11 Image capture and image processing 6.12 Work flow 6.13 Printing processes 6.14 Working with printers 6.15 Resources 7. Accessibility, by Frederick Bowes,III, Electronic Publishing Associates 7.01 Overview 7.02 A closer look 7.03 Closing summary 7.04 Resources and documents 8. Digital Printing, by George Alexander, Executive Editor, the Seybold Report 8.01 Overview 8.02 Digital printing technologies 8.03 Uses of digital printing 8.04 Available printing systems 8.05 Sales channels for digital book printing 9. Multimedia Publishing, by Florian Brody, President and CEO, Brody Inc. 9.01 Overview 9.02 What is multimedia? 9.03 Deciding on multimedia 9.04 Multimedia experience 9.05 The business of multimedia 9.06 Multimedia technology 9.07 Rights issues 9.08 Conclusion 10. Content Management and Web Publishing, by Bill Trippe, President, New Millennium Publishing and Mark Walter, Consultant 10.01 Introduction to content management 10.02 Types of Content Management Systems 10.03 Benefits of content management systems 10.04 Issues to consider in content management 10.05 Evaluating a content management system 10.06 Post-implementation issues 454 11.Electronic Books and the Open eBook Publication Structure, by Allen Renear, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and Dorothea Salo 11.01 Introduction 11.02 OEBPS in a nutshell 11.03 Electronic books in general 11.04 Thinking clearly about e-books 11.05 The format problem 11.06 The OeBF Open eBook Publication Structure 11.07 In conclusion 11.08 Some advice for e-book publishers 11.09 For more information 12.Archiving, by Heather Malloy, Digital Archive Manager, John Wiley &Sons 12.01 The importance of archiving 12.02 Other concerns for archiving 12.03 Where to implement the archive 12.04 Technology issues 12.05 Issues in development and implementation 12.06 Conclusion 12.07 Resources 13.The Legal Framework: Copyright and Trademark, by William S.Strong, Partner, Kotin, Crabtree and Strong, LLP 13.01 Copyright 13.02 Trademark law 13.03 Other laws 13.04 Lawsuits: Is there nationwide jurisdiction? 13.05 Contracting with customers 13.06 Conclusion 14.International Issues, by Robert E.Baensch, Director, Center for Publishing, New York University 14.01 Overview 14.02 Internet users worldwide 14.03 The STM industry leaders 14.04 Establishing the Web Site 14.05 Understanding the global environment 14.06 Geographic and country priorities 14.07 English and other languages 14.08 New economics of information services 14.09 Worldwide on-line advertising 14.10 Marketing on the Internet 14.11 International information sources 14.12 Internet publishing law 14.13 Conclusion 15. Digital Rights Management, by Paul Hilts, Former Technology Editor, Publisher's Weekly 15.01 Overview: What is DRM? 15.02 Rights-based business models 15.03 DRM technology 15.04 DRM standards 15.05 Legal developments: important legislation 15.07 The state of the market 15.08 DRM Implementation Issues