Liza Daly

Liza Daly is the president of Threepress Consulting and an experienced software engineer in digital publishing. In 2008 she developed Bookworm, one of the first open source EPUB readers, which is now hosted and sponsored by O’Reilly Media. In 2010 she is launching Ibis Reader, a cross-platform, HTML5-based mobile web reading system. Liza is a strong advocate for experimentation, agile development, and innovation in publishing.

iPad and ebooks: Lots of unanswered questions

An iPad simulator isn't the same as the real device, and that's going to slow things down

by  | @liza  |  2 April 2010

Liza Daly says a host of unanswered questions about the iPad's ebook functionality coupled with the disconnect between simulators and hardware, will delay publishing innovation. But one upside: the iPad's hardware will ultimately benefit both native apps and web-based apps.

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Slides from "What Publishers Need to Know about Digitization" Webcast

by  | @liza  | 13 November 2008

Slides from the "What Publishers Need to Know about Digitization" webcast.

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The Analog Hole: Another Argument Against DRM

by  | @liza  | 23 October 2008

No matter how strong the encryption, digital rights management can't block "analog hole" piracy.

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Publishing Lessons from Web 2.0 Expo

by  | @liza  | 26 September 2008

A collection of publishing-centric takeaways from the recent Web 2.0 conference in New York City.

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How to Read any Type of Document on the Kindle (Almost)

by  | @liza  | 26 August 2008

With a little work and help from some undocumented features, it's possible to read PDFs with their native layout on the Kindle.

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Optimizing Web Content for the Kindle Browser

by  | @liza  | 13 August 2008

Distribute ebooks on your Web site? Make sure Kindle users can get what they're looking for.

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