<wendyreid> scribenick: Bill_Kasdorf
wendyreid: Topic--audiobooks.
<wendyreid> https://github.com/w3c/wpub/blob/master/explainers/wpub-explainer.md
<dauwhe> https://github.com/w3c/wpub/blob/master/explainers/audio-explainer.md
scribe: We need a better
understanding of the business case for the industry.
... We also need help with outreach. We have a starter list.
Looking for feedback and whether any folks know these contacts
personally.
Rachel: any responses from Macmillan?
wendyreid: No response.
Rachel: I'll nudge some folks. Even physically if necessary.
Liisa: What about talking to third parties like CoreSource?
wendyreid: Reached out to Blackstone--they joined the W3C!
I can provide a CoreSource contact.
Jeff: What do you mean by what the business case is? Broadly, why it's important, or more narrow details?
wendyreid: we need to convince
the industry of the need for specification.
... Have not contacted Overdrive yet.
Jeff: Shouldn't be a problem to collegially reach out to Overdrive.
wendyreid: okay I'll try.
Liisa: Somebody from Overdrive will likely be at ebookcraft.
wendyreid: Leslie sent a really cool table of the types of files HC sends, and why they send different types.
dauhwe: In general we do need to be clearer about what problems we're trying to solve.
George: Who pays for the process of ingestion?
wendyreid: No, we don't charge for ingestion.
George: The publishers probably feel that the platforms solve the problem for them.
wendyreid: Hmmm!
George: You could even provide software to facilitate conformance.
Liisa: It's a bit trickier than that. Especially on the metadata side.
jeff: George had an interesting business proposal. But W3C is in the business of creating voluntary technical standards.
dauwhe: As a trade publisher, this discussion is making me nervous.
* Kroner tucks his tail.
wendyreid: Even though Blackstone has built a pretty elaborate system, he would be open to aligning with a standard.
dauwhe: I like the idea of broadening the business case.
wendyreid: Yes, we want to democratize creating audiobooks like ebooks has done.
liisa: I agree to democratizing the process and opening the marketplace. But I would not have that conversation with publishers.
wendyreid: Most APA members are big players. Here's our wish list.
liisa: Are we talking about the podcasting world too?
wendyreid: Yes, absolutely. I would love to talk to anybody in that world. I am talking with Robin Berjon, but know nobody else.
jeff: I can possibly help, especially ones that are already part of the publishing community or are W3C members, like Apple and Amazon (Audible).
George: I can try to find the contact at Storytel
liisa: A short list of the questions we'd ask these people would also be helpful
wendyreid: I can draft that.
liisa: we can take this up in Tuesday's BG meeting.
wendyreid: Great, I'll get the
list done by then.
... in any case we need to move ahead on the draft, even if
these conversations haven't all been accomplished.
liisa: In the BG, we are going to be pushing for testing with epubcheck 4.2, esp with the Japanese community.
wendyreid: AOB?
George: Going to CSUN next week. The program is being distributed in EPUB1
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