The emerging e-book market will be the top subject at the upcoming IDPF Digital Book 2008 conference on May 14. The one-day event, held in New York City at the McGraw-Hill Auditorium, will discuss how the Kindle and Sony Reader's strong market penetration is bumping e-book sales; the conference will also address the adoption of the EPUB digital publication standard. Among the presenters at the event will be Mikio Amaya, president of Japan's largest digital bookstore, Papyless Co. Ltd., and Dawn Bruno, team leader and senior international trade special from the U.S. Deptartment of Commerce Global Publishing Team.

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