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Hello and welcome! I love books and over the last few years I've become more interested in ebooks as well. I decided to start this blog about electronic publishing and how it is changing the industry. 

A little about me: I've been working in the publishing industry for nearly ten years, most of which has been in educational publishing. I have seen the industry undergoing a lot of changes recently, with more in sight. Electronic publishing continues to shake things up. A lot of publishers don't know what to do about the ebook, and they seem to treat it as a nuisance or an obstacle. However, the ones that embrace and adapt with the changes will be better off in the long run. We're going to discuss the many opportunities that ebooks provide us, and what's going to happen to the publishing industry. 

In my day to day duties, I work in copyright permissions securing, so I will be discussing permissions and digital rights management issues as they apply to e-publishing. 

On a personal note, I use Barnes and Noble's Nook Color. I've had it since 2011 and I really enjoy reading on it. I also like that it has some basic tablet functions. I never got around to rooting it, and at this point I will probably just wait and get a better tablet/reader down the road. For now, I'm happy with my Nook books and a small selection of apps. I plan on writing about various readers and tablets as well.