Dr. Ron Albright This is Me

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1. 1. Paperless Publishing-Colin Haynes - Chapter 4-Section 2

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   Published on: 4/22/2006   Last Visited: 8/6/2007

   Even when Ron underwent a heart-bypass operation in 1993, he continued his commitment to nurturing the infant Digital Publishing Association that he had founded a little more than a year earlier. Continuing as president of the DPA, he has done a great deal to bring together writers, software authors, and entrepreneurs who share his belief in the future of electronic publishing.
   
   "I started the DPA to try to help organize a new band of talented but disorganized artists into an effective group," Ron recalls. "I hope that we will continue to gather momentum in establishing electronic publishing as a legitimate medium for authors and publishers."
   
   Ron provides an interesting marketing case history. He self-published three computer books in conventional print form before discovering the benefits of releasing his work on disk. He sold out the 1,500 copies of the first edition of his book, The Communicating Computer, but although the sales had been brisk, he doubted if a viable market remained for a reprint costing $2,000. Then he came across the shareware Hyperwriter program, which enables text files to be compiled into attractive screen displays with hypertext reference facilities. This, one of the first shareware book-authoring programs, made it possible for Ron to issue an electronic edition of his book.
   
   "Thousands more readers have now seen my work, and the cost to publish the book in this form is negligible," Ron reports. "I had discovered paperless publishing and am now convinced that it will be the wave of the future. I foresee the day when electronic publishing will become more common than printed materials."
   
   Soon after Ron established the DPA and set up its bulletin board in 1991, the word spread that here was a source of quality information about a totally new way of publishing.
   ...
   The board reflects DPA's vision, as expressed in Ron Albright's forecast that "it will be the norm for most books to be available from modem-accessible electronic publishing houses.

2. 2. Paperless Publishing-Colin Haynes - Chapter 4-Section 2

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   Published on: 4/11/2006   Last Visited: 12/6/2007

   Even when Ron underwent a heart-bypass operation in 1993, he continued his commitment to nurturing the infant Digital Publishing Association that he had founded a little more than a year earlier. Continuing as president of the DPA, he has done a great deal to bring together writers, software authors, and entrepreneurs who share his belief in the future of electronic publishing.
   
   "I started the DPA to try to help organize a new band of talented but disorganized artists into an effective group," Ron recalls. "I hope that we will continue to gather momentum in establishing electronic publishing as a legitimate medium for authors and publishers."
   
   Ron provides an interesting marketing case history. He self-published three computer books in conventional print form before discovering the benefits of releasing his work on disk. He sold out the 1,500 copies of the first edition of his book, The Communicating Computer, but although the sales had been brisk, he doubted if a viable market remained for a reprint costing $2,000. Then he came across the shareware Hyperwriter program, which enables text files to be compiled into attractive screen displays with hypertext reference facilities. This, one of the first shareware book-authoring programs, made it possible for Ron to issue an electronic edition of his book.
   
   "Thousands more readers have now seen my work, and the cost to publish the book in this form is negligible," Ron reports. "I had discovered paperless publishing and am now convinced that it will be the wave of the future. I foresee the day when electronic publishing will become more common than printed materials."
   
   Soon after Ron established the DPA and set up its bulletin board in 1991, the word spread that here was a source of quality information about a totally new way of publishing.
   ...
   The board reflects DPA's vision, as expressed in Ron Albright's forecast that "it will be the norm for most books to be available from modem-accessible electronic publishing houses.

3. 3. archives.obs-us.com

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   Published on: 4/11/2006   Last Visited: 12/6/2007

   - Ron Albright Director, Digital Publishing Association