LearnForward presentation at Frankfurt Bookfair 2014

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1. Learn Forward context-aware digital textbooks
2. History
3. Frankfurt Bookfair
4. Frankfurt Bookfair 2010
5. Frankfurt Bookfair 2010 ebooks = shame, guilt, hidden away
6. Frankfurt Bookfair 2012 ebooks everywhere (epub2) + devices (eInk readers, now dead) + early talks about epub3
7. Frankfurt Bookfair 2013 epub3 everywhere 
 (conversion, DRM, platforms, XML-workflows) + epub3 readers + (still “promising”)
8. Frankfurt Bookfair 2014 epub3 - still strong + epub3 “remorse” - first doubts
9. Why doubt ePub3? 2014
10. Why doubt ePub3? 2014 + poor interactivity
11. Why doubt ePub3? 2014 + poor interactivity + needs reader
12. Why doubt ePub3? 2014 + poor interactivity + needs reader + not easily maintainable
13. Why doubt ePub3? 2014 + poor interactivity + needs reader + not easily maintainable + no collaboration
14. ePub3 + real interactivity + no reader + easily maintainable + real-time collaboration + poor interactivity + needs reader + not easily maintainable + no collaboration non-ePub3
15. Learn Forward 2014+ + real interactivity + no reader + easily maintainable + real-time collaboration
16. Learn Forward Classroom Learn Forward Author Learn Forward Pro
17. Learn Forward Author + free + open-source (Github) + easy to work with (basic HTML) + a huge starter package + produces clean, 
 fully offline HTML5 textbooks + responsiveness built-in
18. Learn Forward Author distribution + offline distribution (burn CDs, 
 use USB thumb drives) + online (download from your own server) + apps (same textbooks packages as iOS, 
 Android, Windows, Mac OS apps) + apps - better solution for DRM than ebook DRM
19. Learn Forward Classroom = LearnFwd Author + special modules + advanced exercises + collaborative (classroom features) + cute, helpful avatar (hates Clippit) + notifications
20. Learn Forward Classroom
21. Learn Forward Pro coming soon = LearnFwd Classroom + on-line platform + hosted platform + accounts administration + centralised catalogue of courses + real-time collaboration 
 between remote access points
22. get rid of ePub3 free advice
23. DEMO TIME demo.learnfwd.com free wifi: “H 8.0 M148 LEARNFWD”