The first popular capability for digital multimedia was in the early 1990s. Widespread ownership of color monitors had come about. CD ROM players became reasonably priced. And sound cards for PCs also became available at reasonable prices. The first digital multimedia information products were on CDs and sold in places such as Radio Shack, movie rental stores, some bookstores, … [Read more...] about A Short History of Digital Multimedia

by Joseph T. Sinclair First, we had PDFs and then ebooks. But now we have some additional digital book formats that have gained traction in the marketplace. Let's take a look at all to see how they compare. PDF This is an old Adobe format originally designed to transform paper into a digital format. However, Adobe updated it long ago into a diverse media platform that … [Read more...] about New Digital Book Definitions