Readium project name

[danielweck]

Hello, first of all, this looks like a great project, so congratulations! :)

I just wanted to bring to your attention that the term "Readium" has been used for several years in the field of digital publishing (I am a software developer involved in the Readium projects):

I have a slight concern that users may get confused, given that http://www.readium.io is for online publishing / reading too. There's also a bunch of Wordpress / CMS themes with the name "Readium" in them, but they probably have a lesser potential to confuse end-users.

For reference:

Readium Foundation: http://readium.org

Readium app (Chrome extension): https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/readium/fepbnnnkkadjhjahcafoaglimekefifl

Readium open-source software: https://github.com/readium

Example of URLs where Readium web apps are deployed (continuous integration, for testing only): http://readium.divshot.io http://readium.surge.sh/?epub=http%3A%2F%2Fdevelopment.readium.divshot.io%2Fepub_content%2Faccessible_epub_3

NPM: https://www.npmjs.com/~readium

Regards, Daniel

[lorenkp]

Hi Daniel,

Thanks for your email and letting me know there's another group called Readium! I appreciate your concern. What do you propose we do?

Thanks, Loren

On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 3:45 AM, Daniel Weck notifications@github.com wrote:

Hello, first of all, this looks like a great project, so congratulations! :)

I just wanted to bring to your attention that the term "Readium" has been used for several years in digital publishing (I am a software developer involved in the Readium projects):

I have a slight concern that users may get confused, given that http://www.readium.io is for online publishing / reading too. There's also a bunch of Wordpress / CMS themes with the name "Readium" in them, but they probably have a lesser potential to confuse end-users.

For reference:

Readium Foundation: http://readium.org

Readium app (Chrome extension):

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/readium/fepbnnnkkadjhjahcafoaglimekefifl

Readium open-source software: https://github.com/readium

Example of URLs where Readium web apps are deployed (continuous integration, for testing only): http://readium.divshot.io

http://readium.surge.sh/?epub=http%3A%2F%2Fdevelopment.readium.divshot.io%2Fepub_content%2Faccessible_epub_3

NPM: https://www.npmjs.com/~readium

Regards, Daniel

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/lorenkp/Readium/issues/2.

[danielweck]

Hello @lorenkp well, strictly-speaking, I guess you can just carry on using the Readium name for your software project (is it even registered trademark? I'm not sure). However, if you intend to build a "brand" and/or a user base, then it might make sense to rename your project, so that end-users don't confuse it with 'the other Readium' :)

[lorenkp]

Hi @danielweck This was only an exercise in building a site; I'm not intending to build/develop a "Readium" brand or recruit and expand a user base. I hope that clears things up!

Loren

[danielweck]

Good to know. Cheers, Dan