Apple versus het uitgeefbedrijf: een slechte deal! | Boekenvak: "Boek.be schaart zich achter dit standpunt en vraagt aan zijn leden uitgevers om alle onderhandelingen met Apple te heronderhandelen en niet in de iBookstore te stappen, tenzij Apple afziet van de 30% regeling.
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Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
How to attract readers into slow reading ?
Today I had to read several documents for about an hour, so I took the opportrunity to use my ePaper eReader (iRex DR1000S). Since the iPad it has been a while I hadn't used it.
I was than thinking, why do I prefer my iRex when I know I'm going to work longer ?
First I can make annotations because it has a pen.
Second, it displays nicely A4 documents with nearly no distortion.
But in fact it's because I associate ePaper with "slow reading". An iPad is very cool for "fast reading", you jump from page to page, back and forth, up and down. But when concentration is required those features become less relevant. You just need a "next page" button.
So there is a need for a lighter, different device when concentration is important. The question is : how often do you take the time to completely read a document ? When do you read for more than 30 minutes in the same document ?
"Slow reading" also asks the question of selecting a book. How are you goind to choose the ebook in the 1000s of eBooks out there. How are you going to find out that it's what you need ? With your tablet ? With your PC ? But than you are already reading. Are you going to switch device ? When ? How ?
The technology at our disposal doesn't solve that problem (yet). You'd need a Tablet to select what to read and and Paper to "slow read" it.
Only the entourage edge was going in this direction but I have read it has been stopped recently.
I was than thinking, why do I prefer my iRex when I know I'm going to work longer ?
First I can make annotations because it has a pen.
Second, it displays nicely A4 documents with nearly no distortion.
But in fact it's because I associate ePaper with "slow reading". An iPad is very cool for "fast reading", you jump from page to page, back and forth, up and down. But when concentration is required those features become less relevant. You just need a "next page" button.
So there is a need for a lighter, different device when concentration is important. The question is : how often do you take the time to completely read a document ? When do you read for more than 30 minutes in the same document ?
"Slow reading" also asks the question of selecting a book. How are you goind to choose the ebook in the 1000s of eBooks out there. How are you going to find out that it's what you need ? With your tablet ? With your PC ? But than you are already reading. Are you going to switch device ? When ? How ?
The technology at our disposal doesn't solve that problem (yet). You'd need a Tablet to select what to read and and Paper to "slow read" it.
Only the entourage edge was going in this direction but I have read it has been stopped recently.
The eBook User’s Bill of Rights
La déclaration des droits de l’utilisateur de livre numérique (ebook) « Bibliomancienne: "The eBook User’s Bill of Rights is a statement of the basic freedoms that should be granted to all eBook users.
The eBook User’s Bill of Rights
Every eBook user should have the following rights:
* the right to use eBooks under guidelines that favor access over proprietary limitations
* the right to access eBooks on any technological platform, including the hardware and software the user chooses
* the right to annotate, quote passages, print, and share eBook content within the spirit of fair use and copyright
* the right of the first-sale doctrine extended to digital content, allowing the eBook owner the right to retain, archive, share, and re-sell purchased eBooks
I believe in the free market of information and ideas.
I believe that authors, writers, and publishers can flourish when their works are readily available on the widest range of media. I believe that authors, writers, and publishers can thrive when readers are given the maximum amount of freedom to access, annotate, and share with other readers, helping this content find new audiences and markets. I believe that eBook purchasers should enjoy the rights of the first-sale doctrine because eBooks are part of the greater cultural cornerstone of literacy, education, and information access.
Digital Rights Management (DRM), like a tariff, acts as a mechanism to inhibit this free exchange of ideas, literature, and information. Likewise, the current licensing arrangements mean that readers never possess ultimate control over their own personal reading material. These are not acceptable conditions for eBooks.
I am a reader. As a customer, I am entitled to be treated with respect and not as a potential criminal. As a consumer, I am entitled to make my own decisions about the eBooks that I buy or borrow.
I am concerned about the future of access to literature and information in eBooks. I ask readers, authors, publishers, retailers, librarians, software developers, and device manufacturers to support these eBook users’ rights.
These rights are yours. Now it is your turn to take a stand. To help spread the word, copy this entire post, add your own comments, remix it, and distribute it to others. Blog it, Tweet it (#ebookrights), Facebook it, email it, and post it on a telephone pole.
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The eBook User’s Bill of Rights
Every eBook user should have the following rights:
* the right to use eBooks under guidelines that favor access over proprietary limitations
* the right to access eBooks on any technological platform, including the hardware and software the user chooses
* the right to annotate, quote passages, print, and share eBook content within the spirit of fair use and copyright
* the right of the first-sale doctrine extended to digital content, allowing the eBook owner the right to retain, archive, share, and re-sell purchased eBooks
I believe in the free market of information and ideas.
I believe that authors, writers, and publishers can flourish when their works are readily available on the widest range of media. I believe that authors, writers, and publishers can thrive when readers are given the maximum amount of freedom to access, annotate, and share with other readers, helping this content find new audiences and markets. I believe that eBook purchasers should enjoy the rights of the first-sale doctrine because eBooks are part of the greater cultural cornerstone of literacy, education, and information access.
Digital Rights Management (DRM), like a tariff, acts as a mechanism to inhibit this free exchange of ideas, literature, and information. Likewise, the current licensing arrangements mean that readers never possess ultimate control over their own personal reading material. These are not acceptable conditions for eBooks.
I am a reader. As a customer, I am entitled to be treated with respect and not as a potential criminal. As a consumer, I am entitled to make my own decisions about the eBooks that I buy or borrow.
I am concerned about the future of access to literature and information in eBooks. I ask readers, authors, publishers, retailers, librarians, software developers, and device manufacturers to support these eBook users’ rights.
These rights are yours. Now it is your turn to take a stand. To help spread the word, copy this entire post, add your own comments, remix it, and distribute it to others. Blog it, Tweet it (#ebookrights), Facebook it, email it, and post it on a telephone pole.
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Friday, February 25, 2011
Lancement Officiel de eLinea aux Pays Bas
Vous pouvez lire un compte rendu et voir quelques photos ici :
http://elinea.appepaper.com/news/lancementofficieldeelineaauxpays-bas
http://elinea.appepaper.com/news/lancementofficieldeelineaauxpays-bas
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Comment convertir proprement un livre en eBook ?
Pour moi il n'y a qu'une manière : tout reprendre à la base. Ne comptez pas trop sur des convertisseurs "magiques".
C'est une erreur de penser qu'on peut convertir du PDF ou du MS Word facilement en ePub ou pour le Kindle.
Retrouvez vos sources (textes et images) et utilisez des outils natifs... Au final, à qualité égale ça ira plus vite et vous resterez maîtres de votre contenu.
Ensuite vous pourrez combiner vos textes et vos images avec de la vidéo et de l'Audio pour créer de nouvelles expériences : des livres enrichis. Avec un produit fini fourni par une tierce partie, vous ne pourrez pas l'enrichir et il faudra repartir de 0.
Prenez le contôle du processus de fabrication de vos livres électroniques. Less is more. Yes we can...
C'est une erreur de penser qu'on peut convertir du PDF ou du MS Word facilement en ePub ou pour le Kindle.
Retrouvez vos sources (textes et images) et utilisez des outils natifs... Au final, à qualité égale ça ira plus vite et vous resterez maîtres de votre contenu.
Ensuite vous pourrez combiner vos textes et vos images avec de la vidéo et de l'Audio pour créer de nouvelles expériences : des livres enrichis. Avec un produit fini fourni par une tierce partie, vous ne pourrez pas l'enrichir et il faudra repartir de 0.
Prenez le contôle du processus de fabrication de vos livres électroniques. Less is more. Yes we can...
Friday, February 18, 2011
Sondage sur le numérique au salon du livre de Bruxelles 2011 : demandez le rapport
Hier (jeudi 17 février) je me suis rendu au Salon du Livre de Bruxelles.
J'en ai profité pour interroger un maximum d'exposants en commençant par la question suivante : vos travaux sont-ils accesibles au format numérique ? Plus exactement sont-ils à vendre au format numérique ?
J'ai interrogé environ 25 exposants, et les résultats sont intéressants. Je vais faire un petit rapport.
Si vous souhaitez une copie de ce rapport, prière de me le faire savoir en remplissant ce formulaire et en mentionnant RAPPORT SALON DU LIVRE BXL 2011
http://www.appepaper.com/about-us
Si vous voulez participer au sondage, c'est par ici : http://bit.ly/hogm4W+
J-F
J'en ai profité pour interroger un maximum d'exposants en commençant par la question suivante : vos travaux sont-ils accesibles au format numérique ? Plus exactement sont-ils à vendre au format numérique ?
J'ai interrogé environ 25 exposants, et les résultats sont intéressants. Je vais faire un petit rapport.
Si vous souhaitez une copie de ce rapport, prière de me le faire savoir en remplissant ce formulaire et en mentionnant RAPPORT SALON DU LIVRE BXL 2011
http://www.appepaper.com/about-us
Si vous voulez participer au sondage, c'est par ici : http://bit.ly/hogm4W+
J-F
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Petit sondage sur l'Edition Numérique en Belgique Francophone
Lors du salon du livre qui démarre cette semaine, nous allons tenter de faire un point sur l'édition numérique en Belgique Francophone.
Les questions suivantes nous intéressent:
Sondage Rapide sur l'édition numérique en Belgique Francophone
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Les questions suivantes nous intéressent:
- Vendez-vous des livres numériques ?
- Si non, pourquoi ?
- Si oui, comment ?
- Quel potentiel voyez vous dans les prochaines années...
Sondage Rapide sur l'édition numérique en Belgique Francophone
Si vous y participez, on vous enverra les résultats !
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