"agreements between publishers and digital libraries to the difficulties of securing files, creating the first digital book prize has largely involved the publishers. And jostled their habits. "
Sony LEXPRESS.fr and Read have joined forces to award the first prize of Digital Paper next spring. Initiative interesting at first, but everything is spoiled when you go into the detail of things .
First element of suspicion: the foreman is Bernard Werber. His motivational video of jurors is appalling - it is especially the facial expressions of his audience during his speech.
Second point: the choice was focused on books were not only digital ... In this case, why not have chosen the latter Goncourt (who finished with delayed output in this format) or other conventional breeding?
Third: The Choice (... except Dew Cleer and fire). The 10 shortlisted are
Dew-fire Mauméjean Xavier (The Belial)
-Cleer LL Kloetzer (Denoel)
-Cytheriæ Charlotte Bousquet (Mnémos)
-The Ballad of Lila K Blandine Le Callet (Stock)
- Century Blue Jean Pierre Goux (JBZ & Co.)
-Eagles stink Lutz Bassmann (Verdier)
-Eternity is not long Fanny Chiarello (L'Olivier)
Lux Tenebrae of Eric Giacometti and Jacques Ravenna (Black River)
-Memories of the jungle Tristan Garcia (Gallimard)
-Only namely Patrick Bauwens (Albin Michel)
's will mix publishers is obvious ...
Fourth: Article "Welcome to the backstage Book Award digital
dismaying than simply reading this article,
different actors do not understand the futility of DRM protections, too
formats protected (not PDF, E-PUB, RTF ...),
an easy way to download such that you can do if often on sites
U.S. (without necessarily register again - without using Paypal for example ...).
Most "problems" faced by these poor readers would not have occurred. The e-
belial is exemplary in this sense,
passing a "platform" distribution, a bookseller, opening an account have a "platform" for payment, the required reading by AdobePDFviewer .. . as unnecessary obstacles to overcome. • Fun
he speaks of "availability" digital - as a prize for a book or paper not yet published in print? •
bothers me greatly obliged go through two distribution platforms, called "bookstores selling online" digital books, which are partners in Circle Reader ePagine and Numilog.
• The obligation to transmit digital books "as a secure file" Indeed, "every publisher has its own politics, his experience and his method!
fcihiers Working on DRM-free books that exist only in digital form, for example, regardless of the selling platform?
There is talk of another price!
