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Thank you Book Doctor

2007-10-08T20:59:03Z

I just discovered the advice from Book Doctor, Rosie Blau, in the column "How books can change your life", published by the Financial Times. The length is perfect, not too long, not pretentious, it is just light, funny and such a good idea. preten...

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Start reading young

2007-08-22T17:00:26Z

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A translator is an Author

2007-08-09T20:13:32Z

A 16-year-old boy spent 24 hours at the police station for alleged forgery of Harry Potter and the deathly hallows : he published on his website a French version of the book, whereas the legal translation to be published by Gallimard is still in p...

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I AM SO LATE, so here is my To do list

2007-07-09T19:53:42Z

- study what services are offered by societies like media predict or brain juicer - going to bookshops to read the jacket of hundred of books and to watch how people look at books - read more books for children - read books from this new history ...

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bibliobs.com

2007-07-09T19:31:53Z

Today Rue 89, the innovative news website http://rue89.com/ (in French and in English) announced that they would create a website dedicated to literary world for the Nouvel Observateur. As far as I understood, they will only do the technical part,...

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Audio books : CDs, Yes, Downloading books, No

2007-06-06T19:46:07Z

Last Monday, Hachette, Albin Michel and France Loisirs announced they will create a joint society in order to publish audio books (CDs). Today, audio book is a small market in France and Gallimard is the only big publisher to lead its own coll...

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Some books explaining why I love books

2007-05-27T18:00:01Z

Just because these are tremendous books The covers to remind fabulous times of reading and why i love books

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questions about books and digital world

2007-05-23T18:54:52Z

I was thinking of the advantages digital dimension could represent for books (putting aside practical aspects). The thing is easier for other forms of work. Visual arts for instance : the web offers a large window for exhibiting pieces of work Mus...

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a contract clause is not always an obligation, it has to /can be negotiated

2007-05-21T20:21:21Z

Recently, Simon & Schuster US changed a clause in its standard contract. By tradition, it was understood that once a book was out of print, the author could ask his publisher to have its right reverted, so that he can sell it to another publisher....

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Copyright after the death of the author : line between use and abuse

2007-04-11T19:28:18Z

The recent settlement that put an end to the case opposing the Estate of James Joyce to Prof Carol Loeb Schloss is a very important one. The latter, English Professor at Stanford sued the Estate of James Joyce to establish her right to publish ...

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