http://herminie.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ My blog on books and publishing en Vox Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:59:03 +0200 Copyright 2007 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://herminie.vox.com/library/post/thank-you-book-doctor.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Herminie) http://herminie.vox.com/library/post/thank-you-book-doctor.html?_c=feed-rss http://herminie.vox.com/library/post/thank-you-book-doctor.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:59:03 +0200 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://herminie.vox.com/library/post/thank-you-book-doctor.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e57a2cfbe2b00e398b0c24d0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://herminie.vox.com/library/post/start-reading-young.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Herminie) http://herminie.vox.com/library/post/start-reading-young.html?_c=feed-rss http://herminie.vox.com/library/post/start-reading-young.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:00:26 +0200 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://herminie.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e57a2cfbe2b00e398a045700004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00d09e57a2cfbe2b00e398a045700004-50si" alt="Parisian Statue" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://herminie.vox.com/library/post/start-reading-young.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e57a2cfbe2b00e398a0459b0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://herminie.vox.com/library/post/a-translator-is-an-author.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Herminie) http://herminie.vox.com/library/post/a-translator-is-an-author.html?_c=feed-rss http://herminie.vox.com/library/post/a-translator-is-an-author.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 09 Aug 2007 22:13:32 +0200 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://herminie.vox.com/library/post/a-translator-is-an-author.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e57a2cfbe2b00e3989c3dce0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> harry potter translation piracy http://herminie.vox.com/library/post/i-am-so-late-so-here-is-my-to-do-list.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Herminie) http://herminie.vox.com/library/post/i-am-so-late-so-here-is-my-to-do-list.html?_c=feed-rss http://herminie.vox.com/library/post/i-am-so-late-so-here-is-my-to-do-list.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 09 Jul 2007 21:53:42 +0200 - 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 ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://herminie.vox.com/library/post/i-am-so-late-so-here-is-my-to-do-list.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e57a2cfbe2b00d4144c91783c7f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://herminie.vox.com/library/post/bibliobscom.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Herminie) http://herminie.vox.com/library/post/bibliobscom.html?_c=feed-rss http://herminie.vox.com/library/post/bibliobscom.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 09 Jul 2007 21:31:53 +0200 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,... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://herminie.vox.com/library/post/bibliobscom.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e57a2cfbe2b00cd973e7b774cd5?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://herminie.vox.com/library/post/audio-books-cds-yes-downloading-books-no.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Herminie) http://herminie.vox.com/library/post/audio-books-cds-yes-downloading-books-no.html?_c=feed-rss http://herminie.vox.com/library/post/audio-books-cds-yes-downloading-books-no.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 06 Jun 2007 21:46:07 +0200 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://herminie.vox.com/library/post/audio-books-cds-yes-downloading-books-no.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e57a2cfbe2b00d4143f49b53c7f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://herminie.vox.com/library/post/reasons-why-i-love-reading.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Herminie) http://herminie.vox.com/library/post/reasons-why-i-love-reading.html?_c=feed-rss http://herminie.vox.com/library/post/reasons-why-i-love-reading.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 27 May 2007 20:00:01 +0200 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://herminie.vox.com/library/book/6a00d09e57a2cfbe2b00d09e58f87bbe2b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00d09e57a2cfbe2b00d09e58f87bbe2b-50si" alt="Never Let Me Go" /></a> <a href="http://herminie.vox.com/library/book/6a00d09e57a2cfbe2b00d09e6fac96be2b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00d09e57a2cfbe2b00d09e6fac96be2b-50si" alt="Quatre Soeurs, tome 1 : Enid" /></a> <a href="http://herminie.vox.com/library/book/6a00d09e57a2cfbe2b00d09e6fac60be2b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00d09e57a2cfbe2b00d09e6fac60be2b-50si" alt="When We Were Orphans" /></a> <a href="http://herminie.vox.com/library/book/6a00d09e57a2cfbe2b00d4143bdc643c7f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00d09e57a2cfbe2b00d4143bdc643c7f-50si" alt="The Secret History (Read Red)" /></a> <a href="http://herminie.vox.com/library/book/6a00d09e57a2cfbe2b00cd972dd2074cd5.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00d09e57a2cfbe2b00cd972dd2074cd5-50si" alt="Special Topics in Calamity Physics" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Just because these are tremendous books The covers to remind fabulous times of reading and why i love books <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://herminie.vox.com/library/post/reasons-why-i-love-reading.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e57a2cfbe2b00d414397d5d6a47?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://herminie.vox.com/library/post/questions-about-books-and-digital-world.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Herminie) http://herminie.vox.com/library/post/questions-about-books-and-digital-world.html?_c=feed-rss http://herminie.vox.com/library/post/questions-about-books-and-digital-world.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 23 May 2007 20:54:52 +0200 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://herminie.vox.com/library/post/questions-about-books-and-digital-world.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e57a2cfbe2b00d4143a9d563c7f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://herminie.vox.com/library/post/a-contract-clause-is-not-always-an-obligation-it-has-to-can-be-negotiated.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Herminie) http://herminie.vox.com/library/post/a-contract-clause-is-not-always-an-obligation-it-has-to-can-be-negotiated.html?_c=feed-rss http://herminie.vox.com/library/post/a-contract-clause-is-not-always-an-obligation-it-has-to-can-be-negotiated.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 21 May 2007 22:21:21 +0200 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.... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://herminie.vox.com/library/post/a-contract-clause-is-not-always-an-obligation-it-has-to-can-be-negotiated.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e57a2cfbe2b00d4143763d76a47?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://herminie.vox.com/library/post/copyright-after-the-death-of-the-author-line-between-use-and-abuse.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Herminie) http://herminie.vox.com/library/post/copyright-after-the-death-of-the-author-line-between-use-and-abuse.html?_c=feed-rss http://herminie.vox.com/library/post/copyright-after-the-death-of-the-author-line-between-use-and-abuse.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:28:18 +0200 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://herminie.vox.com/library/book/6a00d09e57a2cfbe2b00d09e630d3abe2b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d09e57a2cfbe2b00d09e630d3abe2b-50si" alt="James Joyce&#39;s Ulysses" /></a> <a href="http://herminie.vox.com/library/book/6a00d09e57a2cfbe2b00d4142cddbd6a47.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00d09e57a2cfbe2b00d4142cddbd6a47-50si" alt="Dubliners (Oxford World&#39;s Classics)" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> 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 ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://herminie.vox.com/library/post/copyright-after-the-death-of-the-author-line-between-use-and-abuse.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e57a2cfbe2b00d4142cddda6a47?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p>