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Foreign Rights Directors in France: The Advantages of Being Foreign | Publishing Perspectives

Barnes & Noble this morning reported sales and earnings for its second quarter ended October 29, 2011, and they’re a mixed bag.

Barnes & Noble Reports Q2 Net Loss Of $6.6M, Says NOOK Is Now A $220 Million Business | TechCrunch

http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/01/barnes-noble-reports-q2-net-loss-of-6-6m-says-nook-is-now-a-220-million-business/

One in Four Starbucks Transactions Now Done Via Mobile

Starbucks customers apparently are finding buying via mobile as addictive as the company’s coffee.

http://mashable.com/2011/12/05/starbucks-26-million-mobile-transactions-in-2011/

La révolution des réseaux sociaux continue. Une... | Curiosités

Comparatif de 23 tablettes tactiles disponibles en France pour Noël - Tablette-tactile.net

http://www.tablette-tactile.net/dossier/comparatif-tablettes-tactiles-112760/

De quoi y voir vraiment clair et choisir en toute sérénité la tablette (ou les tablettes !)

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/web_publishings_next_level.php

We're not out of the woods yet, but Web publishing is starting to hit its stride. Product offerings are getting smarter, prices are getting better and, most importantly, the content is getting more interesting. We might not even be half way to the future of publishing yet, but the industry is picking up steam.

While flying home from Bologna for our TOC event I couldn't help but think about some of the similarities between digital rights management (DRM) and airport security. Here are a few common points that come to mind:

http://jwikert.typepad.com/the_average_joe/2011/04/why-drm-is-like-airport-security.html

4 ways DRM is like airport security - O'Reilly Radar

http://korben.info/comment-creer-epub.html

Pour je ne sais quelle raison mystérieuse, cette fin d'année a été riche en ebooks maison proposés par des sites qui ont compilé leurs meilleurs articles. C'est le cas avec RWWFR et son ebook sur l'infowar mais aussi avec Owni et ses 11 ebooks de Freepress . L'initiative est très chouette avec un seul petite regret cependant : Que les livres ne soient pas disponibles aussi au format ePub pour lire sur nos ebook-readers.

Comment créer un ePub

Avis à tous les utilisateurs d’OpenOffice, voici un plugin qui pourrait vous intéresser ! En nous lisant régulièrement, vous savez parfaitement que le standard de l’édition numérique est l’ePub. Cependant, pour le grand public, ces caractéristiques restent un peu obscures et les outils pour concevoir facilement des fichiers dans ce format ne courent pas les rues.

Writer2ePub, offrez l’export ePub à OpenOffice | eBouquin

http://www.ebouquin.fr/2011/01/04/writer2epub-offrez-lexport-epub-a-openoffice/

Personal computers in slate form-factor will clearly become a new product category and will have a huge share of the PC market in 2011, according to various analysts.

At least 70 Tablets to Be Shown at Consumer Electronics Show - Analysts - X-bit labs

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/mobile/display/20101229075354_At_least_70_Tablets_to_Be_Shown_at_Consumer_Electronics_Show_Analysts.html

At last year's CES , the e-reader product a lot of people were talking about didn't exist. It was a concept from Mirasol , a Qualcomm-backed company that was showing off its screen technology in a prototype unit. Mirasol's screen caught people's attention for a few reasons.

http://ces.cnet.com/8301-32254_1-20025651-283.html