eBooks If they had half of which have commercial presence in the media there is no doubt that we would, now, a true cultural revolution. For now, we must settle with news about sales trends, announcements of new devices or personal efforts of writers. These days have been several developments, and controversies, which point directly to the development of the sector, the future e-book publishing. On the one hand, research of the European competition authorities on pricing in France, on the other, the conditions that the publisher Harper Collins wants to impose on U.S. libraries.
In France, European Commission officials have been the sites of several publishers, it seems that it would be Hachette, Flammarion, Gallimard and Albin Michel, seeking evidence of an agreement on the price of electronic books of these publishers, which violate the competition rules of the Union. Publishers accuse Amazon of being behind the allegations that have led to this research, in the tug of war that are leading the French publishing world and the American giant.
So while Amazon tries to avoid being told what price should sell your books, it appears that some French publishers had decided to go further and agree on price directly between them, a practice that was investigated a few weeks ago in the UK.
At present, France is discussing a legislative change that would allow publishers to set the price of electronic books which are sold are sold and operate the shop where you operate, which translated to Internet sales involve the failure to find different prices for identical products, which goes directly against the competition. European legislation of the eighties were allowed the editors who decide prices, protectionist cultural exception, against the general liberalism of the EC, but that was the limit on non-interference in trade between countries. In Spain, the legislation states that publishers can make the price of books, but only within the state.
We, therefore, some suspects allegedly agreeing prices and seeking to maintain its market niche may. This second point is what has led to the publishing house Harper Collins to try to accept some U.S. libraries contract terms for the sale of electronic books that were it not for the world in which we are all is possible in the name of the market, should make you laugh more than one, in case you happen to smile at some, the editorial belongs to Murdoch.
HarperCollins e-books aim to acquire the library will be provided a maximum of twenty-six times, then disappeared from the collection. That is, the library would buy access to book, not the book itself, following the business model that other seasoned capitalists, publishers of electronic journals, are exploiting for years. The main difference would be that electronic journals are provided with wonderful extras for research while Harper Collins offers exactly the same product, but only for a while. Of course, if the library buys it will probably go again cheaper to not be a novelty. Faced with such benevolence many American librarians have been the outcry and even begin to wonder if not being stretched to the limit.
Although the requirements of Harper Collins go there, the fear is that if one accepts that other publishers will demand the same rights as draconian and very little action outside of libraries. One proposal that may lead the way, not just for libraries, is refusing to buy books with DRM (e-book users can always find what the library has not fairly simple, but this is something that was never explained in the information desk). Another option would be like the publishing lobby and spend part of the budget to hire lawyers.
Protectionism, agreed price, books that self-destruct ... if these are some of the proposals coming from the publishing world to secure the electronic book market I think we will finish all card-carrying pirate party but in the meantime, we think this proposal for a bill of rights of owners of electronic books presented in the blog Librarian in Black.
All users of electronic books have the following rights:
The right to use electronic books as guidelines to facilitate access to the property against
's right access to electronic books in any technology platform, including hardware and software that you choose
The right to write, quoting passages, print and share electronic book content while respecting the rights of appointment and copyright (fair use and copyrigth added; fair use would be " fair use "a broader concept cited)
Application of the doctrine of first sale extended to digital content, allowing the owner of eBooks the right to retain, archive, share and re-sell books comprados. electronic / LECTURALIA / LIVDUCA
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