Participatory publishing: the first projects for pre-order Kindle Scout – Actualitté.com

In the United States in October 2014, the company officially launched its Jeff Bezos Publishing Service by crowdsourcing Kindle Scout. This allows the community of American readers to criticize and finance extracts from unpublished manuscripts, which has previously distributed online. It is now possible to pre-order the first projects selected by readers.

As communicated Amazon introduced its concept, it is a” Edition powered by the readership for new books, never before published. It is a place where readers help decide whether a book will receive a publishing contract . “

Meanwhile publication scheduled for March 3rd via Kindle Press, first 10 projects selected out of 23 in total, are pre-order by categories mystery, romance, thriller, science fiction.

G-1 , signed Rigel Carson
A Highland Knight’s Desire , Amy Jarecki
Eddie & amp; Sunny , Stacey Cochran
L.A. Sniper , by Steve Gannon
Pit Bulls vs. Aliens , signed Neal Wooten
Royal Date by Sariah Wilson
Running from the Past , Alan Orloff

The Game Master by William Bernhardt
The Omega Connection , by Allan Leverone
Unpaved Surfaces , signed Joseph Souza

The platform now supports projects in contemporary fiction books, historical fiction, action and adventure. One can find all the projects selected for publication, this page

Sources . GalleyCat , The Next Web

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OverDrive: delays in the availability of titles in Kindle format – Actualitté.com

website Good e-Reader reaped returns of librarians from across the United States, complaining that a large majority of new ebooks available via OverDrive is not paid to the Kindle format. Obviously, through the most famous digital ready solution on the market, publications compatible with the Amazon reader mainly come from small publishers and not the major houses?

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As for key lending of ebooks and audiobooks in American libraries, OverDrive service has the largest market share. It is also the only solution that makes available to the loan e-books to Kindle format in the country.

The librarians wishing to expand their digital loan offer have gravitated naturally to this almost indispensable player. In the beginning of 2015, hundreds of new titles were made available there, but only 51 of them in Kindle format, all works of independent authors and small publishers.

As a result, Good e -Reader wondered if the major players in the publishing industry, such as Hachette, Simon & amp; Schuster Penguin or deliberately avoid the format of Amazon when it comes to providing loan offer digital libraries.

When the question was put to him, David Burleigh, director of marketing and communications for OverDrive, argued however that the majority of ebooks “ is (or will be) compatible with the Kindle. We are aware of delays in the availability of some new songs and are working to correct them as quickly as possible . “

Faced with a lack of information about this, librarians have an interest in The compatibility books Digital prior to source licenses.

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Kindle Unlimited, the “Netflix of the book” Amazon is not in accordance with French law … – LSA

Unlimited access to 700,000 books, all for 9.99 euros per month. This is the “Kindle Unlimited” service launched in December 2014 by Amazon. The equivalent for the book in the video from Netflix or Spotify in music. Problem: in France it does not pass. The Minister of Culture and Communication, Fleur Pellerin, said that Amazon will “to comply with the law” French subscription Practice for unlimited playback of digital books, in an interview with BBC this Thursday, February 19, 2015.

The Minister of Culture had seized at the launch of the service in December, the mediator of the book, Laurence Engel, who wrote a report. “The opinion shows that the law on the book price is not incompatible with a subscription, but all subscription offers currently on the market are not in accordance with the legal framework “, added Fleur Pellerin. “The main principle is that the publisher must fix itself the price of its offer . From this point of view, unlimited flat-rate subscriptions that concern several editors do not respect the law” she said.

Three months to comply

Now, specifically, Laurence Engel will arrange a reconciliation between the various parties. Services that offer this type of offers (in addition to Amazon, there are sites like YouScribe and YouBoox) then have three months to comply with French law. However, given that the law empowers publishers to fix the price of the book to the unit, it is difficult to imagine making it compatible service that provides access to the contents unlimited … Joint LSA, Amazon France “regrets this interpretation of the law that could prevent French readers to discover new French authors and French authors and publishers to take full advantage of this unique opportunity.” The site reminding -but pass without giving encryption that “the home of the Kindle Unlimited has been very positive in France.”

Kindlebox: Automated transfer ebooks to Kindle from Dropbox – Actualitté.com

For those who are willing to exchange some books from their Dropbox to their Kindle device, there is the application Kindlebox . This solution is automated, once the user has authorized Dropbox and Amazon. new folder appears while among the Dropbox.

All file formats compatible with the Kindle, including PDF, MOBI, EPUB DRM and DOC, when placed in the new folder is automatically transferred Kindlebox on Amazon application.

That may simplify the task. In contrast, in the other direction, it is not possible to delete the files from the Kindle Dropbox folder. To do this it will go through the reading device, as usual.

This application is an alternative to transfers by email or via the Internet.

Source : Lesen, Life Hacker

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Amazon he broke the law with its offer Kindle Unlimited? – Planet.fr

Kindle Unlimited, the US group Amazon is in the viewfinder of the Ministry of Culture, which considers that the offer does not comply with the single price law.

The group Amazon” will have to comply with the law “on his offer Kindle Unlimited, said Minister of Culture, Fleur Pellerin, in an interview granted Thursday Figaro. The offer launched by the American company e-commerce rules would be incompatible with the law on the single price, registered in the Lang Law of 10 August 1981. This law is intended to limit competition in the retail price a book to protect the industry.

However, the supply of Kindle Unlimited violating this law, according to the Minister of Culture. “The law on the book price is not incompatible with a subscription (…) the essential principle is that the publisher must fix itself the price of its offer. From this point of view, subscriptions Unlimited Package which concern several editors do not respect the law, “says Fleur Pellerin.

Only the publisher sets the price of a book

Kindle Unlimited indeed offers its users access from a smartphone, a reading light, tablet or computer to a catalog of 700,000 books, including 20,000 in French, for just 9.99 USD per month.

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An offer that is in the viewfinder of the mediator of the book, Laurence Engel, who presented on February 9 a report on the subject in the Ministry of Culture. The text “recalls that according to French law, it is the publisher, and he alone, which determines the price of books, either in-store, online or in dematerialized format. Now, Kindle Unlimited, but also Other offerings developed by smaller players do not respect the rule of the game, “says Le Figaro . Amazon has, for now, not yet responded.

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“Kindle Unlimited”: Amazon must comply with French law – Boursier.com

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(Boursier.com) – American Amazon has made a lot of noise in the world of publishing in December, arriving in France with its “Kindle Unlimited”, named for its electronic reading light, which offers an unlimited subscription to 9.99 euros per month, with access to over 700,000 titles, including 20,000 in French. But “Amazon will have to comply with the law,” said Fleur Pellerin Thursday in the columns of ‘Figaro’. The Minister of Culture had commissioned in December the mediator of the book, Laurence Engel, to investigate the legality of this offer, and it has delivered its report.

The publisher sets the price

“The main principle is that the publisher must fix itself the price of its offer. From this point of view, unlimited flat-rate subscriptions that concern many publishers do not respect the law,” says Fleur Pellerin. “In contrast, other subscription packages can be compatible with our legal framework,” she continues, for example if a publisher is launching “its own offer since it is he who sets the price.” Points offers, or theme, where each editor “determines a price for access to a limited amount of books in its catalog,” she said could be part of a legal framework.

Balance

The major French publishing houses, like Gallimard, Hachette, or Actes Sud, had reacted strongly to the launch of this offer in the Amazon e-books. “The mediator now has a month to set up a conciliation with all stakeholders. It will include helping French startups like YouScribe YouBoox or, to put their business model in accordance with the law, to invent new models “says Fleur Pellerin in this interview. Following the discussions, the companies concerned and therefore Amazon, have three months to adapt their model.

‘Le Figaro’ recalls that the giant e-commerce now set up his own publishing house in France . “Amazon can try but you see what happened in the US, where they approached the successful authors who have refused this proposal. The edition is a real job …” said the Minister . “We, what matters to us is that the development of the digital book is done in favor of the diversity that characterizes the French publishing market, ensuring fair remuneration of authors.”

Claire Lemaitre – © 2015 Boursier.com

Fleur Pellerin “Kindle Unlimited” should review its – Archimag

Two months after the launch of “Kindle Unlimited” Fleur Pellerin recalls its opposition to unlimited books subscriptions. In an interview published by Le Figaro, the Minister of Culture believes that unlimited offers are not in accordance with French law, “the essential principle is that the publisher must fix itself the price of its offer from this point. of view, unlimited fixed fee which would involve several editors do not respect the law. “

Flower Pellerin stresses that Amazon (Kindle that sells Unlimited)” will have to comply with the law. “

Author Compensation

The Minister of Culture is based on an opinion issued by the mediator of the book Laurence Engel. It was seized in December to evaluate the service marketed by Amazon. “The editor must remain the cornerstone in the economic chain of the book, or this is not the case with these deals,” says Laurence Engel in Les Echos. The mediator of the book believes that “the current law does not prevent the development of digital book. Instead, it guarantees the viability of an entire sector and remuneration of authors.”

Amazon launched its service Kindle Unlimited at the beginning of December 2014 to 9.99 euros per month. This subscription provides unlimited access to 700,000 books, including 20,000 titles in French.

“Kindle Unlimited”: Amazon will have to comply with French law – Boursier.com

Photo credit © Reuters

(Boursier.com) – American Amazon has made a lot of noise in the world of publishing in December, arriving in France with its “Kindle Unlimited”, named for its electronic reading light, which offers an unlimited subscription to 9.99 euros per month, with access to over 700,000 titles, including 20,000 in French. But “Amazon will have to comply with the law,” said Fleur Pellerin Thursday in the columns of ‘Figaro’. The Minister of Culture had commissioned in December the mediator of the book, Laurence Engel, to investigate the legality of this offer, and it has delivered its report.

The publisher sets the price

“The main principle is that the publisher must fix itself the price of its offer. From this point of view, unlimited flat-rate subscriptions that concern many publishers do not respect the law,” says Fleur Pellerin. “In contrast, other subscription packages can be compatible with our legal framework,” she continues, for example if a publisher is launching “its own offer since it is he who sets the price.” Points offers, or theme, where each editor “determines a price for access to a limited amount of books in its catalog,” she said could be part of a legal framework.

Balance

The major French publishing houses, like Gallimard, Hachette, or Actes Sud, had reacted strongly to the launch of this offer in the Amazon e-books. “The mediator now has a month to set up a conciliation with all stakeholders. It will include helping French startups like YouScribe YouBoox or, to put their business model in accordance with the law, to invent new models “says Fleur Pellerin in this interview. Following the discussions, the companies concerned and therefore Amazon, have three months to adapt their model.

‘Le Figaro’ recalls that the giant e-commerce now set up his own publishing house in France . “Amazon can try but you see what happened in the US, where they approached the successful authors who have refused this proposal. The edition is a real job …” said the Minister . “We, what matters to us is that the development of the digital book is done in favor of the diversity that characterizes the French publishing market, ensuring fair remuneration of authors.”

Claire Lemaitre – © 2015 Boursier.com

Amazon will have to revise its offer Kindle Unlimited in France – Le Figaro

The report of the mediator of the book, commissioned by the Minister of Culture, said that only publishers can set the price of digital books. Amazon, but also other French players will have to put their commercial offers in accordance with the law.

Offer Unlimited Amazon Kindle is legal in France? No, settled the Ministry of Culture on the basis of the report submitted on February 9 by the mediator of the book, Laurence Engel. The latter had been mandated by Fleur Pellerin late December to determine whether the offers unlimited subscription in the field of digital books respected the French legislative framework. Launched in mid-December in France, Kindle Unlimited crystallized the discontent of the publishing world, which in the vast majority refused to participate in the commercial provision to the same music streaming.

9,99 per month, the player can play as many books as he wants on his reading lamp, tablet, smartphone or computer in a catalog of 700,000 titles, including 20,000 in French. What to ask about the value of the book, the remuneration of authors, but also the role of the editor, who has not the ability to set its price. Yet it is precisely on this issue rests the report of the mediator. He recalled that under French law, is the editor, and he alone, which determines the price of books, either in-store, online or in dematerialized format. But Kindle Unlimited, but other offerings developed by smaller players do not respect the rule of the game.

The mediator does not condemn the book provided the subscription offers. She emphasizes that this method of marketing is legal according to the law on the book price. But publishers must have hands on tariffs. Laurence Engel cites several examples to set up a subscription plan legally:

● A subscription offer launched by a single editor. This is particularly relevant for the type of literature called (mystery, science fiction, fantasy, sentimental …).

● A system of credits to spend. The monthly subscription allows the provision reader an account, for example, 20 credits for 10 euros, allowing him to see a limited number of books. For their part, publishers set the price of their digital books, which are translated into “credits” (one, two, three, four … credits per pound).

● A system of “bouquets “. Each publisher sets the price of a subscription of books searchable catalog. Several “clusters” are then offered to the readers, the price is the sum of each catalog. This principle is similar to pay TV bouquets available via satellite or ADSL.

After the presentation of the report, a mediation period will open. The mediator book now has a month to discuss with the different operators offering subscriptions (Amazon, but also Izneo, YouScribe, YouBoox …) to help them update their offers. Once this period has passed mediation, operators have three months to come into compliance with the law.

In the case of Kindle Unlimited, the Ministry of Culture said that the self-published books, which form the majority of its offer French as well as books from foreign publishers are not affected by this legal framework. But Amazon will have to review its offer for all the works from French publishers.

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