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Author Archives: laura
France Chooses Profit For Publishers Over Authors’ Rights And Public Libraries
Last week, Mike Cane alerted me to a new law that was recently passed in France: France’s Book Grab: Worse Than Google Books. The law was passed on February 23 and relates to the digitization of “unavailable books” from the … Continue reading
Last Book Sale In Switzerland?
I took this photo on the way to work yesterday morning. The signs in this bookstore window say “Sale” and “50% on all odd articles.” They’re referring to remnants for which the set is incomplete. If you look carefully, you … Continue reading
Personal Data Sold To Marketers By The Government
Since I’ve been living in Europe, I’ve been generally impressed by the attention of European states to their citizens’ rights with respect to privacy. From the mandatory blurring of faces in Google Street View images in places like Germany, which … Continue reading
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Single Price: An Arm And A Leg
Most of the billboards I saw last week in favor of the single price for books have been replaced by more mundane posters for individual candidates or parties. Of those I noticed, only one remains. On the other hand, I … Continue reading
Oui Au Livre? Swiss Referendum On The Regulation Of Book Prices
Preparation is underway for the national vote next month in Switzerland. On March 11, citizens will vote on five different referenda. Among the proposals, a limit on the number of secondary residences per commune, an increase of the minimum amount … Continue reading
Hulu For Books Is A Great Idea, Just Don’t Do It Like Hulu
Earlier this week, Mike Cane published a fantastic idea, The Hulu For Books That Never Was. The formation of Hulu should have been a wake-up call to the Big Six of publishing. They too should have banded together to form … Continue reading
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Bottin vs. Google
Last week the French Tribunal de Commerce ruled in favor of French mapping company Bottin in their complaint against Google for unfair competition, abuse of a dominant market position and abusive pricing. As most of the articles in the major … Continue reading
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David Lynch, Commercials, Product Placement, And The Audience Relationship To Books And Film
A few days ago, Open Culture featured some of David Lynch’s Surreal Commercials. Still thinking about David Foster Wallace’s comments on Lynch with respect to the expectations we bring to media and how they shape our perception of it, I … Continue reading
eReaders Go Mainstream In Switzerland?
Yesterday, I passed by the FNAC in Lausanne during opening hours and had a chance to pop in to see what was new. I noticed that they had moved the eReaders from the locked glass display case in the mobile … Continue reading
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Thoughts On Books And Movies: David Foster Wallace On David Lynch
A little while before Christmas, Sara Marie Watson, shared a link to an article by David Lynch fan David Foster Wallace describing the time he spent on the set of Lost Highway. https://twitter.com/#!/smwat/status/145792445999874048 As a Lynch fan, I enjoyed reading … Continue reading
The well-prepared mind 