Inside is the autobiography of an author. Outside is a sculpture of paper from his face. Overall it is a book that promotes Dutch literature. The collection was recently presented in the Book Week in the Netherlands. The agency that organizes Dutch Literature Collective Promotion (CPNB) highlights each year a literary genre. On this occasion it was the turn to autobiography and the fair was convened under the theme Geschreven Portretten (Portraits written). The campaign is Van Wanted Etcetera and art direction of Souverein .
Event Horizon: Border of a black hole boundary region which can not escape to infinity . When
the publishing industry today is at the event horizon of a black hole boundary in the boundary region which can not escape to infinity digital.
If we want the publishing industry does not change, if we continue in the total and absolute inertia in the paper, the damage will be recoverable in the short term. The economic crisis and low levels of reading this country is the best thing that can happen to all the publishing industry, because the crisis brings progress, creativity, creativity born of anxiety as would Albert Einstein.
In the cyclical periods of crisis created the initiative, invention and discovery, followed by grand strategies. He who overcomes crisis surpasses himself and drag others into a new paradigm.
If we attribute to the crisis our own failures, we are covering our talent, and therefore we give importance to the problems without stopping, going into an infinite loop that prevents you from going to seek solutions in a dynamic failures and hardships total and utter incompetence.
The great dilemma for many is to find solutions and exits to all this, without ceremony, lancémonos the pool at once! "Pa Lante strip" as they say in the South.
During periods of crisis are not solutions, not challenges, everything is a total and overwhelming agony, the end can be a great big crunch .
In times of crisis you have to have imagination and initiative and bring out the best of each. I suggest let alone promote crisis because it is increasingly take as an idea to work with intelligence and imagination of space. Get it over with the looming crisis and prevailing and weary ... we end the set total and absolute conformity, innovation and change all this, I assure you will be better.
The digital is the future, forget the anachronistic, despite who despite ... .
Sant Jordi is, as many of you know, the pattern of England, Aragon and Catalonia (and some other countries, true), but today we speak of the beautiful tradition that takes place in Catalonia on 23 April.
Legend ...
... there was once a people living in fear of a dragon. To prevent the dragon attacked the village, its inhabitants decided to give each day, two lambs, and they did. They managed to drive away the dragon of the people but after a while, the sheep became scarce and the only solution was to send a lamb and a person chosen by random drawing. The days passed
and innocent young people had to sacrifice their lives until one day the Princess was chosen by lot. The King wanted to offer some of their wealth and possessions in order to save his daughter, but the villagers refused. Without choice, the Princess went on her way to the dragon's lair to sacrifice his life and protect the people. That was when the brave knight Sant Jordi learned of his situation and to save the Princess and the people, faced the dragon.
Mounted on his white horse, the brave knight drew his sword and killed the dragon stuck in the heart. The river of blood red roses were born, which became the symbol of his victory. To thank them for their courage, the King wanted to reward him with riches, but he rejected them and called for the pass out to people.
Rosas and books
is customary for boys / men give a red rose to your beloved as a symbol of his love, remembering the great feat of Sant Jordi. But where does the tradition of the book?
In 1925 began the tradition in which women received roses and gave her lover a book in return. For the first time in 1995, UNESCO issued the International Book Day is now celebrated in more than one hundred countries.
If you wonder why on April 23 and not any other day of the year, the answer is simple: on this date matches the death of two writers of international importance, William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes (there is some disagreement about dates, because they used different calendars ... but nevertheless it was agreed on April 23 for both). Also on April 23 William Wordsworth died in 1850 (one of the major English Romantic poets) and Josep Pla in 1981 (writer and journalist in Catalan and Castilian).
Welcome to Macintosh, a documentary interesting to spend a Sunday afternoon ...
Welcome to Macintosh is an unofficial documentary company dedicated to the many loves and hatred aroused in the tech world: Apple. Despite its title, the film is not based solely on the apple OS, Macintosh, but tells the story of this giant computer that did not go through good times in the 90's. However, there is no doubt that Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak did a fantastic job in the late 70's, with the creation of what could truly be considered the first commercial computer, the Apple I.
Whether you're a fan of Apple, as if you're not, this documentary will help you better understand how Apple and what are the keys that make today is the leader and pioneer in consumer electronics, thanks to iPod The iPhone, and more recently the iPad.
Original title: Welcome to Macintosh (Welcome to Macintosh)
Life is a succession of experiences almost all wrong, certainly, but impossible sleight irreversible as is the case of DRM .
Nobody wants it more than a encryptor is a driver of movements you do with your book (a spy on your home computer), nor the editors nor the manufacturers nor retailers ereaders nor final customer is the reader and buyer, the owner of the ebook, which means no which is the DRM does not want DRM. Why is my e-book I have paid an amount in euros will ask Mr DRM readers / owners of the book? If I buy a printed book in my library forever, my bookshelf and a friend will not ask me anything about my private life, not even wonder where I live, it will come up asking me for my mobile phone number, that daring!, and of course I asked for my ID card number not required me to pay with electronic payment or credit, on the contrary, will be happy to pay cash and thus saving the commission of the bank, I will thanks and give me a nice point of reading my book.
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imposed on us by DRM?
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software manufacturers like Adobe to make money and annoy the whole chain, starting with the author and ending with the reader.
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Adobe says "If you ever want to invest money, invest in Adobe because Adobe never loses"
Steve Jobs and sensitivity with his team of Apple in Japan an example to follow ...
Steve Jobs is still an example of sensitivity and human qualities with their partners, we've got this email from Apple Cupertino his team in Japan:
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Our team in Japan,
We have been following the disaster in Japan. Our hearts are with you and your families, just as with all compatriots who have been affected by this tragedy.
If you need time or resources to visit or care for your families, we ask that you communicate and we will help. If you know of any resources needed in your area, communicate well and do what we can so that you get a shipment.
Again, our hearts are with you during this unimaginable crisis. Please, stay safe.
"Men and women receive thoughtful educations in schools: they teach the history and grammar, arithmetic and physics, gymnastics and French. I do not know why they have not received lessons of idealism, of warmth and love. "
school programs are not practical enough for these subjects might add they would suffer no general morality.
While the" Romeo and Juliet "by Shakespeare part of school programs, men and women come out of school wise but vulgar.
Feltrinelli, who recently bought Anagrama , continues its presence in Spain with the entry in the shareholding of the chain bookstores Catalan The Central , a first capital increase provided that Feltrinelli have access to 16, 74% of the company to gain 43.62% and control nearly half a decade.
The new outlets will be opened to take the brand "La Central" and will be managed in time by the current owners. For Central this agreement marks a change in the current business model, already in decline, and take advantage of the prestige and experience of the Feltrinelli bookstores in Italy, so be adapted to innovate and new model for future libraries already mentioned in the salamander: status quo English library II.
positive experience Feltrinelli in Italy have been encouraged to open new markets elsewhere, and one is English and seemed closer to the Italian model. Feltrinelli group, which has 104 Italy bookstores that sell books, CDs, gadgets, movies and even stationery, has requested a loan of 180 million euros to the Italian bank to grow their business and editorial, multi-branding, real estate and retail chains, besides catering .
The next step is to expand internationally, starting first in Spain Madrid and Barcelona and then in Latin America.
Feltrinelli The group has a turnover of 470 million euros, of which 75% comes from the books: 65% in bookstores and the remaining 35% in publishing, with a background major publisher.
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"Other invited over to the birthday party, I question: So much cake for everyone?
As promised in the post Saturday February 12, 2011 on the status quo English library , now talk of e-books in bookstores and other ideas for the future.
Several
recommendations to follow so that the libraries can emerge like a phoenix from the ashes:
1 º Centers Become Multimedia interactive ie when the user has free control over the presentation of content, about what do you want to see and when, as opposed to a linear, which is forced to view content in a predetermined order .
3 º predetermined areas or areas for printed books, e-books, e-mail: ereaders, gadgeds, music, games, consoles.
4 º Equip equipment or hardware or areas h navigation ipermedia which could be considered a special form of interactive multimedia, customers could use the area for navigation complex would increase user control over the flow of information.
Print 5 º low demand for print books, digital photography, scanning, instantly.
6 º Leisure and Arts Cafe: Presentations, workshops, lectures, gatherings, meetings, cafeteria.
PD. Feltrinelli you enter Spain from the hand of The Central Libraries, as is said in English library tatus quo : " will see that will just Feltrinelli Anagram editorial purchase when you start your expansion in the skin of a bull rather than saturated large bookstore chains expanding, taking into account the low levels of reading in this country ". .
Library Week in Ireland Library Ireland Week 2011, the 7 , to March 13, 2011.
is is how people is using libraries and libraries are using technology and media social communication and to increase access to books and other services . It is an initiative Library Association of Ireland.
Also during the week made hundreds of events ; taking place in all libraries country.
Magnificent: The Rights of The Reader Digital Books.
rights digital book readers.
ebooks were not made for be hidden as the lost city of Atlantis, buried and the treasures of Monte Cristo or to be stored in secret vaults and not be seen again. Still, it seems that some people do not understand. Our Information Age offers many challenges for all those involved s digital books, including readers, authors and publishers.
Unfortunately, in seeking to ensure their content many publishers are cutting the rights of readers and limiting the functionality of their books. How? Using DRM (Digital Rights Management), a lot of methods to that the industry uses to reduce the chances of copying and piracy - although it is said that there piracy - but they have their "side effects" that typically affect only consumers.
Trying to do a little awareness about the reality of the DRM in ebooks has emerged page Readers Bill of Rights, developed by the librarian and technologist Alycia Sellier Matthew Goins. They then presented their ideas about DRM and how it affects the readers of ebooks, offering alternatives to these methods of control and encourage readers to defend their right to read.
is with the latter reason that they have drafted the Declaration Rights eBook Reader, a series of guidelines that can be consulted before buying an electronic book or e-reader. The statement embodies in its simplicity the needs of readers. I leave then.
Bill of Rights Digital Book Readers:
1. Ability to retain, store and transfer the materials purchased.
2. Ability to create a paper copy of the product in its entirety.
3. Digital books must be in an open format (For example, you could read a computer, not just a device.)
4. Choice of hardware to access the books (for example, in 3 years, when the device no longer serves, it still can read the book in another hardware regardless of manufacturer).
5. The reader's information should be private (your data will not be stored, sold or traded).
As we see, when using the traditional printed material we already have these rights guaranteed , so it is logical to expect that we will not be denied solely because of changing the way we read.
The issue is important for everyone, because even though we love those books we print, we will sooner or later the need to use one address and it is important to maintain our security as readers. If you want to keep the discussion on Twitter can follow @ readersrights or follow the hashtag # readersright s. If users are not those who defend our rights who will do it for us?
I have an idea, give away e-book readers, like to use with your Amazon Kindle which has already experienced several price adjustments since its existence, Kindle is a product that is considered one of the leaders of the market.
magnum Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and guru, he violated the status quo and created the world's largest online store, began on November 19, 2007 to sell its Kindle device itself is already known by everyone. It began with the American market and continued as a new alternative to what already exists.
Today we can say that Amazon sells more books electronic books printed on paper. The big surprise will come soon when they offer their free devices in the form of permanence in their online store, the publishing world will tremble, and what I predicted two years ago right here in my / yours:
propose an idea of \u200b\u200bemulating the English Jeffrey Bezos: It would be as risky as ambitious but interesting. The business model would focus only on the profitability of sales of securities, giving the device and assuming the cost of Gadge, for example here could be done through a company to develop and distribute a device assuming the cost would give, so multiply your sales exponentially in its online portal of e-books to deal this jumble of stalls not chinguirito online stores e-books as varied and scattered small portals to provide clones of a single source of content called Libranda. If all this we add the wave of low cost devices disguised as electronic ink devices newcomers through importers of electronic publishing industry unaware of the chaos and the dismissal is served.
"Not all free", since we are talking about a permanent monthly, biannually, annually, to be closer to the model of phone companies mobile terminal that offers a free in exchange for a stay.
propose ereaders devices give in exchange for a commitment to purchase a certain number of e-books, or whatever it is, a commitment to invest in them a fixed amount for a specified period, thus multiply sales initiative where we really get value in its income statement, if customers exceed a certain turnover in euros per year in subscriptions. This would, ultimately, to give customers premium of the firm that are more accustomed to shopping in a store a new form of online income, easy, smooth and so gaining a potential growth market, but now is taking steps turtle.
Worrying current state of the publishing sector in Spain. There is no movement toward digitization in e-book, I wonder if there are ups and downs in Thebes in the remainder of the blind Tiresias divine. Shortly after this conference began the misfortunes of Oedipus, that is, they open their eyes, and they themselves are the burst horrified to see the current national publishing scene. Great prices
have to pay for all this technology gap ... .
The final will be a river of sperm soaked with tears and hard to recover, a sea of \u200b\u200bash and fire.
Superfluous
patch Homer. I simply wanted to relate a conversation which took place the day before the death of the publishing industry today.
And finally: Greeks also practiced human sacrifice. All civilizations farmers did. And every civilization has been farming. .
Steve Jobs is good that comes out of a divine world of bestial metamorphosis, it is worth viewing as we introduced the iPad 2, otherwise the shares of Apple stock had trembled.
The new iPad 2.ya is here, the new long-awaited Apple tablet has just been submitted by none other than Steve Jobs and Tim Cook not as expected.
The Apple iPad 2 retains the essence of the first model but adds features that were already needed in this tablet, including a new design that makes it thinner just 28 grams lighter, front and rear camera and a new processor dual-core to compete with Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablets made in the past MWC Barcelona 2011, and in this way not to lose weight over the competition that is coming.
The screen is the same as the previous model was speculated on a new type of resin iPhone 4.
The truth is hard to find the differences in design between the two models of Apple tablets. The new iPad 2 like more because that is thinner only 8.8 mm thick, less than the iPhone 4, is more manageable.
the final screen size does not change nor resolution. Remains at 9.7 inches with 1024 × 768 pixels, IPS and multi-type, two frame options, black and white, is something, I think it's a matter of American telephone operating companies, each company color.
Apple's new A5 processor at 1 GHz is responsible along with memory RAM is 512 MB. The group promises an improvement of 9 times the original figure of IPAD and the same amount, promising up to 10 hours autonomíaque the end, experience tells us that they are less, another interesting change has been adding a gyroscope.
The new Apple iPad remains as closed, no SD card or USB port, everything is at home as usual, has added a built-in speaker, but I think it's more a matter of aesthetics than functionality.
There are developments in the range of accessories, which will result in much more revenue for the company. The most notable is that it accords to 1080p HDMI output and that works for all applications. The same cable will charge the iPad because we can connect the power cord at the same time.
The case will be called Smart Covers and can be changed to adapt and to IPAD is attached by magnets, is like a plastic roller blind also serves inside the glass screen is available in two versions, one of polyurethane and the other in skin, provided in various colors. It's about time Apple makes a case according to its tablet, prices are 39 and 69 dollars depending on the material.
The new iPad 2 will be available from the U.S. March 11 and March 25 in Spain in three models: 16, 32 and 64 GB, with teams WiFi and WiFi only +3 G, as with the current Apple tablet.
Regarding prices, the improvements are not a price increase and we have a new iPad from 488 euros. It would be the most basic model with only WiFi connectivity and internal memory of 16 GB.
We'll be waiting for the new iPad 3 later this year with new improvements, I fear that the iPad 2 is a cross between the current and next we'll see at Christmas.
Worldreader.org is a nonprofit organization market-oriented designed to provide a "library" available to all families on the planet, through the technology of electronic books. As mobile phones have overtaken fixed phones in much of the developing countries, e-books will become the easiest, cheapest and reliable to get the books to areas and most disadvantaged.
education and literacy are critical engines of economic growth (International Survey on Adult Literacy l'OCDE, 1994-1998). Yet in many parts of the world, children and families have access to a very small variety of reading material, which is also declining. The misadventures of transportation, logistical and payment difficulties conspire to reduce the availability of books and writings in developing countries. E-books using the GSM mobile phone to solve these problems and provide access, almost instantaneously, hundreds and thousands of entire books, newspapers and magazines at low prices.
The Worldreader first tests are scheduled for early 2010: the first is underway in Barcelona (Spain) and focuses on the use of such devices in the classroom, the second most powerful, will be held in Accra (Ghana) and focus on logistics and support. short term, we measure our success by comparing the number of books that were read before and after deployment. In the long term, we expect to observe an increase in reading in the community and, ultimately, increased literacy rates above the levels predicted by the UN.
Today Worldreader.org is raising funds to bridge the gap between the costs of devices and the price that local governments can pay for them until the unit cost down to an acceptable price for local markets. Funding also enable our organization to develop content and manage the logistics and support in developing countries, in collaboration with local governments, school systems and businesses. In short, only if we can improve not only reading fees, but also increase the constant demand of books and related local services, we can say we have succeeded.
We invite you to join us in changing the face of reading throughout the world. Contact us.
-Worldreader.org is a nonprofit organization based in Barcelona and the USA, founded by Colin McElwee, former Director of Marketing at ESADE Business School and David Risher, former executive Amazon.com and Microsoft Corporation.
Photo: President Barack Obama talks with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, before a dinner with business leaders of technology in Woodside, California, Thursday . In the background are Carol Bartz, chairman and CEO of Yahoo, Art Levinson, Genentech's president, and former chief executive, Steve Westly, founder and managing partner of the Westly Group, and Eric Schmidt, chairman and chief executive officer of Google. Los Angeles Time
of cots and Bia - Power and Strength - Hersíodo says that "not far from home Zeus, as a reward for the help they provided in the fight against the Titans. Everyone knows the flight of Zeis and its many hazards. .
... there was once a people living in fear of a dragon. To prevent the dragon attacked the village, its inhabitants decided to give each day, two lambs, and they did. They managed to drive away the dragon of the people but after a while, the sheep became scarce and the only solution was to send a lamb and a person chosen by random drawing. The days passed 
is customary for boys / men give a red rose to your beloved as a symbol of his love, remembering the great feat of Sant Jordi. But where does the tradition of the book? 
