Are electronic books "books"?

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The adaptation of existing copyrighted works to new means of exploitation continues to raise issues as new technology influences our lives more each year. A court case debating on the sale in digital format of eight works, each of which was subject to an earlier publishing agreement, is presented.

author: Goldberg, David, Kjellberg, Thomas
Legal issues & crime, Government regulation (cont), Government regulation, Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors, Legal/Government Regulation, Copyright Programs, Evaluation, Laws, regulations and rules, Influence, Copyright, Copyrights, Technological innovations, Patent/copyright issue, E-books, Electronic book

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Transition to ISBN for U.S. publishers

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The recommended timetable for making the transition of ISBN-13, and the incremental changes that U.S. publishers need to implement in order to handle 13 digit ISBNs in their business process is outlined. Further, the necessity of transition from a ten-digit to the thirteen-digit ISBN is argued.

author: Grabois, Andrew
United States, Management dynamics, Public affairs, Social aspects, Management, Company business management, Publishers (Persons)

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Small and big publishers in France: is literature a rare species?

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The traditionally used systems of publishing have given way to the new digital publishers thus loosing its identity and authority. The importance of preserving the traditional rules and orders is discussed.

author: Ouvry-Vial, Brigitte
France, Commercial printing, not elsewhere classified, Commercial Electronic Printing, Digital Printing, Usage, Electronics in printing

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