I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Guillaume Dumoulin for the site of the Book Universe Digital, on the theme of the book Thinking the digital economy.
Extracts :
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" As a specialist publishing industry and keen observer of the development of digital books, I like to hear your analysis mutation of the economic model of publishing deal with the arrival of ICT. How the industry's traditional paper book can it benefit from the development of the use of digital transmission of knowledge and creative works?
LS: I do not really define myself as a "specialist publishing industry." My activity is first to observe and reflect developments in the book and reading. Then I stand on these issues as a writer or speaker. Then I can also do practical advantage of the different actors of the inter-pound fruits of this work. It is then simply applying, adapting to the specificities of the book industry and its market, the prospective methods. The aim is precisely to develop possible new forms of socio-economic organizations, new value chains to implement development strategies that remain relevant in the medium term, given the acceleration that we observe in all technologies and uses. [...]
Given the multiplicity of offerings bedjackets digital formats for the books, digital locks, how can a reader wishing to explore digital reading can be found there? And finally what gains can be learned?
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You spoke of "setting up possible new forms of socio-economic organizations, new value chains," what are these new forms of organizations, these new value chains? What role for stakeholders in the book paper, what place for pure players?
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It is therefore to innovate, both in the editorial that forms in the proposed service to the reader. What are the proposals that seem most meet this need? Do you have examples of implementation in France and in the World?
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Fnac has announced the release of FnacBook in November, Orange launches Samsung GalaxyTab service and sales of periodicals and digital books, Read & Go, do you that these initiatives will take off in a market still very confidential? The tendency of large groups wanting to invest in global offers you think she used the new book chain or she represents a threat to a cultural economy in search of a suitable model to the plurality of actors?
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The Senate just passed the bill on the price of digital books uniqe, the law focuses only on the books called homothetic, do you think the legislature can intervene effectively in a market that is global? In the market paper books, independent booksellers have been able to remain competitive thanks to Bill Lang's book prices. What this law can it be used in a nascent market that seeks to do we protect? Do you not think that legislative work to harmonize VAT rates reduced the printed book to digital books would be more beneficial to the industry?
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Prospective Book and Edit - Lorenzo Soccavo - http://lorenzo.soccavo.free.fr 
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