La revue de presse «Livre et numérique»

A new study from France’s publishers shows that French audiobook fans are moving away from tape and CDs to embrace digital audio, according to a May 4th Publishing Perspectives article. May is “Audio Book Month” in France, according to the Syndicat national de l’édition  (SNE). The French Publishers Association (SNE) is France’s trade association of book publishers, representing approximately 720 member companies. These combined businesses account for a large amount of publishing that occurs in France. On May 4th the SNE released a 107 page report. The study was focused on the reading habits of French citizens in 2021 and

Les membres du Conseil national de lutte contre la pauvreté pointent du doigt l'extrême rapidité de la numérisation des services publics.

By Special to the AFRO Baltimore County Public Library has launched Northstar Digital Literacy, a free, online, self-paced program that teaches participants basic computer skills. Participants can learn about the […]

Good e-Reader disclosed a couple of months ago that Amazon was developing a new Kindle e-reader with note taking functionality. It looks like this will be a reality sometime in 2022 and they will finally develop a large screen Kindle that comes with a stylus and users will be able to freehand draw, take notes and edit PDF files. The company recently conducted a survey with a number of hardcore Kindle users and they have settled in two names for the upcoming device. They were Kindle Passage and Kindle Scribe. I think Kindle Scribe is the better name and is

After scouring the internet for free content sites, I found that all roads lead to one spot. Bring your library card.

Afin de participer aux débats au sein de l'Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle, l'IFLA, Fédération internationale des associations de bibliothécaires, a mené un sondage auprès de ses membres pour évaluer et qualifier les rapports avec le droit d'auteur pendant la pandémie. Rapports loin d'êtr

OCLC, une organisation à but non lucratif qui s'applique à mutualiser et développer les technologies pour les bibliothèques, a travaillé avec le moteur de recherche Google pour offrir un peu plus de visibilité aux collections des établissements de lecture publique. Avec l'aide du catalogue mondial partagé WorldCat, les internautes auront un accès plus rapide aux ressources de leur bibliothèque de proximité.

Digital book revenues in the United States have been in a constant state of decline since the pandemic started to ease. In February 2022, this trend continued as the format declined by over 6.9% and generated $91.5 million. Digital audiobook fells for the first time in over 5 years, it was down 3.9% for February, coming in at $68.9 million in revenue. Physical Audio was down 3.8% coming in at $1.2 million. Year to date ebook revenues were down 8.4% as compared to the first two months of 2021 for a total of $172.9 million. The Downloaded Audio format was

The EU believes that this directive will not only help people with disabilities but will also provide businesses with a single set of rules regarding accessibility in the EU.

Aux Pays-Bas, une nouvelle offre d'abonnement proposera aux lecteurs et auditeurs un catalogue de livres numériques, audio et podcasts, pour 12,99 € par mois. Fluister, qui signifie « Murmure » en néerlandais, est une création de l'industrie de l'édition néerlandaise elle-même, qui espère ainsi pouvoir mieux exploiter les données recueillies tout en maîtrisant plus largement les conditions commerciales.

Nextory (ex Youboox) vient de nouer un partenariat avec Decathlon. L’objectif est de proposer aux clients de l’enseigne spécialisée

Amazon a décidé de ne plus vendre de produits numériques, des livres ou des albums de musique, sur son application Android.

Tout comme le Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, qui propose des centaines de titres de jeux à l’abonné, « Kindle Unlimited » propose une large bibliothèque de livres au format numérique. Selon Amazon, la société qui propose le service, il existe plus d’un million de titres accessibles gratuitement, en plus des livres audio (fichiers audio qui racontent un …

Vos #Édubrèves vous seront désormais livrées le mardi. Voici l'édition de cette semaine : l'école en ligne fait jaser, Sommet jeunesse sur les changements climatiques, une alternative à la suspension, des exemplaires du magazine Curium gratuits, on vous présente des technos éducatives d'ici, valoriser l’histoire de la langue française au Québec, plaidoyer pour plus d'éducation aux médias et bien plus!

Trois écoles d’été liées aux questions de l’édition ou du numérique ont retenu l’attention de l’équipe du Carnet. Elles ont toutes lieu au Québec.

This Spring, Kobo has made a number of improvements to their shopping experience, their reading apps and the new Web Reader, which allows you to read ebooks in your internet browser. They have also made significant improvements to their software on various Kobo e-readers, such as the Elipsa and Sage. If you wanto to find out the latest new enhancements fixes and new features, we have their entire changelog. Kobo Web Store Prefer PayPal? We now support PayPal for pre-orders and subscriptions: save it as your primary payment method and it’ll be there for all your future and recurring purchases.

Hachette is one of the largest publishers in the world and they have just announced their first quarter earnings. Sales increased by 8.7% and they generated $591 million USD in the first three months of 2022. Digital book sales accounted for 8.1% of total publishing in 2022, compared to 9% in the first quarter of 2021. Sales of downloadable audiobooks continued to improve and represented 4.8% of revenue compared to 4.6% in the same year-ago period. The CEO of Hachette Michael Pietsch attributed the increase to “good performances from most divisions, a thriving third-party distribution business, and continuing high backlist

/PRNewswire/ -- As schools seek innovative new strategies to increase reading and learning, teachers are using digital tools inside and outside th

Columnist Alyssa Ramos calls on the University to improve digital literacy for professors by promoting and providing funds for training.

Here comes a tempered glass display protector that promises to turn a tablet into an e-reader device. Now that isn't going to be via any e-book reading app. Rather, it’s a new screen protector with a matte feel that, as a Yahoo report on this mentioned, can cut enough glare off the tablet's display to make it look similar to the E Ink display that e-reader devices come with. As the images also revealed, the display with a black background and white font looked quite eye-friendly. When placed along with a Kobo device, the display looked glare-free, one that will

Après l’attaque d’un rançongiciel, Onleihe, un service de prêt de bibliothèque allemand, peine à remonter la pente. La cyberattaque visait son fournisseur de services, EKZ, créant de nombreuses pannes pour ses usagers depuis le milieu du mois d’avril.