[OLPC library] Ebooks, publishers, copyright and open licences

[samy boutayeb]

Hi all,

Here's an interesting reflexion from an Indian publisher (Pratham Books)
on issues related to "Copyright, Dissemination and Independent
Publishing".

http://blog.prathambooks.org/2010/07/spreading-word-social-publishing.html

For the record, Pratham Books made available his catalogue to OLPC
deployments in Nepal and Rwanda.

This is a contribution to the discussion about the challenges for book
publishers of the open licences, especially on the background of the
ebooks projects that are emerging actually.

This is an important issue for those of us who consider partnering with
traditional book publishers on ebook projects as it is the case, for
exemple at OLPC France.

For more information about our reflexions and projects on the ebooks and
contents front, see:
http://olpc-france.org/blog/2010/06/nosy-komba-livres-en-iles-les-voix-du-sud/
http://olpc-france.org/blog/2010/06/nosy-komba-quels-contenus-pour-les-xos/
http://olpc-france.org/wiki/index.php?title=Ebooks_Madagascar
http://olpc-france.org/wiki/index.php?title=Le_tour_du_monde_en_80_ebouquins

Regards,

Samy