Already, we learn that Les Editions du Seuil will soon have a new subsidiary named Item 2 ! For the record, Threshold is already an old publishing house (founded in 1935) and Points is their collection bag (now considered full-fledged editor, but always under the umbrella of La Martiniere).
With Point 2, it seems they have decided to redefine the purpose book deal with the threat of digital technology. With the new concept of the book offers .2 (an idea that comes from the Netherlands), it combines the comfort of playing with a compact, ideal to play anywhere! With pages that turn, it fiddles, that leaf sniffing the smell of paper!
us explain this concept:
1. The ultra-pocket
This is obvious at first glance! This book will 8 * 12cm ! For comparison, a conventional paperback book is 11 * 18 cm. Or if we think in area, 96cm vs 198cm ² ² = 2 times smaller!
2. The reading direction
At the opening, we will be surprised. The reading direction is different, deflected by 90 °. The lines are parallel to the wafer. Instead of reading the first page of the left and right page, read it first top of page then the page bottom. Police were adjusted accordingly (rule of thumb, I'd say it looks like the Arial). It looks to me very readable Anyway. Remains to be seen whether it adapts well to how to turn the pages! :)
3. A paperback
There, on that point, having the subject in hand, I can still judge the quality) It promises a sewn binding that would offer "tremendous flexibility but also extreme strength "which would allow" your book is finally opened to the selected page, as you were standing with one hand or be laid flat . On paper (Ohoh), it seems perfect. I think it will be verified quickly at the fact that it remains open, remains to be seen but the strength of the whole.
Finally, on quality paper, they also promise a paper "very thin, lightweight, sufficiently clouded" with "lines printed back to back to avoid interference." I admit that the "fine" is a little scary. To see then. Cons by ecologists will be pleased to know that it is "an ecological production process" xD So, check it also is not revolutionary, it's not what interests me.
But in any case, I look forward to this new book format!
The date of the "first batch" consists of 9 tracks is scheduled for April 14, 2011 in bookstores! Attention by cons, "black spot" prices are higher than cons pockets classic! takes between 9.9 and 13 €! For my part, I was thrilled nonetheless recognizing two tracks that are in my wish-list:
* Road by Cormac McCarthy (432 pages cons 251p. for version pts)
* Everything is under control of Hugh Laurie (cons 648p. 425p. for version Points)
The other 7 tracks are: *
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
* Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
* Chronicles of hate ordinary Pierre Desproges
* Poet by Michael Connelly
* Contrary winds Olivier Adam
* The fifth wife of Henning Mankell
* The meaning of happiness Krishnamurti
And May-June 2011: *
Jar City by Arnaldur Indridason of
* Death at La Fenice by Donna Leon
* Lying on the couch by Irvin Yalom
* From Swann's Way by Marcel Proust
* The Faces of Jesse Kellerman
* The Falls by Joyce Carol Oates
* Patience in the blue Hubert Reeves (this one interests me too, special dedication to El Jc;))
* The New Testament
Well, I finally was quite full for the first time I put the news on my blog. For a good cause, I like nice concepts like that. One day, I also hope you can talk about e-book, I'm not against it. As they say, must be tested before criticizing:) See you soon !
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