JP2005258841A - Personal electronic book web publication system by one network, and electronic book distribution method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable even an individual not specialized in a writer to easily perform publication and sales to promote an electronic book publication culture. <P>SOLUTION: An author sends an electronic text file and a work profile to a personal publication electronic book digital market 200 managed by a personal publication electronic book digital market manager 30 on a Web. The manager 30 imparts an ISBN number to the received electronic text file, stores the electronic text file composed of an information processing terminal into a book storage/distribution server 100 as a distributing electronic book, and registers a work introduction into the market 200. Simultaneously, the manager 30 publicly invites a supporter 60 supporting the author as the intermediation of publication support by invitation in a site or advertisement activity. In the book determined with subscription, the number of the ISBN numbers of the downloaded electronic books is counted by a copyright ID count counter 50 with the ISBN number as a reference, a reward is calculated by a charging/distribution server 40, and a prescribed distribution rate is distributed to the author. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

The present invention provides an e-book publishing digital market on the Internet that simplifies the publishing process of e-books as copyrighted works even for individuals who have no publishing experience, and an e-book publishing organization gives ISBN numbers through the Internet. In the digital market, the same copyright as a general book is maintained, and the same distribution as a general book is ensured when it is made into a CD. At the same time, the electronic copyright of the personal work accompanying electronic distribution through the network is based on the ISBN number. Intentions such as support and companies that want to support general authors who have no margin for publishing funds and their excellent works together with their own interests and requests to place advertisements on the copyrighted works, etc. By mediating, it provides a place for personal e-book publishing that makes use of the digital features of e-books, while also simplifying publishing. This invention relates to a personal electronic book web publishing system and an electronic book distribution method using the one network.

There is a business that distributes digital contents of books using the Internet. It is sold as an electronic book (EBOOK), which is an electronic work of a work that has been published on a paper medium to which publishers have the publishing rights written by famous authors.

However, according to the business that carries out personal self-publishing through the Internet and the self-publishing and self-publishing of traditional tangible books, it is possible to effectively enjoy the free profits of their own copyrights from the customs and dominance through publishers and print shops. There is a situation where it is impossible to do so, and it is often expensive and time consuming, and it is difficult for ordinary individuals to satisfy the promotion of personal publication culture of electronic books.

In the invention, there are patent publication 2002-015180 and patent publication 2003-050841 related to personal self-publishing, but these are intended for self-publishing as tangible books. And for individuals, the recognition of copyrighted works spreads internationally under the management of global search by giving ISBN numbers, and the fact that eBooks with ISBN numbers assigned can be distributed in general by CDs and other media. It is difficult to say that it is well known.

The invention of Japanese Patent Publication No. 2002-007740 is a method for producing and selling a copyrighted work using the Internet, and Japanese Patent Publication No. 2003-316964 is a copyright distribution method and its system. These inventions are not intended for self-publishing of tangible books, but if they are limited to electronic books, they do not touch the essence or nature of the book, ISBN numbers. It is an invention from the viewpoint of a method of producing and selling a work using the Internet that can perform a series of procedures related to publishing and making independent publishing cheaply and easily, and a method of providing a work using the Internet. It does not touch copyright management and distribution management related to digital content distribution in the world, does not make effective use of the characteristics of electronic book publishing as a book, and the total cost of publishing is tangible in terms of authorship The present invention is fundamentally different from the present invention in that the author bears the same as the above-described invention for self-publishing as a book.

In addition, even though individual authors can distribute self-published electronic books on personal homepages, etc., since they are free from copyright fees and edition fees, they will form a human network in the subsequent development. It is not easy to raise funds and funding, and there is a limit on personal websites in terms of small payments and price collection. In other words, for individuals, the act of self-publishing tends to be highly discouraged when it comes to managing copyrights, the distribution rate for royalties, and meeting with sponsors in the publishing industry.

In addition, with regard to third-party advertising placement methods and methods, advertising profits can be reduced by posting advertisement banners on the web, and advertisements can be posted to the copyrighted works on the browser to return the advertising profits to the authors. In the electronic book distribution method according to the present invention, third-party profit words such as advertisements are integrated into an electronic text file created by an individual. It is an advertising method that is distributed in a file format that is different from the basics in that it is characterized by the fact that it remains inseparable when it is tangible publishing or printed out, not only on the browser. To do.

From the above points, there is no one network system that easily promotes the culture of publishing electronic books by individuals with the technology of the present invention, and in many cases it is published for ordinary individuals who do not specialize in writers. At the same time, there is no cheap publishing means for individuals who are capable as writers, and it is misunderstood that the act of publishing is special through ISBN code registration and copyright management. It is buried without noticing its ability in the situation.
Japanese Patent Publication No. 2002-015180 Japanese Patent Publication No. 2003-050841 Japanese Patent Publication No. 2002-007740 Japanese Patent Publication No. 2003-316964 Patent Publication 2002-092484

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned drawbacks, and the purpose of the present invention is to be rarely placed under the control of the Japan Book Code Management Center in the place of digital content distribution in the disorderly Internet world. A third-party market operator manages the distribution of copyrights by assigning IDs mainly for ISBN numbers to electronic books by individuals, and secondly, IDs mainly for ISBN numbers are used for IDs mainly for ISBN numbers. An anonymous author by managing distribution in the Internet world through the network and allocating copyright fees associated with electronic distribution of works obtained for billing, and thirdly, by giving ISBN numbers to electronic books To provide the same means as the general books and the fact that it is distributed as well as the general books by giving the same position as the tangible general book writer as an e-book writer. By using the characteristics of child books, before distributing to subscribers, the secondary use of copyrights such as resale and transfer can be prevented by distributing the specific object in combination with the specific ID of the subscriber who is the user. Fifth, this general user as another third party by using the means of third party advertising in the form of a supporter and having the advertiser take over the subscription fee of the general user A method of mediating the relationship between the author and the third party of the advertiser who intends to return profits, such as being able to enjoy profits, as well as funds from sponsors and sponsors who are not requesting advertisement placement By providing a meeting place that provides opportunities for human support and also enjoying human benefits, the provision of a one-network personal e-book web publishing system and e-book distribution method according to the present invention, The purpose is to reduce the financial burden and work burden of publishing activities related to personal copyright management and to dispel the high image of publishing, disseminate self-publishing to many citizens, and national culture The aim is to improve.

The personal electronic book web publishing system according to claim 1 is an electronic book publishing as a personal work whose publishing rights do not belong to existing publishers from an unspecified number of people in the general public offering. Information brokerage (hereinafter referred to as digital market operator) such as digital market operator, which is a third-party organization that digitizes, distributes, sells, advertises, and publishes copyrighted works for the purpose of publishing E-sending or mailing to the e-book digital market (hereinafter referred to as the digital market) where the digital market operator publishes and sells e-books and e-books on the Internet. The document is digitized by information processing for electronic book distribution for publishing and sales purposes; A process in which a digital market operator assigns an ISBN number to an electronic book synthesizer and performs information processing for Internet distribution, and controls copyright management related to the Internet distribution of the electronic book using the ISBN number; A process of delivering an electronic book of a personal publication that has been granted via a network or mailing it to a user on a tangible medium such as a CD-ROM or book that has been converted into a medium by information processing; A process of creating a medium such as a ROM and distributing it as a normal book; connecting the electronic book distribution server and the user's information terminal device via a communication line or wirelessly, and inputting the user's own ID number to the server A process of browsing a list of electronic books accumulated for distribution processing and downloading a desired electronic book by a user through control via a copyright ID counting counter ; Control the statistics of the total number of ISBNs of electronic books downloaded to users and the total number of downloaded user IDs by comparing them with information processing via the copyright ID counter and manage the number of copyrights distributed The electronic book here is a book, magazine, newspaper or similar form fixed to a book, magazine, newspaper or similar for the purpose of distribution. Personal electronic book web that refers to literary electronic books mainly composed of texts including information such as information, and electronic books such as video electronic books composed of moving images, still images, audio, etc., and generally recognized electronic text files A means using a publishing system is provided.

The personal electronic book web publishing system according to claim 2 is a digital third-party organization that digitizes, distributes, sells, advertises, and publishes copyrighted works for the purpose of publishing electronic text files that become electronic books. Information brokers (hereinafter referred to as digital market operators) such as market operators and companies or individual investors (hereinafter referred to as supporters) and electronic solicitors who have been publicly recruited via the Internet or advertising activities of the digital market operators. An intermediary process for controlling the demands of both the book author and the request for creation of a corporate advertisement, the creation of a copyrighted work, or the purchase of rights related to the copyrighted work, and providing a meeting place on the management site; The process of advertised as an e-book belonging to the author who has applied for the purpose on the operation site for advertisement for recruiting supporters; A processing step of inserting information that is beneficial to the supporter by the tall characters into the electronic book by the electronic book synthesis device; and even if there are a plurality of supporters in the step for the copyrighted work, A step of mediating processing of an electronic book with a three-party interest description; a step of controlling distribution of the electronic book with a third-party interest description on the digital market or a network; Providing a method of mediating via the Internet the place of posting the wording and work that is; and the benefit of a third party by a banner or digital characters for the purpose of posting a corporate advertisement by a user using an electronic book synthesizer Downloading the electronic book inserted with the description to the user terminal through the digital market through a subscription process; A step of controlling that a user prints out an image with an advertisement of an electronic book inserted with a banner or digital text that is beneficial to a third party for purposes such as business advertising; The step of managing and operating the digital market that realizes the mediation of book publication support; The step of distributing the electronic book with the third party profit description by the method according to any one of claims 1; And a process of controlling distribution of distribution profit of the electronic book with description of the profit by the parties with a predetermined distribution. The electronic book with description of the third-party profit is a third party as a company or a general individual. A means using a personal electronic book web publishing system indicating an electronic book having an advertisement display using a sentence or a figure such as an advertisement that is beneficial to the user.

The electronic book distribution method according to claim 3 provides a space in an electronic text file sent from an unspecified number of people in a general public offering, inserts a third party advertisement, and advertises as an electronic text file with a third party advertisement. The process of controlling the advertising agent business by the information processing method according to any one of claims 2 to be distributed mainly on behalf of the information processing; and for the purpose of distributing to the authors via the Internet A process in which a three-party organization publicly recruits and collects corporate advertising banners and corporate advertising ideas from an enterprise using an Internet terminal and stores them in an information storage device; and a third-party organization such as the digital market or a publisher Personally authored, mainly e-book publishing of banners and corporate advertising ideas for corporate advertisements that have been publicly recruited and collected through information processing A process of distributing to the author via the Internet for the purpose of giving to the article; and a third party organization such as the digital market or publisher summarizing the distribution method of the corporate advertising banner to the individual author in the process. A step of controlling; a step of realizing a one-network personal electronic book web publishing system using the means according to any one of claims 1 to 3; and the third-party advertisement. A process of allocating distribution profits by a related party in the process according to any one of claims 2; and inserting a description that is profit of the third party in web publication of the electronic book When the printed electronic text file with a third-party advertisement is printed out by the instruction of the information terminal instead of on the web screen, the description is inseparable to each page of the electronic book. And a step is a means for the purpose of it being printed processed.

The electronic book distribution method according to claim 4 is a digital market management that is a third party organization that digitizes, distributes, sells, advertises, and publishes copyrighted works for the purpose of publishing electronic text files that become electronic books. Digital market operators run by information brokers (hereinafter referred to as digital market operators), such as publishers, synthesize electronic books into personal works whose publishing rights do not belong to publishers via the Internet. Providing an ISBN number in the apparatus and performing information processing for Internet distribution; processing the distribution of the copyrighted work as an electronic book by an information processing terminal and controlling Internet distribution for publication purposes; and If the ISBN number cannot be managed in the process, that is, if it is an e-book that is a serial publication, use the ISSN (International Standard Serial Number) number. A step of processing the step; if the author of the electronic book does not necessarily want the step, a step of controlling the step with a management number by an alternative issued by a market administrator; and the electronic for which subscription has been determined Inserting user ID information, such as the user's digital market ID, in order to prevent secondary use of copyright on the cover of the electronic book using an information processing terminal before electronic distribution of the book work to the user A processing step.

The personal electronic book web publishing system according to claim 5 relates to a personal work whose publishing rights do not belong to the publisher for the purpose of saving the trouble of individual authors and publishers. And a process for realizing information processing related to a part and a series of Internet book publishing by controlling a digital market on the Internet or a third party such as a publisher on the Web using an information processing terminal.

According to the present invention, an individual author who is aimed at personal publishing of a copyrighted work but lacks the environment and is not related to publishing know-how or organizational ability, or a merchant who provides information, does not prepare a large-scale facility or network himself. In both cases, the electronic text file created by the text creation application is sent to the digital book digital market of the present invention, and the copyright of the work that it owns is managed and the electronic book distribution processing that prevents secondary use of the copyright is performed. You can enjoy the benefits of being able to publish and sell at a low price under the agency.
As an individual writer, the e-book sales digital market place is supplied as a personal work whose publishing rights do not belong to the existing publishers, and what is the famous electronic book whose existing publishing rights belong to the publishers? The separation is clearly shown, and you can compete and demonstrate your talents in this place where the same conditions gather. In addition, the digital market according to the present invention is not intended to infringe the famous electronic book sales market in which the existing publishing rights belong to the publisher.

At the same time, the general user can accept the condition of copyrighted work with advertisements, so that it is possible to avoid miscellaneous payments such as small payments, and to expect the opportunity to subscribe to the desired e-book for free. In the first place, e-books with ISBN numbers are listed in the book catalog, so they can gain the same status as general books, and not only digital distribution General books can also be distributed quickly, and even if you sue for copyright infringement by giving a unique number such as ISBN number, which is the basic condition of domestic distribution of personal works, through the network, not only the person but also the mediator It also plays a role in being able to easily present the source to the related organizations, and secondly, if a company interested in the content of the work requests advertising, the financial support of the supporter, Properly it is given a place of activity as a dramatic writer by human assistance. As described above, by using the personal electronic book web publishing system and the electronic book distribution method by the one network according to the present invention, the author can concentrate on the production of the work by publishing more smoothly and cheaper than before, In addition, the personal e-book web publishing system by one network that promotes the discovery of individual writers and the culture of personal publishing by bringing together individuals and supporters such as companies for a consistent purpose, and also leads to industrial development, and This is an electronic book distribution method.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of a personal electronic book web publishing system and an electronic book distribution method using a one network according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a personal electronic book web publishing system and an electronic book distribution method by one network for carrying out the present invention. In FIG. 1, the personal electronic book web publishing system is configured via a computer network such as the Internet.

Reference numeral 100 denotes a literary work saving / delivery server, and reference numeral 200 denotes a personal publication electronic book digital market. This personally published electronic book digital market 200 is an electronic book sales site existing on the Internet where general users can browse a desired group of works. Reference numeral 20 denotes an information terminal device. The information terminal device 20 is not limited to a PC installed in an individual or a company, but includes items such as a mobile phone and an electronic book reader terminal that can browse electronic book files according to the times. Reference numeral 30 denotes an individual digital book digital market operator who operates the personal publication digital book digital market 200. The work saving / distribution server 100 and the personal publishing digital book digital market 200 are linked via a network, and the personal publishing digital book digital market 200 connected to the information terminal device 20 used by a general user through a graphical user interface is a communication line. Or it connects by a wireless network.

Electronic text files created by authors whose main business is ordinary people and writers who have been recruited to the general public via the network are synthesized for electronic book distribution, digitized as electronic books for distribution, and saved Accumulate in distribution server 100. The accumulation process will be described. The author, for example, distributes the work electronic text file through the network such as e-mail or uploader installed in the digital publication digital book digital market. Send to. The author or the electronic book digital market operator 30 registers the profile of the author and the electronic book to the personal publication electronic book digital market 200 via the Internet. The author may send the manuscript to the market manager 30 by mail or fax. The market manager 30 digitizes them in the electronic book synthesizing apparatus 10. The electronic text file sent to the market manager 30 is processed for distribution, stored in the copyrighted material storage / distribution server 100, and registered in the personal publication electronic book digital market 200. Reference numeral 10 denotes an electronic book synthesizing apparatus, which is an apparatus that synthesizes an electronic text file transmitted from the author by an electronic book administrator 30 for an individual publication electronic book, or processes a word or the like that needs to be given. It is.

Reference numeral 40 denotes a billing / distribution server, which is mainly a cost calculation system for allocating copyright fees, profit distribution related to advertisement placement, equipment operation fees, and the like. Reference numeral 50 denotes a copyright ID count counter, which is a computer for managing copyrights regarding electronic books that are sold and distributed in the personal publication electronic book digital market 200. The work transmitted to the personal publishing electronic book digital market manager 30 is automatically or synthesized by the personal publishing electronic book digital market manager 30 as an electronic book for network distribution in the electronic book synthesizing apparatus 10 and charged by the market manager 30. -It is sold through the network to general users through the distribution server 40 and the copyright ID counter 50.

The relationship between the ISBN number as an ID capable of copyright management and the copyright ID count counter 50 will be described. Personal publication e-book digital market operator 30 assigns an ISBN number which is an international standard book number, and accumulates it on the work storage / delivery server 100 as an e-book for distribution. And register for sale as an electronic book with ISBN number.

Originally, the ISBN number (International Standard Book Number) is an ID that manages the distribution of books at the Japan Book Code Management Center. In the present invention, this ID is attached to the present meaning to manage copyrights related to distribution. Secondary use. In other words, in the function of the copyright ID counting machine 50, the number of copyrighted works and the downloaded user ID are detected, and compared with the personal publication electronic book digital market operator 30 who distributes and distributes it on the Internet. The purpose is to become a primary barrier to the prevention and control of unnecessary distribution of random works. This is because even if an electronic book is distributed via the Internet, an ISBN number is given to give it an opportunity similar to that of a general book in international book search, and it can also be quickly distributed to a general distribution by making a CD. This is a technology that can be used in one network, and can be used to manage the distribution of copyright fees according to the number of counts associated with the number of downloads of copyrighted works.

If the ISBN number is not specified due to the nature of the work or the author's request, it will be realized by substituting an ID that can be used for copyright management of electronic books, such as ISSN (International Standard Serial Number) or Intermediary Market Dedicated Work ID .

A general user performs use registration at the personal publication electronic book digital market 200 at the information terminal device 20 and obtains the user's own ID number, password, and the like. The user inputs the user's own ID number and password that can be used in the personal publication electronic book digital market 200 to the information terminal device 20, and proceeds to the usage screen in the personal publication electronic book digital market 200. Thus, the user opens the electronic book distribution providing service screen of the information terminal device 20, and the electronic material list registered in the electronic material saving / delivery server 100 through the personal publication electronic book digital market 200 is registered. The user can browse a list of books, select a desired electronic book from the list of copyrighted works, and perform a subscription act. When placing an order, the user distributes the electronic book requested to the information terminal device 20 via the network using a communication line, or mails it as a CD-ROM or a tangible book at the user's home. You can choose whether or not
Further, at this time, the user can select a settlement method depending on whether or not the desired electronic book is the electronic book 65 with third party support according to claim 2.

The roles of the supporter 60 and the electronic book 65 with third party support will be described.
Reference numeral 60 denotes a supporter. The supporter 60 refers to a person who provides support for the author for free or in return for a company or an investor. Reference numeral 65 is an electronic book with third party support, and the electronic book 65 with third party support means that the supporter 60 provides some support to the author.

The support provided by the supporter 60 is, for example, an electronic book page that is an author's work that has been accepted to receive support, and the digital book operator 30 of the digital publication digital book with the consent of the author. For the supporter 60, a third-party profit wording such as an advertisement desired by the supporter 60 is inserted in the electronic book synthesizing apparatus 10 with a space. In return, the author or user provides support such as granting money or subscribing by the supporter 60 according to the download count, and paying the author. This is a form in which the author and general user can enjoy some merit by the support measures of the supporter 60, such as for the purpose of promotion or simple financial support.

The supporter 60 is recruited through advertising activities of the digital market operator 30 via the network. The supporter 60 in response to the recruitment can browse the work list stored in the work storage / distribution server 100 through a contract with the digital market operator 30 via the personal publication electronic book digital market 200. The supporter 60 scrutinizes the work that he / she wants to support, and when there is a work he / she wants to support, informs the author and the digital market operator 30 of the work using the notification method in the digital market.

If the consent between the three parties is determined by the beginning of the digital market operator 30 in the support method or embodiment, the digital market operator uses the electronic book synthesizing apparatus 10 to obtain the predetermined electronic book 65 with third party support based on the agreement. create. See Figure 2 for the detailed flow of the decision-making process of the support form of the author.

The e-book with third-party support 65 includes an e-book with third-party support with economic support and an e-book with third-party support with advertisement. For books, the support method is based on an agreement between the two. For example, it is possible to purchase copyrights without processing the author's electronic books as economic support, and to introduce powerful people as human support in anticipation of the author's ability and future potential.

The latter electronic book with a third party support with an advertisement is an electronic book in which a third party profit word such as an advertisement desired by the supporter is inserted into a designated electronic book desired by the supporter as a target of support. See FIG. 3 for an example of an electronic book with third party support with advertisements. The support measure of the supporter 60 in the present invention is not a thing for digital contents on the Web but mainly means for placing a third-party advertisement on a personally-written electronic book. This is not just for the purpose of advertising distribution by a third party, but has the original significance in that it includes the meaning of support for training for authors. In other words, the text content check function for the author's electronic book from the company works much more than the characteristic of posting a banner advertisement on the homepage. An individual who does not specialize in the writer that is the subject of the present invention includes an amateur. It is clear that the amateur can't work with self-satisfied works in order to obtain advertising support from a third party, and amateur artists voluntarily make efforts to improve their writer skills.

In this regard, the personal e-book web publishing system and the e-book distribution method characterized by comprising the electronic book with third-party profit statement according to claims 2 to 3 of the present invention are not good for commercial purposes such as advertising. I would like to emphasize that the work has the character of trying to form a system on the network where a third party should support the development of individual artists in the form of advertising. In other words, it ’s a strong managerial tone, saying that I ’m the sponsor of this author rather than advertising.

In addition, as an example of the use of public invitations and collected corporate advertising banners and corporate advertising ideas in claim 3, companies offer their own advertising banners and trademark designs to professional and amateur cartoonists. It is also an intermediary technology that can smoothly meet the demand for corporate advertising manga, such as creating ads that introduce products in manga.

As a support claim method from an author who desires support, the author indicates support for the supporter 60 by showing an intention of recruiting supporters through an information network such as a bulletin board of the personal publication electronic book digital market 200 in the copyright list. It becomes an approach means.

For authors who can afford to have full rights to their work, if you select No support at the first branch point in Figure 2, you will have full rights to your work. Means that can be maintained are provided fairly.

The author who has approved the support of the supporter 60 and the digital market operator 30 use the electronic book synthesizing apparatus 10 to process and insert a desired sentence (advertisement) according to the proposal from the company into the designated electronic book. An electronic book is published as an electronic book 65 with three-party support. The user can enjoy the benefit of being able to subscribe to the electronic book 65 with third party support free of charge via the electronic book digital market 200. Of course, if the user does not want the third-party-supported electronic book 65, the user can usually subscribe to a book not based on it.

Explain the relationship between users and e-books with third-party profit statements such as advertisements.
The electronic book with a third party profit word such as an advertisement here refers to the support content of the supporter of the electronic book 65 with a third party support as a third party profit word such as an advertisement. As a feature of the present invention of an electronic book with a third-party profit wording such as an advertisement, the third-party profit such as an advertisement desired by the supporter mediated by a third-party organization such as the personal publication electronic book digital market operator 30 Advertisement based on third-party profit wordings such as advertiser advertisements, rather than the system that pursues the interests of advertisers and media providers through conventional advertisement display and banners, etc. It is characterized by inserting a third-party profit word into a copyrighted work for the purpose of widely spreading the copyrighted work free of charge to general users who become subscribers based on profit. Another feature is that it is not expanded only on the browser screen. In other words, it is an advertising method that is distributed in a file format in which third-party profit words such as advertisements are integrated into an electronic text file created by an individual, and it does not persist only on the browser, but when it is tangibly published or printed It is a method of distributing a new form of personally created file that will remain inseparable even when it is out as an electronic book.

The user browses the list of copyrighted works stored in the copyrighted work saving / distribution server 100 via the personal publication electronic book digital market 200, but the desired electronic book is usually sold with a third party profit wording such as an advertisement. When there is an electronic book version, it can be expected that some advantage can be enjoyed by selecting the electronic book version with a third party profit statement such as an advertisement. For example, if the condition of a copyrighted work with an advertisement is presented, the user can subscribe to a desired electronic book free of charge by accepting the condition and avoiding miscellaneous charges such as small payment.

Whether free or part of the subscription fee is exempt depends on the contract between the supporter 60 and the author of the electronic book. The personal publication electronic book digital market operator 30 needs to specify the contents of the contract for both free and partial charges in the personal publication electronic book digital market 200 individually. For example, a desired electronic book is displayed not only in normal sales but also as an electronic book 65 with third party support in the personal publication electronic book digital market 200, and is used by accepting the condition of an electronic book with a third party advertisement display. There is an advantage that the user can subscribe without paying the subscription amount by agreeing to the contract content that the third party who posted the advertisement bears the subscription fee of the user.

The secondary use prevention method of a user's subscription electronic book copyright is demonstrated.
In the digital content distribution field, where the subscribed user does not necessarily make secondary use such as reselling the copyrighted work, prevention of secondary use of copyright as described in the last paragraph of claim 4 as a technology for preventing this A method will be described.
Digital market operator 30 who completes a predetermined subscription procedure and sends the user's digital market ID and personal ID such as an email address to the cover of the electronic book before sending the electronic book work for which the subscription has been decided to the user. Is distributed after insertion processing using the electronic book synthesizing apparatus 10 before distribution. Prevents editing and tampering by the user by embedding sentences using the PDF format and controlling applications such as password lock. See FIG. 4 for an example. This means that even a malicious user who wants to use the copyright secondaryly, such as reselling or transferring the e-book work, will not do the secondary use of the copyright until it reveals his personal information. This is a technology that expects a dwarf effect. If it is within the scope of personal use from the protection provisions represented by copyright use, there is no inconvenience even if the personal information is inserted into the subscribed electronic book by the digital market operator 30.

The settlement method in the personal publication digital book digital market is explained.
The user pays via the billing / distribution server 40 by the payment method represented by the subscription fee displayed on the personal publication electronic book digital market 200 and the credit card, and sends the desired electronic book via the network or the desired mailing means. Receive by. When receiving a product via the network, the copyright of the author is managed through the network by the method of the copyright ID counting counter 50 described above.
Through the above process, the sales amount received via the billing / distribution server 40 completes the transaction by the market administrator paying the user-paid subscription fee to the author on a predetermined date according to the allocation according to the prior arrangement. To do.

When the user subscribes to the electronic book with the third-party advertisement display from the author, the payment / distribution server 40 installed in the personal publication electronic book digital market 200 by the personal publication electronic book digital market operator 30 is used. And the copyright ID count counter 50 calculates the legitimate subscription quantity by information processing, and charges the supporter 60 for the unit price determined upon agreement between the author and the supporter 60 at the time of publication. The transaction is completed by collecting the money and depositing it to the author on a predetermined date. The advance payment of the supporter 60 may be used.
The purchase of the copyrighted work of the supporter 60 is completed by a sales contract in accordance with commercial practice.

FIG. 1 is a one-network personal electronic book web publishing system and electronic book distribution method for simplifying the publication of an individual electronic book for implementing the one-network personal electronic book web publishing system and electronic book distribution method according to the present invention. FIG. (Example 1) FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a detailed flow of a decision making process of the support form of the author according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing an electronic book with third party support according to the present invention and a display. In addition to being displayed on the browser screen (information terminal screen), third-party profit words (such as advertisements) are also displayed at the time of printout, and the feature is that the words are embedded in the entire digital file called an electronic book. . FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating a method for preventing secondary use of copyright according to the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

100; work savings / distribution server 200; personal publication electronic book digital market 10; electronic book synthesis device 20; information terminal device (general user)
30; personal publication electronic book digital market operator 40; billing / distribution server 50; copyright ID counting counter
60: Supporters (sponsors and promoters)
65; e-book with third-party support

Claims (5)

  In e-book web publishing, an electronic text file that becomes an e-book as a personal work whose publishing rights do not belong to an existing publisher from an unspecified number of people in a general public offering is published for the purpose of publishing. The process of sending electronically or by mail to information brokers (hereinafter referred to as digital market operators) such as digital market operators who are third-party organizations engaged in digitization, electronic distribution, sales, advertising and publishing. And the mailed manuscript for the purpose of publishing and selling in the e-book digital market (hereinafter referred to as the digital market) where the digital market operator publishes and sells e-books and e-books on the Internet. The process of digitizing the information for electronic book distribution by means of information processing; and the ISBN Assigning a number, processing information for Internet distribution, and controlling the copyright management related to the Internet distribution of the electronic book by using the ISBN number; A process of mailing to a user on a tangible medium such as a CD-ROM or book that has been distributed or processed by information processing; and making the above-mentioned ISBN-numbered electronic book on a medium such as a CD-ROM and distributing it as a normal book And connecting the electronic book distribution server and the user's information terminal device via a communication line or wirelessly, inputting the user's own ID number, and browsing the electronic book list stored in the server for distribution processing And a step in which the user downloads the desired electronic book through control via a copyright ID counting counter; and IS of the electronic book downloaded to the user A process for controlling the statistics of the total number of BN numbers and the total number of downloaded user IDs from information processing via a copyright ID counting counter and managing the number of copyrights distributed. Personal e-book web publishing system.   Information brokers (hereinafter referred to as digital market operators) such as digital market operators who are third-party organizations that digitize, distribute, sell, advertise, and publish electronic works for the purpose of publishing electronic text files. Company or individual investors (hereinafter referred to as supporters) and e-book authors who have solicited general public participation via the Internet or advertising activities of the digital market operators, An intermediary process that controls the request of both the creation request or the purchase of rights related to the work and provides a place for encounters on the administration site; a work that is an electronic book belonging to the author who applied for the purpose The process of advertising supporters on the management site; and information that will benefit the supporter through banners and digital characters for purposes such as corporate advertising A processing step of inserting into the electronic book by the apparatus; and a step of mediating processing of the electronic book with a third party profit by distribution on the same operation site even when there are a plurality of supporters for the copyrighted work in the step And a step of controlling distribution of the electronic book with the third party profit description on the digital market or network; and a place for posting a word or work that is a third party profit on the copyrighted work page via the Internet. And providing a method of mediating the electronic book via the digital market, wherein the user inserts an electronic book synthesizing device to insert a description that will be profitable to a third party by a banner or digital characters for the purpose of posting a corporate advertisement, etc. The process of downloading to the user terminal through the subscription process; using banners and digital characters for the purpose of posting corporate advertisements with the electronic book synthesis device A step of controlling that a user prints out an image with an advertisement of an electronic book in which a description that is beneficial to the three parties is inserted; and the digital market that realizes mediation of publication support for the electronic book according to the step A step of managing and operating; a step of distributing the electronic book with the third party profit description by the method according to any one of claims 1; and a distribution profit of the electronic book with the third party profit description by a related party. And a step of controlling distribution according to a predetermined distribution. Any one of claims 2 to which a space is provided in an electronic text file sent from an unspecified large number of people in a general public offering and a third party advertisement is inserted and distributed as an electronic text file with a third party advertisement on behalf of an advertiser. The process of controlling the advertising agency business according to the method of claim 1 by information processing; and for the purpose of distributing to the authors via the Internet, a third party such as the digital market or publisher, The process of publicly recruiting and collecting corporate advertising ideas from companies using an internet terminal and storing them in an information storage device; and the information processing company advertisements that were solicited and collected through the internet by third parties such as the digital market and publishers Banners and corporate advertising ideas are used by individual authors for the purpose of granting them to their own works, mainly publishing electronic books. A process of distributing via the Internet; a process in which a third party such as the digital market or publisher comprehensively controls the distribution method of the corporate advertisement banner to the individual author in the process; and the third party. A step of realizing a one-network personal electronic book web publishing system using an electronic text file with advertisement using the means according to any one of claims 1; A process of allocating distribution profits by the parties in the process described in item 1; electronic text with a third-party advertisement inserted in the web publication of the electronic book with the description that will benefit the third party A means for printing the file as inseparable on each page of the electronic book when the file is printed out by the instruction of the information terminal instead of on the web screen. That step a; e-book distribution method characterized by comprising a. Information brokers (hereinafter referred to as digital market operators) such as digital market operators who are third-party organizations that digitize, distribute, sell, advertise, and publish electronic works for the purpose of publishing electronic text files. The digital market operator operated by the digital market operates the Internet, and the digital market operator assigns ISBN numbers to the personal works whose publishing rights do not belong to the publisher via the Internet. A process of processing information for processing; a process of processing the distribution of the copyrighted work as an electronic book by an information processing terminal and controlling Internet distribution for the purpose of publishing; In the case of an electronic book as a serial publication, a process of processing the process using an ISSN (International Standard Serial Number); If the registered author does not necessarily want the process, a process of controlling the process with a management number instead of a market manager issue; before electronic distribution of the electronic book work whose subscription has been decided to the user And a process of inserting and processing user ID information such as a user's digital market ID for the purpose of preventing secondary use of copyright on the cover of the electronic book using the information processing terminal. An electronic book distribution method as a feature. In order to save time and effort of individual authors and publishing parties, personal works whose publishing rights do not belong to publishers are processed according to claims 1 to 4 and a series of information processing related to Internet book publishing. A personal electronic book web publishing system comprising: a process realized by a third-party organization such as a digital market on the Internet or a publisher using an information processing terminal to perform control on the web.

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