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KathyLockhart 02/21/2013 08:18 AM Report
I read all the time....right now I own hundreds of books in PDF form...ebooks in my Kindle...physical books by my bed...I actually look for the best deal if I can get the book at a used bookstore then I will get it...if cheaper than my kindle...I am trying to stop the hoarding of books...I own around 25 books right now...if I really like it then I will buy it by ebook and put it in my collection bookshelve on my kindle and give the book away to someone that cannot afford books and loves to read...pass it on...I don't know if I am the norm....I am 50 years of age...I see us going completely bookless in the future...by the way the magazines and newspapers where going out of business before all this electronic stuff....so they should be glad that the computer has saved their jobs...I think the publishers will have a hard time adjusting to the demands of the people instead them demanding a 35.00 cost on a hardback for two years before you can even touch it...just sayin...:)
RichardSutton2 12/05/2012 03:18 PM Report
I disagree that intellectual property should evolve into a non-consideration simply because there exists a broader form of distribution. Indie authors have embraced the notion of giving eBooks away in quantity not because of some vague notion of a great democratizing of the web, but rather, because often the traditional paths of publicity and marketing are not available to them. In this way, they get their words out into the market before a large number of their targeted (they hope) readers. It happens quickly, and can be very useful in creating demand and increasing discover-ability. But as a fiction author with four books available, both in print and online in eBook formats, I don't know any author who works hard at honing their work then expects to never recover any income from the effort. Some now view the internet as something more than simply a very broad, fast distribution network -- akin to a philosophical movement. I think they are mistaken.
BarryScott 11/06/2012 06:50 PM Report
We are entering, hopefully, a different era, one that embraces open resources and which challenges the notion of intellectual property.
The worries about "ownership" seem so very petty compared to the good that can come from the broad distribution of creative works.
Darryl 11/06/2012 03:43 PM Report
@thingscarried: Book publishers need to learn from the mistakes of the record labels and act accordingly. This means get rid of the artificially high cost of ebooks, then the looting won't be an issue. Look at the success of iTunes, the iPod and iPhone... I've worked in the bookstore industry and love bookstores, but the times have changed. I've recently purged a bunch of printed books in favor of digital ones, because I am tired of hauling them around.
thingscarried 11/06/2012 02:05 PM Report
I was surprised that in over half an hour, no one even brought up the issue of readers looting digital books off the internet. Whether or not there's a way around this growing problem, these panelists seemed to have their heads in the sand. It reminded me of how record labels went blithely into the digital format of CDs without even considering the consequences.
REMant 11/06/2012 10:18 AM Report
Good paper is actually a very fine medium and it remains to be seen whether DVDs or hard drives, etc, will do as well, or as cheaply, tho there's no doubt digital stuff takes up less space, can be more easily transmitted and searched, and is cheaper at the moment. Same is true for photos.
I thought the bearded one HAD no rational side. First of all, he kept talking not about print format, but resurrecting the TV, video games, now Internet vs reading argument. Irrelevant, and besides it would be my guess that kids these days read more, not less than they did a few years ago. Even so mankind was not built by reading and writing, and it still isn't; ask any teacher. Also book collecting is not reading. It is in fact considered obsessive to be laying things out visually to find them.
Auletta appears to need to learn how to use the Internet. I discover as much research and information, both new and old, there as I did spending day after day in a library with hundreds of thousands of items and increasingly you can search text in books in hundreds of libraries. Albeit the access is presently limited due to copyright restrictions. But you don't find discussions in a bookstore.
Once a book is set up for printing it remains so and can be released as needed digitally, or printed on paper. Audio CD dealers already operate this way and it has kept many CDs that would be out of print accessible. Classical music, incidentally, was NEVER popular music, rather it was made up out of popular music.
Ppl read in centuries past by moving their lips because before Dr Johnson's dictionary there was no movement towards uniform spelling. They spelled syllablically, and others had to sound out the syllables to discover the sense. (This BTW is the reason for the dispute between the whole word and syllable reading methods.)
But if you ask me the reason why journalists and authors such as those in this discussion are opposed to the digital age is because it undercuts their position as gurus and gatekeepers, well illustrated by the vehement opposition to Wikipedia, and probably also in the storm over alleged copyright violation. It's not theft of work they are concerned about, but loss of status.
Seattle 11/06/2012 02:00 AM Report
Tim O'Reilly is nothing short of outstanding. 8:15 (medium competition),10:10 (historical perspective), 18:30 (print on demand), 20:50 (printing- step function cost), 29:25 (classical music analogy).
DonLRom8 11/05/2012 08:01 PM Report
Once an e-book is published, can an editor or editor or publisher change it? [make corrections, edit for style, clarity, continuity, legality, etc.]
DonLRom8 11/05/2012 07:46 PM Report
How is loss of big-box bookstores impacting children's & juvinile books? Will there be fewer hits like 'Where the Wild Things Are' & the Harry Potter series? What about the old 'classics' [the 2 Alice books, Treasure Island, the Pooh stories] Can independent bookstores & e-books pick up the slack?
goleski 11/05/2012 05:48 PM Report
I'm 53, read books (literature for pleasure) in the morning while my mind is fresh. I spend the rest of the day on a cumputer reading digitally. I've become accustomed to the feel and shape of books and value that time above all others.