Kind of off the subject, but records are back. It's kind of bizarre, walking into stores in the DC area with CD in their names (CDepot and CD Cellar) and finding bins full of records. Even knew ones are being released, not just indie label, but many major artist releases, too. Hell, even Best Buy, blamed for the death of record stores now carries records. And perhaps that's how books might go. Now that downloads are replacing the artifacts for the general public, they've become a fetish for collectors. Of course, I doubt the collector market alone is enough to subsidize an artist's life.
Mark
> To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
> From: Dave.Zeltserman@gmail.com
> Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 17:09:16 +0000
> Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: kindle query
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> I didn't want to give up my records and move to cds, but I had no choice as records disappeared almost overnight.
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> There is a tipping point where if enough book buyers switch to e-book readers, book stores, where many are struggling now, will go out of business, as will many publishers, and those of us who don't want e-book readers will have no choice. I have no idea what that tipping point is. 10%? 20%? The ironic thing about this is in an e-book only world, the mega-bestsellers like Stephen King and Stephanie Myer, will most certainly bypass publishers and put their books on the e-books themselves, since what would publishers have to offer if distribution and printing are no longer issues?. So this push by publishers is a push to put themselves out of business.
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> --Dave
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>
> --- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Poul Wehner <poul.wehner@...> wrote:
> >
> > " He swears by it. Buys ten books at a time."
> >
> > Wrong,
> > He buys a license for 10 books.
> >
> > There have already been more than a handful of DRM companies/services that
> > have gone belly up and any media attached to these became useless.
> > I'm not familiar with the licensing details but I believe Amazon will only
> > allow a limited number of downloads and, once reached, whatever book in
> > question has to be re-purchased.
> > I'm a little amazed that people who who buy into DRM'd media apparently do
> > not consider the full implications.
> >
> > But aside from the DRM crap I don't understand the motivation of why would
> > someone pay nearly $300 for a device and then pay even more to use it. I'm
> > not surprised that media companies are extremely interested in moving from
> > selling products to merely licensing them.
> >
> > I'll never buy one. I'd rather own my books, cds,& dvds outright rather than
> > pay a fee for ephemeral bits and merely 'think' I own it.
> >
> > I probably swimming upstream on this. I work in higher-ed and I believe in a
> > few years time many textbooks will be delivered digitally and likely at
> > cheaper prices.
> >
> >
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> >
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