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Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?]
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Tue, 11 Jan 2000 06:50:15 GMT
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Frank Filz wrote:
> Dave Schuler wrote:
> > > I wouldn't be surprised to see Borders Books and Barns and Noble go out
> > > of buisiness in the next 50 years, because the good books won't be sold
> > > by them, and even the bad books will be sold over the internet, all
> > > directly by the author.
> >
> > Maybe, but the only way that'll happen is if paper books are eliminated,
> > which I don't think will happen until some kind of copy-prevention can be
> > deployed to protect electronic books. Even so, the cost, effort, and
> > logistics of putting a book together and marketing it will guarantee
> > publishers a piece of the pie for the foreseeable future.
>
> People who write worthwhile material will be supported irrespective of
> ability to copy protect their work. In fact, ultimately, the consumers
> will protect the works (why should I let you read my copy of XYZ, when
> you can download it yourself, and chose to pay what you think it is
> worth [Todd - if you're reading, and willing to divulge, what is the
> average pledge to Lugnet?]). The logistics of internet distribution are
> trivial compared to the effort required to create the work in the first
> place. Marketting is also trivial (Todd - how much have you spent on
> marketting Lugnet?).
Just an aside: The computer "revolution" and the much-touted paperless office
in fact led to the paper consumption of the US *quadrupling* between 1984 and
1994. Nah, paper will always be with us, as will books--these are just new
options. There's also just a certain feel and heft to a book that your computer
can't replicate (yet).
best,
LFB
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| (...) However, the machines that can print and bind a one-off book from typeset files and do it quickly are getting there. In a few decades at most, physical distribution of books will be gone, except fro the mass-market things. Those can probably (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Aw, Larry, you had me right along with you up till this bit. Well, I'm still mostly with you, but a considerable problem with art today--and this isn't just confined to our fine nation--is the predominant aesthetic trend as much as any dubious (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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