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Where music has gone movies and books will follow

Started by brisbourne · 6 måneder dage siden

Music, movies and books are all digital goods and to me it is obvious that ultimately they will all be delivered in digital form. Music has got there first because the technological requirements are lowest - movies have been more difficult due to file size and books more difficult still b ... Continue reading »

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liam
8 måneder dage siden

"the inconvenience of physical books" Philistine thou art..

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jamescoops
8 måneder dage siden

Hi Nic - there is a lot of recent research that suggests that paper is quite important in allowing people to focus and concentrate. Think about how you print something out when you really want to pay attention to it instead of reading online. Even with higher resolution e-readers may not deliver the same value as paper does.

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nic
8 måneder dage siden

Thanks James - I agree the eReaders don't cut it yet - but one day they will.

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James Penman
8 måneder dage siden

Not philistine. People told stories by word of mouth and then by hand via manuscripts etc and then through the printed word and now digitally. The words matter and not the delivery mechanism.

However, I do find repulsive the marketing guru's assertion that a book (whether digital or not) is a souvenir that holds ideas. God help us if that's what writing's all about these days.

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nic
8 måneder dage siden

James - I think Seth's saying that the physical book is the souvenir rather than thw writing itself.

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leafar
8 måneder dage siden

Books are on the way with google books. Scanning should be over in two years. Ebooks offer another way to work and I do agree... it will come. Probably a lot faster for movies due to smaller index and easy way to trasnlate. Books will take more time (especially for the novel, less for business books).

But it's on the way that's for sure.

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Taylor Davidson
8 måneder dage siden

I would argue photographs are digital goods that reached a level of creation and distribution digitally far faster than music.

The bigger question around digital goods is how they can and will be disaggregated and recombined in short and long form mediums...

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