Some comments on the eBooks industry impact on the bbc here<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22366415> .
On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 7:33 PM, Nick Andrews <[email protected]>wrote: > And once it's on the internet, it's there forever. > > > On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 11:05 PM, Ben <[email protected]>wrote: > >> An example of the "human cost" is this: http://www.dolekemp96.org/. >> Someone has to make sure the site should be shut down, that it's shut >> down, and, possibly, archived properly. That all costs a lot more >> then just leaving it there. >> >> Ben >> >> On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 10:02 PM, Ben <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Yes, but there is a cost to track down and remove the electronic >> > files. Even if you automate it (say a database query of "last bought >> > greater then 5 years ago"), that automation still requires a human >> > element to program and the results need to be verified. It's probably >> > a lot more cost effective to just leave it be then to track down the >> > ebooks then to track them down and then verify that they should be >> > removed. Wouldn't want to go deleting "Magician's End" two weeks >> > after it's published because "Magician Send" is a close enough match >> > for the automated cleanup algorithm. >> > >> > Ben >> > >> > On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 8:29 PM, Raymond Feist <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> On Apr 29, 2013, at 3:38 PM, Brian Jones (Trancendance) < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >>> Of course, given the growth in storage capacity being brought about >> by nanotechnologies, graphene and other such materials, and the >> proportionally reducing amount of data that it will take to store books, it >> is conceivable that all (future) books will be available, if not for >> immediate purchase, for retrieval from a library archive. I know that the >> British Library has a long running digitisation and archiving project, >> although some past texts and recordings are just too old and fragile to be >> converted, and it is likely that eventually these will be lost forever. >> >> >> >> >> >> You miss the point, as techno types often do. There's a business >> model that must be considered. Even if it's SUPER cheap, it's still a >> cost, and if you're not making money, dump the cost. >> >> >> >> Best, R.E.F. >> >> ---- >> >> www.crydee.com >> >> >> >> Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by >> stupidity. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Nick A > > "You know what I wish? I wish that all the scum of the world had but a > single throat, and I had my hands about it..." Rorschach, 1975 > > "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary > safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."- Benjamin Franklin, Historical > Review of Pennsylvania, 1759 > > "Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the > streets after them." Bill Vaughan > > "The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." > Plato >
