On Feb 18, 7:35 pm, [email protected] wrote: > ...as we know it? > > http://futurismic.com/2009/02/18/stephen-king-amazons-kindle-and-the-... > h-of-publishing-as-we-know-it/
>From the artticle: "As has been pointed out before, the principle difference between the publishers and the record labels is that publishers haven’t yet been forced to innovate by the pressures of piracy. It looks as if they’d be wise to jump ship and start swimming for shore right now, rather than waiting to be made to walk the plank." Flaw 1: it wasn't the "pressures of piracy" so much as it was "trying to force people to pay $20 for a $1 product". Pirating a book in a usable form would cost you about as much as a brand new paperback version. Flaw 2: the Kindle already screws people in the same way as the record industry: with digital rights management (DRM) [a quaint term for "taking your rights away"]. I thought the Kindle was neat until I realized it meant I could no longer share a book with a friend. And giving books you've read to people who you think would appreciate them is very deep and rich way we expand and strengthen our social connections. ---Jason Olshefsky --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
