09-15-2012, 05:10 PM | #1 | |
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Print On Demand: Major Announcement Could Change How You Buy Books
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09-15-2012, 06:43 PM | #2 |
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Tomorrow's news: Kodak barely manages to avoid total liquidation following decades of bad management decisions.
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09-15-2012, 07:11 PM | #3 | |
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In any event, this is hardly a new idea. |
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09-15-2012, 08:29 PM | #4 |
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Kodak didn't really make bad management decisions any more than buggy whip makers made bad management decisions. As a chemical company (that's what they really were), there just wasn't really much space for them in the digital realm.
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09-15-2012, 09:08 PM | #5 | |
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Unless they can make this change for free it's probably a bad overall decision as books are going to specialty for those who want hard copy or digital for the rest. Last edited by robko; 09-15-2012 at 09:10 PM. Reason: Added. |
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09-15-2012, 10:27 PM | #6 |
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That will be very cool if it works.
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09-16-2012, 04:53 AM | #7 |
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I'd prefer a machine that chewed up my pbooks and gave me an ebook.
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09-16-2012, 06:20 AM | #8 |
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My thoughts exactly. Kodak had all the keys to the kingdom and squandered it away, exactly as the current big publishing houses seem to be doing with the book industry.
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09-16-2012, 06:21 AM | #9 | |
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Of course they did, they could have chosen to invest in research and shifting the company in the new direction. Instead they dug in their heels and continued to focus on a dwindling market. .... |
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09-16-2012, 06:22 AM | #10 |
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09-16-2012, 07:21 AM | #11 |
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Kodak invented digital cameras in 1975. Rather than become the leader in the field, they put their eggs in the buggy whip basket.
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09-16-2012, 08:06 AM | #12 |
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And now they want to start printing books on demand? They still seem to be behind the curve to me, what with more people going to ebooks.
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As a side note, I could also see people going back to the old "And (number) color plates" notation as a way to give people some idea of how many expensive color pages will have to be printed. |
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09-16-2012, 10:15 AM | #14 | |
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It's also worth considering that Kodak was creating digital photography products for a very long time. The issue is that consumers weren't buying these new products. It's kinda hard to sell digital cameras when you're customers are only buying buggy whips. |
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09-16-2012, 02:30 PM | #15 | |
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So yeah, seems a bit behind the curve to me as well. Still, if, for instance, you could print large print books on demand, that might be useful for the visually challenged who don't care for e-readers. I wonder what pricing would be like though. |
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