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01-28-2014, 07:42 PM | #93 |
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I doubt that paper books are going anywhere within most of our lifetimes. But at the same time, neither are ebooks. There is no stuffing the genie back in the bottle no matter how badly publishers wish to do so.
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01-28-2014, 10:15 PM | #94 |
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I know that ebooks will be around as long as I'm alive. I'm offended that your mama doesn't think I'll live 10 years.
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01-28-2014, 11:28 PM | #95 |
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I don't get why anyone thinks of it as an either-or, there's room for both and will be for years to come. Both print and digital have their own advantages, so the choice should never be all one or all the other, but the right one for any given situation.
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But digital will only get better --- and the advantages paper still has at this time will disappear. So in the long run there is no reason for a large pbook market to continue to exist.
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01-29-2014, 02:36 AM | #97 |
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It's just a matter of technology catching up. Once that happens, paper bows out.
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But collectors don't want the cheap versions, they want the sturdy ones, the ones that look nice on a shelf. That's why I think the mass market paperbacks will be removed from the book stage. |
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01-29-2014, 03:44 AM | #99 |
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Yep, the same thing happened to the scribes of the Middle Ages. Their main job was copying forms for contracts and such as well as hand copying books and when Gutenberg came out with his printing press there went the scribes job. The 1st printed books did have typeface that looked like handwriting, but that didn't last for long.
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The fact is, that CDs have been available since 1982. Which is a long time ago already! And still LPs are being made (apparently not all versions of vinyl). With the added difficulty that finding a player is getting harder as time goes on. With books, you won't have that difficulty. Which is why I think that it'll take a very long time before print books are no longer made. |
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01-29-2014, 08:44 AM | #102 |
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I have no doubt that paper books will be around for a very long time, but the interesting question is how long until they are produced only for specialist and collector sales rather than general consumption. I'm figuring it will take at least another generation (25..30 years), and wouldn't be surprised if it was longer.
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This. Hardcovers will be around for quite a while yet, but for paperbacks the writing is on the wall, I think.
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01-29-2014, 10:23 AM | #105 | |
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Trade books (hardcovers and trade paperbacks) not only have a higher profit margin, but once returned can usually be resold as remainders enabling the publishers to at least recoup the printing cost. Mass market paperbacks are destroyed rather than returned, so the wastage is significant. eBooks will pretty much eliminate the mass market relatively quickly, but the trade should stay around quite a bit longer. |
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