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Originally Posted by denclock
1. Video stores are now an obsolete business model. Of course, there are some Blockbusters, Movie Galleries, and Mom & Pops still left and these will probably slowly bleed themselves to death over the next ten years
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Tell that to the Bollywood video place a couple of blocks from me, featuring Indian movies in Hindi, Tamil, Gujarti and other languages of that sub-continent. Go find them on Netflix.
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Netflix and their business models adaptability, pretty much has put the nail in the coffin for most video stores.
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Most, but not all. Netflix assumes broadband. There are still places where that's not pervasive.
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Big Chain B&M bookstores are going to become a thing of the past, once the online retailers, and publishers get their heads out of their butts, and start pricing the books that people want at a reasonable price point. Right now, I don't see how anyone justifies charging even $10 for an e-book, there is almost no production cost involved in an e-book (other than marketing, writers fees, and editing cost), but rather they are as much as they are so that the publishers and the book stores can bankroll some to the cost that they are losing by actually publishing a large number of books, which isn't cheap by any means.
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Paper books aren't going away any time soon, but how much do you believe is saved by dropping the print/bind/warehouse/distribute stages?
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It should be noted that comics are also going to take a hit in publishing, but probably not as to the severe amount that the other items listed here are going to be, because that is already a pretty small niche market that many people will continue to buy print copies, holding on to the hope that one day it will be valuable.
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Comics won't be hurt that badly because the printed books aren't where the real money is. The money comes from licensing the properties for films. Marvel probably made more on the first Spiderman movie than it did on the entire run of printed comics since the creation of the character.
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Dennis