MobileRead Forums - View Single Post

Giggleton · 03-07-2011, 02:27 PM

What will we be reading in 10 years?

The same things we have been reading for the last few thousand I imagine, but with new twists and plot developments.

What will we be reading them on?

The same things we are reading them on now, paper and electronics. Mostly electronics though. Maybe even 90% of all text will be read from electronic devices.

Who will be writing the books?

I plan to write some, do you?

How will the books be distributed? Ah, there’s the rub.

Where do I go to get my books these days?

library.nu
demonoid.me
amazon.com
feedbooks.com
library2go.lib.overdrive.com
The real world, AKA my local library.

Usually in that order. I wouldn’t exactly call that a part of the darknet.

Books on all of the sites mentioned above are placed there by individuals, perhaps the actual author of the book, perhaps someone who cared enough about the text to put in some work and make the book available to others.

Should we be hindering the efforts of these book sharers?

Those who are undoubtedly helping to shape the future of our species consciousness, turning the collective thoughts from those implanted by a few well known, highly funded ideas towards the ideal of complete freedom of individual expression.

In the future all books will be available, the full text of humanity accessible and relevant texts will be placed before our eyes by merely uttering keyphrases to the supposed emptiness of space.

Google’s project book, along with their recent acquisition of reader hardware, could be very interesting, and very beneficial, but the project is hindered by current copyright law.

What if there was a way to compensate the author of a text every time their text was read? There are already numerous ways to implement such a system, so why does copyright still exist? To protect the author of a text from unlicensed distribution. What if a license was no longer needed to distribute a text, and all texts maintained a method of payment to the author within the text itself?

Book distribution is going Social.

An author of a text uploads their work, it doesn’t matter where the work is uploaded. Let’s say for example to goodreads.com.

Along with the text of the book a simple message, “Here you go, let me know what you think.”

For mainstream authors, the opinions of the text would start coming in fast and furious, far too many to keep up with. But we should be more concerned with independent authors, those who have yet to find an audience, those with ideas that might need to be heard but are lost in the sea of the great textual ocean, minnows amongst sharks.

All mainstream authors were once independent, indeed the idea of independence, relying solely on yourself is but a stepping stone towards the mainstream, where your ideas, the idea of YOU is now implanted in the collective consciousness.

A Skeptic might tell you that this is evolution at work, it is only natural for once independent authors to find the mainstream. This is true, but evolution and nature are always present. Modifying the system of discovery, enabling more independent authors to become mainstream, this is simply an evolution as well. In fact, the nature of the publishing industry has been to place independent authors in a position so as to become mainstream, and to do so as quickly as possible. This just makes good business sense, the more people that know about an author, the more people that are then likely to contribute to the work effort of that author.

The economics of a copyright free world are organic.

Back to goodreads, or the theoretical social book reading site that has the ability host the actual books. If this was the site of first upload, a discussion of the book would undoubtedly spring up. Since all books are now copyable, it would seem to not make sense for an author to actually charge for their book, a suggested donation tag could be added to the book. Those who enjoy the writings of the author, especially those who enjoy discussing the writings of the author would be very willing to pay for those writings, and to fund future writings of the author. The key is to create a meaningful place for these discussions to occur.

Perhaps these discussions will take place between the pages of the book itself.
see kindle.amazon.com for primitive implementation.

03-07-2011, 02:27 PM	#691
Giggleton Banned Posts: 1,687 Karma: 4368191 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Oregon Device: Kindle3	What will we be reading in 10 years? The same things we have been reading for the last few thousand I imagine, but with new twists and plot developments. What will we be reading them on? The same things we are reading them on now, paper and electronics. Mostly electronics though. Maybe even 90% of all text will be read from electronic devices. Who will be writing the books? I plan to write some, do you? How will the books be distributed? Ah, there’s the rub. Where do I go to get my books these days? library.nu demonoid.me amazon.com feedbooks.com library2go.lib.overdrive.com The real world, AKA my local library. Usually in that order. I wouldn’t exactly call that a part of the darknet. Books on all of the sites mentioned above are placed there by individuals, perhaps the actual author of the book, perhaps someone who cared enough about the text to put in some work and make the book available to others. Should we be hindering the efforts of these book sharers? Those who are undoubtedly helping to shape the future of our species consciousness, turning the collective thoughts from those implanted by a few well known, highly funded ideas towards the ideal of complete freedom of individual expression. In the future all books will be available, the full text of humanity accessible and relevant texts will be placed before our eyes by merely uttering keyphrases to the supposed emptiness of space. Google’s project book, along with their recent acquisition of reader hardware, could be very interesting, and very beneficial, but the project is hindered by current copyright law. What if there was a way to compensate the author of a text every time their text was read? There are already numerous ways to implement such a system, so why does copyright still exist? To protect the author of a text from unlicensed distribution. What if a license was no longer needed to distribute a text, and all texts maintained a method of payment to the author within the text itself? Book distribution is going Social. An author of a text uploads their work, it doesn’t matter where the work is uploaded. Let’s say for example to goodreads.com. Along with the text of the book a simple message, “Here you go, let me know what you think.” For mainstream authors, the opinions of the text would start coming in fast and furious, far too many to keep up with. But we should be more concerned with independent authors, those who have yet to find an audience, those with ideas that might need to be heard but are lost in the sea of the great textual ocean, minnows amongst sharks. All mainstream authors were once independent, indeed the idea of independence, relying solely on yourself is but a stepping stone towards the mainstream, where your ideas, the idea of YOU is now implanted in the collective consciousness. A Skeptic might tell you that this is evolution at work, it is only natural for once independent authors to find the mainstream. This is true, but evolution and nature are always present. Modifying the system of discovery, enabling more independent authors to become mainstream, this is simply an evolution as well. In fact, the nature of the publishing industry has been to place independent authors in a position so as to become mainstream, and to do so as quickly as possible. This just makes good business sense, the more people that know about an author, the more people that are then likely to contribute to the work effort of that author. The economics of a copyright free world are organic. Back to goodreads, or the theoretical social book reading site that has the ability host the actual books. If this was the site of first upload, a discussion of the book would undoubtedly spring up. Since all books are now copyable, it would seem to not make sense for an author to actually charge for their book, a suggested donation tag could be added to the book. Those who enjoy the writings of the author, especially those who enjoy discussing the writings of the author would be very willing to pay for those writings, and to fund future writings of the author. The key is to create a meaningful place for these discussions to occur. Perhaps these discussions will take place between the pages of the book itself. see kindle.amazon.com for primitive implementation. Last edited by Giggleton; 03-07-2011 at 02:31 PM.