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Old 06-26-2011, 08:41 AM   #25
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Why would trying to save everything be an exercise in futility? Given how fast storage media has grown in size, it's quite feasible to have copies of every book ever published. Goggle made a pretty good start at it. The issues there are legal rather than technical.

I agree with a couple of the previous posters, the future issue will be obscurity, not availability. Though, I would point of that if a work isn't available, over time it becomes obscure.

I also think that in the future, if publishers are to survive, they will have to increase their role in finding good talent and publicizing that talent (kind of what was said earlier in the thread). With everyone able to self publish now, the real issue for consumers will be wading through the mass of garbage to find the books that appeal to them.

Publishers that establish an identity (i.e. you know what kind of book is published by them), create a connection with the audience, and keep that audience interested in their product will come out ahead. Of course, that requires a combination of good judgement, knowing the audience and a lot of ongoing day to day hard work.
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