About paying copyrights of books: (Sorry, Steve, I'm a huge fan, but you had to see it coming!
though.) I may be mistaken, but a lot of authors out there, specially the ones who hadn't an easy start in life (meaning, poor), but by no means just them, ALWAYS talk about their sweet, fond memories of countless hours/days/books that they read in the cozy local LIBRARY!! Not many dollars went to the authors, I bet. If now you can pay for them (and I'm not considering the ones that are sent for "evaluation" or "comments"), it doesn't mean Funions guy (it is some kind of food, I suppose) can. Funions (what it tastes like?) and power and Internet connection cost something.
Declining reading?? Declining sales, you mean. SALES. Read the article again. The music industry may be dying, but it doesn't feel like living in a quieter world.
With Internet, I never saw so many people reading and writing. Slow reading, perhaps, and some pretty awful writing, sure (and not only from orkut or forum teens/addicts, some paid, alright!), but reading and writing nonetheless. I think the problem is people don't have any more TIME to read. I sure don't.
That they aren't reading books, well... where are they? Right there in the store (IF!), with a 10% (IF!!) discount from the physical one, full of DRM, so I'm not sure how many times I'll be able to read or where? Thanks, I'll pass. And please notice that I don't live in USA. I checked my favorite online bookstores in Brazil and guess how many e-books I found to buy?
I don't particularly like Paulo Coelho, but he went way up in my concept! (Not sure if this makes sense in english) Well, I started to like the old wizard.
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