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Book decline
Just a few thought.
The book selling has been in decline for the last 10 years.
This is not due to ebooks.
In the last 10 years, there has been more reading on internet, more movies trough DVD, tape, etc. Also it seem that in certain area people are bicycling more or doing other sport. Parent involve their child in all kind of sport. Also people are listening at more music.
Books are also costing more and more.
Environmentalist would like us to use less paper and thus killing less trees.
The small bookstore are disapearing slowly. Should I blame Amazon for this ? or any of the other big one. Technology is slowly getting at them too.
Look, I would love to read 24/day but there is also a lot of other thing to do.
We have more choice than before and thus maybe people have more than one way to relax.
I could continue, but I think you get the point. We live in 2009, not 1999 and change is already here and will continue. The old way of restricting will only make it happen faster and hurting the business more (IMHO) We need to be imaginative to continue competing in this changing world.
Ebook will be bought mostly on website, therefore less paperbook to be sold, therefore less bookstore, therefore less printing (which is also in decline), and therefore less job. And this is not the fault of ebook, more of the technology that has been at work for 30 years or more.
Book will not disappear, it will surely change.
Because there is not a growth, does it means it is not viable ? May we need a more viable option of the book industry. May there is too much waste right now ?
I only have question like these, no answer.
No answer without question ?
Paradoxikon
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