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Originally Posted by DawnFalcon
I don't need to show them anything. I'm just sitting around and watching the train wreck. I'm hoping, honestly, that the book companies with a clue are going to be able to make up market share online far quicker, and be able to grow, faster than the old book companies - who'll see more and more people going to the darknets for their works
It's darwinian.
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You got your Darwin wrong. ‘Evolution’ does not mean that what comes next is better. It may be worse. It is just better adapted to a new environment.
If the new digital world puts the livelihood of authors at risk, then no matter how easy it is to copy and share and to pull from the Internet, that world is not better then the p-book world.
If the new digital world resembles just a bit the Google model, then forget about authors being able to live off quality fiction, for instance.* Only blockbusters will survive. Do you want that? I don’t.
*Why? Because the Google model is just like the open TV model: paid by advertising. And last I checked open TV is not exactly a model of quality shows or news.