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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
I think we sacrifice far too much for disposability now (one of the worst downsides of "frictionless" society).
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We do. My keyboard's tongue was firmly planted in its cheek when I wrote about the packaging. Right now, I don't see any good way to get booksellers (beyond Amazon) involved, and I think that's important. They can sway both the reading public and the publishers. Right now, e-books are essentially developing around the bookseller roadblock. It will work, eventually, but it takes time.
Blockbuster formed a similar market roadblock in the video rental market. It took the market a long time to find a way around it, but it found three of them, all quite successful now, all Blockbuster is in the dumper. The market always fixes things in the long run. I'm just impatient.