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Google Book Search may not be bad for publishers after all
![]() Not sure whom to believe, but could it be that Google Book Search is good for one publisher and bad for the other? [via /.] |
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The article also mentions some other (smaller) publishers including Springer, Walter de Gruyter/Mouton-De Gruyter, Ospre who have reportedly increased their sales through Google.
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On the other hand, "bestseller" publishers are out there trying to whip up a frenzy for stuff they want to push, whether it is good or not. If people stop looking at ads for books and start just buying the stuff they are interested, that's not going to be so good for publishers of the literary equivalent of colored fizzy sugar water. (I don't know as it would actually be bad for them, unless perhaps some of their former customers actually start looking for good stuff to read, instead of taking whatever the publishers are pimping of late, but hey, that's my Monday morning cynicism.) Actually, this is reminiscent of what's happening in the music industry. People who produce good music are doing fine with electronic delivery. It's the mindless fluff that people aren't bothering to pay for anymore. Or so I'm told, by people who follow the "mindless fluff music" market more than I do. neko |
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