Comments on: Where music has gone movies and books will follow

By: Taylor Davidson

Taylor Davidson — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:23:39 +0000

I would argue photographs are digital goods that reached a level of creation and distribution digitally far faster than music.

The bigger question around digital goods is how they can and will be disaggregated and recombined in short and long form mediums…

By: leafar

leafar — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:23:30 +0000

Books are on the way with google books. Scanning should be over in two years. Ebooks offer another way to work and I do agree… it will come. Probably a lot faster for movies due to smaller index and easy way to trasnlate. Books will take more time (especially for the novel, less for business books).

But it’s on the way that’s for sure.

By: nic

nic — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:54:21 +0000

James – I think Seth’s saying that the physical book is the souvenir rather than thw writing itself.

By: James Penman

James Penman — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:02:30 +0000

Not philistine. People told stories by word of mouth and then by hand via manuscripts etc and then through the printed word and now digitally. The words matter and not the delivery mechanism.

However, I do find repulsive the marketing guru’s assertion that a book (whether digital or not) is a souvenir that holds ideas. God help us if that’s what writing’s all about these days.

By: nic

nic — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:08:40 +0000

Thanks James – I agree the eReaders don’t cut it yet – but one day they will.

By: james (mjelly)

james (mjelly) — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:05:37 +0000

Hi Nic – there is a lot of recent research that suggests that paper is quite important in allowing people to focus and concentrate. Think about how you print something out when you really want to pay attention to it instead of reading online. Even with higher resolution e-readers may not deliver the same value as paper does.

By: liam

liam — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:35:16 +0000

“the inconvenience of physical books” Philistine thou art..