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From: Egor Kobylkin <egor@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: July 24, 2006 5:51:23 PM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Technology Rewrites the Book
Dave, for your list, if you wish.
From: Monty Solomon <monty@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: July 23, 2006 11:02:15 PM EDT
To: undisclosed-recipient:;
Subject: Technology Rewrites the Book
Technology Rewrites the Book
By PETER WAYNER
The New York Times
July 20, 2006
...
said. "This is as good as any book in a bookstore."
...
and Blurb will make a
copy just for that buyer.
I was confused as to why the CD's or DVD's are not made completely
on demand? They have way lot less polygraphy on them, and they
are intrincically digital. But then I thought, there must be much
less titles of them in the top 80% of sales, than there will be of
the books. So by keeping, say 1000 preprinted titles in stock a
small DVD shop with no Internet can be in business.
But also because of the higher variety, books should have a higher
price/cost ratio to cover the additional costs of the logistics
due to lover average volumes, it makes bookstores a more
attractive victim to substitution with a print on demand service.
On the other hand, one already can have almost any album from a
major music studio for 9.99 from iTunes in 5 minutes.
So now, when the books can be done on demand economically, when
will I be able to go to a shop and let them print for me any CD/
DVD in the world in 5 minutes?