tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945802533317836555.post4537493912324224700..comments2024-02-10T20:37:45.771-08:00Comments on GARY DOBBS AT THE TAINTED ARCHIVE: ARCHIVE BOOK BIZ NEWS - job cuts at PenguinGary Dobbs/Jack Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10935686140719743351noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945802533317836555.post-61851058223522762702009-07-18T09:16:18.678-07:002009-07-18T09:16:18.678-07:00I too think this situation is sad but I am just re...I too think this situation is sad but I am just reporting what is actually going on. Frank - that's an interesting point with libraries. Will we actually hire readers rather than books where the titles are locked into the machine and can only be changed, altered by the library. I think paper books will be around in one form or another for the lifetime of most of us but in the far future - well natural resources are dwindling. As streile as they are E-books are much less destructive on the environment.Gary Dobbs/Jack Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10935686140719743351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945802533317836555.post-34806164897309073722009-07-18T08:59:01.219-07:002009-07-18T08:59:01.219-07:00I'm wondering what the book stores of the near...I'm wondering what the book stores of the near future will look like. Will we walk the aisles looking at "dummy" books, empty boxes with book covers simulating a real book. We'll pick it up, read the back cover blurb, and if we want it, we go to a down load station and plug in our digital reader, swipe a credit card and walk out with an electronic copy. Sorta like video stores where you turn in the empty shell and they find the DVD behind the counter. <br /><br />If so, it will feel quite impersonal and sterile to me. I find great therapy and enjoyment in hitting a bookstore or library and roaming the aisles, picking up a book whose cover looks interesting, reading the first page. I fear I'm sounding old fashioned already.Frank Loosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12564007564601986631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945802533317836555.post-77311645041785022602009-07-18T08:25:42.996-07:002009-07-18T08:25:42.996-07:00I think Andrea's comment pretty well covers my...I think Andrea's comment pretty well covers my thoughts. There is nothing like an old library with a bunch of musty old books on chock-a-block shelves. The same thing is happening over here in the New World, too. <br /><br />BlogginCurlyOscar Casehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10328166606910469945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945802533317836555.post-16287314573962536492009-07-18T07:35:42.592-07:002009-07-18T07:35:42.592-07:00Again, like your post about the bookshops closing,...Again, like your post about the bookshops closing, I think this is quite sad, (maybe I'm just old fashioned.) There is nothing like holding a book with a really interesting cover and settling down with a coffee for a good read. (Black Horse Westerns are a good example. I think they would lose something without their exciting covers.)<br /><br />Anyway, suppose technology has to advance, but give me a dusty old fashioned library with stacks and stacks of books any day.<br /><br />Andreabeverlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00860137198633933502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945802533317836555.post-48113706896854452962009-07-18T05:58:55.114-07:002009-07-18T05:58:55.114-07:00I wonder how all this ties into Libraries? Will t...I wonder how all this ties into Libraries? Will their always be paper books for them? Will publishers develop a technology where you can go to the library, download a book for thirty days, after which it disappears or has some lock on it where you can no longer open it. Interesting possibilities. Have you heard anything about what libraries will do?Frank Loosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12564007564601986631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945802533317836555.post-4039517094716597512009-07-18T05:19:15.262-07:002009-07-18T05:19:15.262-07:00I think Penguin meant all books but that the bigge...I think Penguin meant all books but that the biggest chunk would also be published as standard books. However market experts are saying that certain mid list titles could be digital only.Gary Dobbs/Jack Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10935686140719743351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945802533317836555.post-65542668515353397562009-07-18T05:02:49.170-07:002009-07-18T05:02:49.170-07:00This certainly ties right in to your recent post a...This certainly ties right in to your recent post and discussion on electronic publishing. The Penguin article said they predicted 50% of books published being digital by 2015. That's right around the corner. I wonder if they meant their books or all published books??? <br /><br />Thanks for posting this. It is certainly strong confirmation. No crystal ball needed.Frank Loosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12564007564601986631noreply@blogger.com