On 10/11/2010 08:17, Neil Greenwood wrote:
> On 9 November 2010 19:53, richard wrote:
>> On 09/11/10 15:40, Neil Greenwood wrote:
>>> On 9 November 2010 13:13, pmgazzwrote:
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>>>
>> All the editing etc has to be done for the print copy anyway, and an e
>> book has none of the costs of physi
On 11 November 2010 22:23, Tyler J. Wagner wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-11-11 at 21:12 +, Bruno Girin wrote:
>> For a publisher, the traditional business model is based on acquiring
>> the rights to reproduce a text, producing physical items out of this
>> text, shifting those books to distributors a
On Thu, 2010-11-11 at 21:12 +, Bruno Girin wrote:
> For a publisher, the traditional business model is based on acquiring
> the rights to reproduce a text, producing physical items out of this
> text, shifting those books to distributors and selling the physical
> objects.
>
> Most of the cost
On Wed, 2010-11-10 at 18:28 +, Will Bickerstaff wrote:
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> On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Glen Mehn
> wrote:
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> The bank analogy doesn't exactly make sense as banks are
> replacing
> something expensive for them (employees, time, and physical
>
Apologies, I did mean to add that in general I agree with everything you
say.
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On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Glen Mehn wrote:
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> The bank analogy doesn't exactly make sense as banks are replacing
> something expensive for them (employees, time, and physical space) with
> something very scalable and well-understood (web apps). Books switching
> to ebook is replacing so
On 10/11/10 08:17, Neil Greenwood wrote:
> On 9 November 2010 19:53, richard wrote:
>
>> On 09/11/10 15:40, Neil Greenwood wrote:
>>
>>> On 9 November 2010 13:13, pmgazzwrote:
>>>
>>>
Most of all, I'd love to know how it is that digital book production and
distribut
On 10/11/10 10:20, richard wrote:
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> I know nothing about publishing but if you look at the banks, an online
> account is usualy a better deal because the costs are lower. There will
> always be sales for paper books, because sometimes it is nicer to hold a
> nicely made book in your hands, but
On 9 November 2010 19:53, richard wrote:
> On 09/11/10 15:40, Neil Greenwood wrote:
>> On 9 November 2010 13:13, pmgazz wrote:
>>
>>> Most of all, I'd love to know how it is that digital book production and
>>> distribution - which has to be much cheaper than print surely - wants £16
>>> per copy
