Do Print Books Still Matter? - CrimeSpace2024-03-29T06:14:15Zhttp://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topics/do-print-books-still-matter?commentId=537324%3AComment%3A347685&feed=yes&xn_auth=noYou and I know that, Cammy ..…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-07-02:537324:Comment:3481622012-07-02T23:28:39.848ZSusanhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Susan
<p>You and I know that, Cammy ... others may not ....</p>
<p>You and I know that, Cammy ... others may not ....</p> Well, if they disappear off t…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-07-02:537324:Comment:3479302012-07-02T07:00:23.817ZCammy May Hunnicutthttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/CammyMayHunnicutt
<p>Well, if they disappear off the planet, I hope SOMETHING replaces them. :-)</p>
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<p>I guess I just regard "book" as a body of information. The format isn't as important as the content. The bible started out as scrolls, the Iliad started out as memorized verses. </p>
<p>Now digital bibles are considered by many the perfect embodiment because they can be searched and bookmarked and indexed.</p>
<p>It might be analogous to the spirit vs flesh thing. Which is currently obsessing me…</p>
<p>Well, if they disappear off the planet, I hope SOMETHING replaces them. :-)</p>
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<p>I guess I just regard "book" as a body of information. The format isn't as important as the content. The bible started out as scrolls, the Iliad started out as memorized verses. </p>
<p>Now digital bibles are considered by many the perfect embodiment because they can be searched and bookmarked and indexed.</p>
<p>It might be analogous to the spirit vs flesh thing. Which is currently obsessing me while writing my memoir, Dirty Undies.</p> I think print books absolutel…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-07-02:537324:Comment:3480952012-07-02T06:15:05.216ZC.J. Urbanhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/CJUrban
<p>I think print books absolutely matter, because they're historically significant as well as presently significant. I own a Kindle and a Nook, and I love them because I can carry my books with me everywhere, but nothing can replace the book, regardless of if they disappear off the planet or not. They may not be as popular, but they'll always matter.</p>
<p>I think print books absolutely matter, because they're historically significant as well as presently significant. I own a Kindle and a Nook, and I love them because I can carry my books with me everywhere, but nothing can replace the book, regardless of if they disappear off the planet or not. They may not be as popular, but they'll always matter.</p> Good point.
And doesn't it se…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-07-02:537324:Comment:3480892012-07-02T04:59:18.492ZCammy May Hunnicutthttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/CammyMayHunnicutt
<p>Good point.</p>
<p>And doesn't it seem that publishers would eventually go to all POD for print books if people want them?</p>
<p>Pretty much knocking bookstores out of the picture.</p>
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<p>I'd like to think big bookstores would disappear, but small ones stick around. I can't stand places like Borders and B&N, but very much like European book shops.</p>
<p>But I sure can't figure out a scenario that would make that happen.</p>
<p>Good point.</p>
<p>And doesn't it seem that publishers would eventually go to all POD for print books if people want them?</p>
<p>Pretty much knocking bookstores out of the picture.</p>
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<p>I'd like to think big bookstores would disappear, but small ones stick around. I can't stand places like Borders and B&N, but very much like European book shops.</p>
<p>But I sure can't figure out a scenario that would make that happen.</p> They don't have to disappear,…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-07-02:537324:Comment:3478342012-07-02T04:46:05.062ZBenjamin Sobieckhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/BenjaminSobieck
<p>They don't have to disappear, at least for your titles. You want print books, you can get them produced for not much money. That's the nice part. You control it.</p>
<p>They don't have to disappear, at least for your titles. You want print books, you can get them produced for not much money. That's the nice part. You control it.</p> My book is only available in…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-07-02:537324:Comment:3479292012-07-02T04:45:03.758ZCammy May Hunnicutthttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/CammyMayHunnicutt
<p>My book is only available in print because some reviewers still insist on paper copies. I guess the number who do so is dwindling. At some point it will probably approach zero.</p>
<p>If it were near zero now, my publisher wouldn't have brought out paper copies.</p>
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<p>Although... they did the same for a Mexican author and he's selling copies of the paperback. But apparently Kindles and such have no market in Mexico (I found out all the books on this label sell for $2 more in…</p>
<p>My book is only available in print because some reviewers still insist on paper copies. I guess the number who do so is dwindling. At some point it will probably approach zero.</p>
<p>If it were near zero now, my publisher wouldn't have brought out paper copies.</p>
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<p>Although... they did the same for a Mexican author and he's selling copies of the paperback. But apparently Kindles and such have no market in Mexico (I found out all the books on this label sell for $2 more in Mexico, BTW) and he sells them in comics shops. Mexican kids are used to paying 5-8 bucks for comics and graphics novels, he says.</p>
<p><br/>But if they were $16.99 books? Not likely. I asked about that, and my publisher told me that in Mexico and Latin America most ebooks are purchased for iPads, phone apps, and other tablets, even playstations.</p> Interesting.
What makes you t…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-07-02:537324:Comment:3478332012-07-02T04:39:49.035ZCammy May Hunnicutthttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/CammyMayHunnicutt
<p>Interesting.</p>
<p>What makes you think they will "level off" at 30%. I can't think of any data that could be applied to reach that conclusion.</p>
<p>We have no idea what level they will reach.</p>
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<p>I would say that in 50 years it will be 100%. In a shorter term it will be whatever percentage vinyl records occupy in total music sales. Maybe.</p>
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<p>I've been watching people be flat wrong about this from the time it started.</p>
<p>Interesting.</p>
<p>What makes you think they will "level off" at 30%. I can't think of any data that could be applied to reach that conclusion.</p>
<p>We have no idea what level they will reach.</p>
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<p>I would say that in 50 years it will be 100%. In a shorter term it will be whatever percentage vinyl records occupy in total music sales. Maybe.</p>
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<p>I've been watching people be flat wrong about this from the time it started.</p> No ebook version?tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-07-02:537324:Comment:3478322012-07-02T04:36:49.484ZCammy May Hunnicutthttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/CammyMayHunnicutt
<p>No ebook version?</p>
<p>No ebook version?</p> Well, you know, Susan...
it's…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-07-02:537324:Comment:3480862012-07-02T04:36:01.697ZCammy May Hunnicutthttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/CammyMayHunnicutt
<p>Well, you know, Susan...</p>
<p>it's not the size, it's how well they move.</p>
<p>Well, you know, Susan...</p>
<p>it's not the size, it's how well they move.</p> Well .... I guess size matter…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-07-02:537324:Comment:3479272012-07-02T00:02:09.797ZSusanhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Susan
<p>Well .... I guess size matters ... I dunno about price ....</p>
<p>Well .... I guess size matters ... I dunno about price ....</p>