http://www.nancyrawlinson.com/2008/12/the-tubes/ Thu, 27 May 2010 03:39:13 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.nancyrawlinson.com/2008/12/the-tubes/comment-page-1/#comment-65 nancyrawlinson Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:24:53 +0000 http://nancyrawlinson.wordpress.com/?p=188#comment-65 I agree, Vince -- physical books DO have power and heft that a computer screen is never going to match. It's just not the same physical experience, never will be -- that's why books will always exist in some form, I think. I agree, Vince — physical books DO have power and heft that a computer screen is never going to match. It’s just not the same physical experience, never will be — that’s why books will always exist in some form, I think.

]]> http://www.nancyrawlinson.com/2008/12/the-tubes/comment-page-1/#comment-64 vincemontague Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:59:33 +0000 http://nancyrawlinson.wordpress.com/?p=188#comment-64 Interesting topic. I can't really decide if the Internet is the enemy or not. I think ignoring the Internet wouldn't be a good idea for writers as some of those articles suggest. At the same time, I have faith in books as objects - not just as text that can be funneled into any medium or viewing apparaturs. The book as an object has power and heft; whereas the Internet (or my computer) does not possess that power. Interesting topic. I can’t really decide if the Internet is the enemy or not. I think ignoring the Internet wouldn’t be a good idea for writers as some of those articles suggest. At the same time, I have faith in books as objects – not just as text that can be funneled into any medium or viewing apparaturs. The book as an object has power and heft; whereas the Internet (or my computer) does not possess that power.

]]> http://www.nancyrawlinson.com/2008/12/the-tubes/comment-page-1/#comment-63 nancyrawlinson Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:49:40 +0000 http://nancyrawlinson.wordpress.com/?p=188#comment-63 Good point, Lily -- but just because no one has yet worked out the right system doesn't mean there can't be one....and doesn't iTunes now account for more music sales than all the physical CD stores combined? Good point, Lily — but just because no one has yet worked out the right system doesn’t mean there can’t be one….and doesn’t iTunes now account for more music sales than all the physical CD stores combined?

]]> http://www.nancyrawlinson.com/2008/12/the-tubes/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Lily White Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:08:29 +0000 http://nancyrawlinson.wordpress.com/?p=188#comment-60 The future all seems rosy except for the part about the writers getting paid per download. We can see how well that's all worked out for musicians with illegal music downloads. The future all seems rosy except for the part about the writers getting paid per download. We can see how well that’s all worked out for musicians with illegal music downloads.

]]> http://www.nancyrawlinson.com/2008/12/the-tubes/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Ian Woolcott Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:41:55 +0000 http://nancyrawlinson.wordpress.com/?p=188#comment-59 I certainly hope you're right. It'd be a shame. I'm not so sure that music on CD will survive the digital age, however. I certainly hope you’re right. It’d be a shame. I’m not so sure that music on CD will survive the digital age, however.

]]> http://www.nancyrawlinson.com/2008/12/the-tubes/comment-page-1/#comment-62 nancyrawlinson Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:28:40 +0000 http://nancyrawlinson.wordpress.com/?p=188#comment-62 Nah — I'm with James Gleick, author of the NY Times Op-Ed that I link to in this post — the book isn't going anywhere. The technology to deliver them is going to be radically overhauled, though. There is always going to be a need for books, just like there will always be a need for bikes. They weren't wiped out by the car, were they? That's because they offer something that the car doesn't. Similarly, physical books will always offer something that e-books can't: solid, non-electricity dependent existence, for starters. And they might burn, but they don't crash. Nah — I’m with James Gleick, author of the NY Times Op-Ed that I link to in this post — the book isn’t going anywhere. The technology to deliver them is going to be radically overhauled, though. There is always going to be a need for books, just like there will always be a need for bikes. They weren’t wiped out by the car, were they? That’s because they offer something that the car doesn’t. Similarly, physical books will always offer something that e-books can’t: solid, non-electricity dependent existence, for starters. And they might burn, but they don’t crash.

]]> http://www.nancyrawlinson.com/2008/12/the-tubes/comment-page-1/#comment-61 Ian Woolcott Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:13:45 +0000 http://nancyrawlinson.wordpress.com/?p=188#comment-61 Want to make any personal predictions about the future of publishing? Are my grandchildren going to find my hardbacks (even paperbacks) just quaint and old-fashioned? Want to make any personal predictions about the future of publishing? Are my grandchildren going to find my hardbacks (even paperbacks) just quaint and old-fashioned?

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