Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Walter Banks Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.misc Subject: Re: ebooks Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 13:07:09 -0500 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 41 Message-ID: <5330744D.23831713@bytecraft.com> References: <20140324150738.5356ce46db117f1d68f9734f@eircom.net> <533067cd$0$17082$c3e8da3$dd9697d2@news.astraweb.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 27NLIylBuK5Bnu/YJ7TixA.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en]C-CCK-MCD NSCPCD479 (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: csiph.com comp.misc:1945 Rich wrote: > In comp.misc Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote: > > On Mon, 24 Mar 2014 10:35:24 +0000 > > Whiskers wrote: > > > > Creative types are adaptable and will eventually find new ways of > > > earning from their work, but the intermediaries who depend on both > > > the creators and the consumers co-operating with them, will have to > > > work out some new way to survive, otherwise they will vanish. We > > > can expect them to fight very hard, and possibly 'dirty', to > > > preserve themselves. > > > I would be perfectly happy to see the intermediaries vanish > > and the creators benefit directly from the consumers. As far as I'm > > concerned they only exist to funnel creations in one direction and > > money in the other, if they can be rendered obsolete so much the > > better. > > How very true. The intermediaries served a purpose when "publishing" > involved needing to apply ink to paper, bind the result into a book, > ship the book to a seller, etc. > > The internet allows for the creators to sell directly to the consumer, > with no intermediary necessary for "distribution" purposes. That is > what is seriously disrupting the market for music, books, and films. > And so much the better. The intermediaries are no longer necessary. Publishers also provide editing services that puts authors works in a form that can be understood by the intended audience in the expected context. That is a skill set that very few authors have (even very good ones). Editors also rarely make good authors. w..