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mellowtiggerA strange occurrence today. The UPS guy dropped off a book for me, and I wasn't expecting a delivery. I wondered if maybe I had mis-clicked somewhere and accidentally 1-clicked my way into an order that I didn't mean to purchase.
Looking at the paperwork, though, it appears that it is a gift from my public wishlist. Neat! I've ordered stuff off of my list as I could afford it, but this is the first time anyone's bought one for me. I'm not sure how they found my list. Either here at livejournal or off of my website. Regardless, my thanks to Scott H. out in California, whoever you are. (I'm lousy at recognizing mundane names. If you're a LiveJournal writer, feel free to chime in so I know who you are as a LiveJournal name.) I've already started reading a few pages today, though I need to head out to work here in a few minutes.
In reviewing my wishlist just now, I noticed that my tastes have gone from expensive to exhorbitant. Some of my books show up with pricetags of $90, $110, $267, and now even $1200. Criminy. Why do words on a page cost so much to share? As the importance of the knowledge increases, shouldn't the cost decrease so that the pace of sharing can improve?
My proposed price structure:
tome meant to teach an understanding of physics: $5
periodical meant to show pictures of movie stars and their homes: $500
Different priorities, I suppose.
Looking at the paperwork, though, it appears that it is a gift from my public wishlist. Neat! I've ordered stuff off of my list as I could afford it, but this is the first time anyone's bought one for me. I'm not sure how they found my list. Either here at livejournal or off of my website. Regardless, my thanks to Scott H. out in California, whoever you are. (I'm lousy at recognizing mundane names. If you're a LiveJournal writer, feel free to chime in so I know who you are as a LiveJournal name.) I've already started reading a few pages today, though I need to head out to work here in a few minutes.
In reviewing my wishlist just now, I noticed that my tastes have gone from expensive to exhorbitant. Some of my books show up with pricetags of $90, $110, $267, and now even $1200. Criminy. Why do words on a page cost so much to share? As the importance of the knowledge increases, shouldn't the cost decrease so that the pace of sharing can improve?
My proposed price structure:
tome meant to teach an understanding of physics: $5
periodical meant to show pictures of movie stars and their homes: $500
Different priorities, I suppose.
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Date: 2008-Jun-11, Wednesday 09:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-Jun-11, Wednesday 11:09 pm (UTC)This is partly why I think publishing houses (I include music, movies & tv in this) should lose their copyright if a given property is not available to the public for more than (say) 3 years. At the very least, they should lose ALL rights to sue for "copyright infringement" if no one's able to buy a legit copy.