Comments on: Publishing Exec Gets Screwed

By: slouchy

slouchy — Sat, 30 May 2009 22:34:29 +0000

There will always be books, but newspapers, magazines and other “dead tree media” will slowly disappear in our lifetimes.

By: FornitSomeFornus

FornitSomeFornus — Sat, 30 May 2009 02:43:24 +0000

I think magazines will do okay. I mean, you can’t sit & read Vogue online in the dentist’s office, right? It’s just not convenient. And Conde Nast has a ton of foodie mags too — and I love to buy those!! It’s nice to take the magazine to the kitchen, have a picture to look at while you try the recipe . . . doesn’t work as well with recipes online (although the archive of recipes is fantastic!).

And since I’m a devoted bathtub reader, I will always buy magazines so I don’t have to feel 1) guilty for getting my nice books crinkly, and 2) electricity coursing through my limbs after I’ve dropped the Kindle or the laptop in the bath. :D

By: Ray

Ray — Fri, 29 May 2009 22:16:48 +0000

I meant dance music rather than music in general in the 1st sentence ….. I need a proof reader.

By: Ray

Ray — Fri, 29 May 2009 22:15:19 +0000

They said that CDs would kill LPs, but they are still available, especially music tracks so DJs can still spin them like they used to.

They said iTunes would kill CDs but most of the people I know would rather download for free elsewhere, then buy the CD if they like the album.

DVD sales are still strong, and blu-ray is doing really well now that the players are getting cheaper.

Newspapers, magazines and books will survive, they may go digital at some point in the distant future by using something like a Sony Reader or a Kindle but books especially will still be printed.

Reading, especially a novel or a poem is more than just looking symbols to absorb words, there is a tactility to holding an actual book in ones hands when reading it. In a way it is not unlike smoking, the force of habit to hold and touch an object lasts much longer that the absorption of its content.