tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34883055.post1505581690649083385..comments2012-12-18T23:27:47.442-08:00Comments on BBT: The Magazine: The Blog: A Snapshot of the FutureBBT Magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02030686503503581325noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34883055.post-70674145030837270302007-02-15T15:42:00.000-08:002007-02-15T15:42:00.000-08:00Hang on, is this real? Really?I am.....unsure of w...Hang on, is this real? Really?<BR/><BR/>I am.....unsure of what I think of the idea. Every thing I think of in favor of having shelves of books, I can counter with POD-in-bookstores.<BR/><BR/>Q: I like to be able to pick up the books, read the back, read a bit inside and see if I like it.<BR/><BR/>A: No reason why you can't do that through the computer. And when you get tired of reading on the computer is the same point you'd get tired of reading in-store. Both ways, you buy the book.<BR/><BR/>Q: But what about cool and exotic editions? No more six different editions of Lord of the Rings!<BR/><BR/>A: Why not? The machine can do yout he hardcover, trade paperback, massmarket, movie cover, non-movie-cover. <BR/><BR/>Q: What about gift boxes, like the Lord of the Rings big set of all three books?<BR/><BR/>A: Perhaps THOSE would be pre-printed and sent out.<BR/><BR/>Q: Yeah, but...yeah, but...<BR/><BR/>A: AND, this would make it easier potentially for new authors to get to an audience, since shelf space is suddenly not a limiting factor.<BR/><BR/>Q: But no piles in the front of the shop!<BR/><BR/>A: Books that are guaranteed a sell (like those piled in the front of a shop) could still be pre-printed very easily.Peter Damienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17450924500401351569noreply@blogger.com