When you say that music has to be produced, maybe you don't realise that books have a simliar process called editing. As a musician, I know how much work is done in the prouction box and how much in the studio, but knowing writers, I also know how much can be contributed by a good editor. They both cost money, as does the marketing to get people like you to know that the book even exists. I think I'm right that Stephen King's attempts to sell a book online only, chapter by chapter, failed because people weren't paying for it. If a blockbusting seller like him can't do it, why should other writers and their publishers be forced to make an even smaller profit from what is a lot of hard work?
I'd never heard of emusic until I read this thread, but I've signed up, and I'm delighted by it. I've been busy choosing 25 free tracks for the last hour or so, and I'll certainly be keeping the subscription for a few months at least. God it's cheaper than itunes by a long way, and as I'm too old to steal, if the choice is 40 tracks for 9 quid or around 15 that can only be played through itunes, I know what i'll be doing.
It seems to me, that a futurologist is someone who's entire job it is to think of things that are either blitheringly obvious, or stupidly unlikely. I read an article by some futurologists working for BT, and they were trying to guess what we would be doing in 20, 30, 40 and even 50 years time. The idea of predicting what we will be using our computers, or even our cameras for in 50 years is up there with predicting the second coming of Elvis. Any fool can do it. Anyone want to employ me?
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When you say that music has to be produced, maybe you don't realise that books have a simliar process called editing. As a musician, I know how much work is done in the prouction box and how much in the studio, but knowing writers, I also know how much can be contributed by a good editor. They both cost money, as does the marketing to get people like you to know that the book even exists. I think I'm right that Stephen King's attempts to sell a book online only, chapter by chapter, failed because people weren't paying for it. If a blockbusting seller like him can't do it, why should other writers and their publishers be forced to make an even smaller profit from what is a lot of hard work?
I'd never heard of emusic until I read this thread, but I've signed up, and I'm delighted by it. I've been busy choosing 25 free tracks for the last hour or so, and I'll certainly be keeping the subscription for a few months at least. God it's cheaper than itunes by a long way, and as I'm too old to steal, if the choice is 40 tracks for 9 quid or around 15 that can only be played through itunes, I know what i'll be doing.
Mmm heroin, it's so more-ish...
It seems to me, that a futurologist is someone who's entire job it is to think of things that are either blitheringly obvious, or stupidly unlikely. I read an article by some futurologists working for BT, and they were trying to guess what we would be doing in 20, 30, 40 and even 50 years time. The idea of predicting what we will be using our computers, or even our cameras for in 50 years is up there with predicting the second coming of Elvis. Any fool can do it. Anyone want to employ me?
Quite. Microsoft aren't the nightmare people make them out to be, and google aren't the paragons of virtue that they would like to be either.