On Wed, 27 Aug 2014 23:43:02 -0400, DOG_NUTS <DOG_NUTS@DOG_NUTS.COM>
wrote:
>On Thu, 28 Aug 2014 01:14:20 GMT, StoneDog69 <a@b.c> wrote:
>
>>Reading stuff like this gives me unbridled joy.
>>
>>Too bad this group didn't get a mention :o(
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>>The Wall Street Journal
>>Aug. 27, 2014 7:29 p.m. ET
>>
>>A Tough Lesson for College Textbook Publishers
>>By JOSH MITCHELL
>>
>>As More College Students Opt for Used or Free Books, Companies Are
>>Forced to Revamp Business Models
>>
>>After years of nearly unfettered pricing power, the $7 billion college-
>>textbook industry is being upended by students like Amanda McQueen.
>>
>>The 24-year-old George Washington University graduate student rarely
>>Amazon, or skips the purchase altogether.
>>
>>"It's so easy to find somebody posting a scanned copy" on online sites
>>like Scribd, an e-book subscription service that allows members to
>>upload materials, says Ms. McQueen, a North Carolina native working
>>toward a master-of-public-health degree.
>
>The mp3 of the publishing world hah hah hah
Perhaps pay-per-chapter books might be a way for publishers to break
out for e-books. Just as in the old way CD publishers used to sell
only complete CDs and adapted to the mp3 craze (eventually) by
breaking out CDs by song so you can buy what you want. I think that
book publishers could break out chapters of books online to buy
individually for those not taking the courses but who might be very
interested in the Introduction and maybe a chapter or two. I would
certainly consider buying such if it were reasonably priced.
Thoughts?
GP
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