http://workingtitlez.com/2009/09/21/the-google-settlement-isnt-settled-yet/ Book Publishing News and Resources for Authors Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:41:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://workingtitlez.com/2009/09/21/the-google-settlement-isnt-settled-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-220 carolynhayesuber Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:44:39 +0000 http://workingtitlez.com/?p=1253#comment-220 Tom, It definitely has me scratching my head (and many others with bigger heads than mine). How do you reconcile new technologies with the ability to share information with the masses (and is that information that "wants to be free"?) with the rights of the individuals who created it? Maybe in a New World Utopia where all our needs are met, people will create for the pure joy of creation. But in today's world, starving writers need to eat! Then there's the issue of putting all that power/information in the custody of one humongous entity. I already believe that much of the publishing world's woes are related to the bigger is better mentality and the strangulation of indie bookstores and squeezing out of the marketplace of all but the biggest NY publishers. And don't get me started on the limited offerings at the Big Four of book sales (Target, Walmart, Sam's, Costco) where people who buy books . . . buy books. Get thee to a real bookstore . . . or library . . . PLEASE! Tom, It definitely has me scratching my head (and many others with bigger heads than mine). How do you reconcile new technologies with the ability to share information with the masses (and is that information that “wants to be free”?) with the rights of the individuals who created it? Maybe in a New World Utopia where all our needs are met, people will create for the pure joy of creation. But in today’s world, starving writers need to eat! Then there’s the issue of putting all that power/information in the custody of one humongous entity. I already believe that much of the publishing world’s woes are related to the bigger is better mentality and the strangulation of indie bookstores and squeezing out of the marketplace of all but the biggest NY publishers. And don’t get me started on the limited offerings at the Big Four of book sales (Target, Walmart, Sam’s, Costco) where people who buy books . . . buy books. Get thee to a real bookstore . . . or library . . . PLEASE!

]]> http://workingtitlez.com/2009/09/21/the-google-settlement-isnt-settled-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-215 Tom Fay Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:56:57 +0000 http://workingtitlez.com/?p=1253#comment-215 It is a weighty problem indeed. It is one that will have impact on the written word potentially for generations. Even when copyright is not an issue, the "commodity" aspect of all of these books controlled by one entity is somewhat staggering. It is a weighty problem indeed. It is one that will have impact on the written word potentially for generations. Even when copyright is not an issue, the “commodity” aspect of all of these books controlled by one entity is somewhat staggering.

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