Re: An audiobook as the definitive form

--- In [email protected], Bill Janssen <bill@...> wrote:
>
> > I went into Borders just before Xmas and it was wall to wall 
people,
> > buying books.
> 
> Well, buying Christmas presents, anyway.  I bought 8 CDs and two 
books
> in Borders just before Christmas, all as Christmas presents. 

Borders is pretty relentless about making each inch of floor space 
make maximum profit, and most stores are still more than 50% dead 
tree material...  it is fascinating to see how the proportions change 
over time and vary between shops.  Manga seem to be taking over my 
local branch while westerns recently followed horror into oblivions 
(a few survivors to be found in the literary fiction area).  I was 
there two buy two books, a DVD and a fuzzy reindeer--so matching the 
shelving proportions pretty well!  what a model consumer I am....

> > The one thing they have
> > in common is predicting great change, which hasn't occured.  
Meanwhile
> > none of them predicted the internet or the cell phone.
> 
> Well, neither is really "great change", is it? 

That was my point though.  New tech doesn't generally have a huge 
impact on a sociological level for the average person.  Rather than 
using the basic product in a whole new way they just get to sit on 
the bus with a phone to their ear should I'M ON THE BUS ;)  

Ebooks, as much as I love them, are not yet a sleeping giant as far 
as I can see--let alone one that is likely to wake up soon.  They are 
used by few people in few ways--but very valuable in those roles and 
we are discovering new niches, one by one.  Just my 2c of course.

Maybe one day.



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