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From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 11:05:02 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com> Date: July 24, 2006 6:59:05 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Cc: lauren () vortex com Subject: Re: [IP] more on Technology Rewrites the Book Dave, Egor, Some "on-demand" DVD burning seems to already be taking hold in mainstream media. In particular, History Channel uses conventional DVD+R disks to create copies of many shows, apparently as they are ordered (and with a guarantee in case of playback incompatibilities, the last time I looked). As I recall, these are bare-bones DVDs -- no chapter titles, no extras, etc. This makes a lot of sense for programs that have relatively low demand, and can't justify the full-blown authoring and pressing that the more "featured" programs receive. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lauren () vortex com or lauren () pfir org Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 http://www.pfir.org/lauren Co-Founder, PFIR - People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org Co-Founder, IOIC - International Open Internet Coalition - http://www.ioic.net Moderator, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com DayThink: http://daythink.vortex.com - - -
Begin forwarded message: From: Egor Kobylkin <egor () kobylkin com> Date: July 24, 2006 5:51:23 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: Re: Technology Rewrites the Book Dave, for your list, if you wish.From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com> Date: July 23, 2006 11:02:15 PM EDT To: undisclosed-recipient:; Subject: Technology Rewrites the Book Technology Rewrites the Book By PETER WAYNER The New York Times July 20, 2006 ... said. "This is as good as any book in a bookstore." ... and Blurb will make a copy just for that buyer.I was confused as to why the CD's or DVD's are not made completely on demand? They have way lot less polygraphy on them, and they are intrincically digital. But then I thought, there must be much less titles of them in the top 80% of sales, than there will be of the books. So by keeping, say 1000 preprinted titles in stock a small DVD shop with no Internet can be in business. But also because of the higher variety, books should have a higher price/cost ratio to cover the additional costs of the logistics due to lover average volumes, it makes bookstores a more attractive victim to substitution with a print on demand service. On the other hand, one already can have almost any album from a major music studio for 9.99 from iTunes in 5 minutes. So now, when the books can be done on demand economically, when will I be able to go to a shop and let them print for me any CD/DVD in the world in 5 minutes? Curiously yours, Egor ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lauren () pfir org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ipArchives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting- people/
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