Dan Gillmor and textbooks

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> From: "Buzz Bruggeman" <Buzz () activewords com>
> To: <dave () farber net>
> Date: July 11, 2008 02:54:04 PM EDT
> Subject: RE: [IP] Dan Gillmor and  textbooks
>
> Dave:
>
> I was just reading Dan's E-Mail below. 
>
> I know a number of people on the Kindle team here in Seattle, and have
> thought a lot about books, text books (I am paying for my daughters
> education, books, etc.) and the Kindle.
>
> It seems to me that going forward there might be a different publishing
> model that might make sense. And it might work like this. For say $x you
> would be able to buy either a paper book or the eBook on the Kindle. The
> difference being that the eBook would come as a subscription, so that
> when the author updated it, you would automatically get the updates. The
> paper book would obviously not be updated, and to get an update you
> would need to buy the next edition.
>
> In my use case, the author would have a real financial incentive to
> update the eBook, as he would be getting more revenue from it. Also, the
> eBook model would be much more dynamic as the author could easily push
> out changes, editions, corrections.
>
> I am not sure how this all will play out, but I would be curious as to
> what those on your list might suggest.
>
> Best,
>
> Buzz 
>
> Burton L. Bruggeman 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Farber [mailto:dave () farber net] 
> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 10:12 AM
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> Subject: [IP] Dan Gillmor and textbooks
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> ________________________________________
> From: Dan Gillmor [dan () gillmor com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 1:03 PM
> To: David Farber
> Subject: Re: textbooks
>
> Dave,
>
> The conversation about texts and pricing hits close to home with me,
> but in a good way. I've assigned my book as part of the reading in
> several classes, both at Berkeley when I was teaching there and now at
> Arizona State. But the students have had the option of buying it or
> downloading it, as the book was published under a Creative Commons
> license -- Tim O'Reilly's company is the publisher, and I could not
> have had a better partner for the project -- and was available as a
> download from its appearance in stores. Some students bought it, some
> didn't, reflecting what has happened more broadly.
>
> A new book project I'm working on will live mostly online (at least
> that's what I'm guessing) and will reflect the reality that the nature
> of what we call a book in the digital age is fundamentally changing.
> I still love holding a physical book in my hands, and I hope that
> people will want this one delivered that way. But readers/users will
> have many, many more options.
>
> Seems to me that texts, especially in areas where the state of art/
> knowledge is shifting rapidly, should be done that way, and I expect
> that most probably will before too much longer.
>
> Dan
>
>
>
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