tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639109983049644382.post9042120947933460409..comments2023-10-30T02:18:59.248-07:00Comments on Ravings of a Mad Creator: I quit this publishing business!Gris Grimlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05297750927480846346noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639109983049644382.post-79518615532567123222013-07-20T01:39:28.104-07:002013-07-20T01:39:28.104-07:00Buy Guild Wars 2 Gold Take a look just a little fu...<a href="http://www.gw2bay.com" rel="nofollow">Buy Guild Wars 2 Gold</a> Take a look just a little further outside in your business. How are you performing? Bed mattress your management staff performing? Your woman had not been responsible for specialized exchanging, which would have destroyed the girl trustworthiness <a href="http://www.gw2bay.com/news.html" rel="nofollow">Guild Wars 2 Guides</a>! Possibly they legal system required a success. Probably way more globally as compared to locally. Kind of odd!All of us don't discuss people in politics. Every one could have a book published by your adapt of these trustworthiness.Create your believability and gaze after <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Guild-Wars-2-Pc/dp/B001TOQ8X4" rel="nofollow">GW2 PC</a>: your health does be determined by the idea!nanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02561012369287518773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639109983049644382.post-16023423937413594992011-08-29T16:19:51.137-07:002011-08-29T16:19:51.137-07:00I couldn't agree more, Gris. Very well said.I couldn't agree more, Gris. Very well said.Frenzied Goddesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201563413427004165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639109983049644382.post-38041079592194486942011-08-12T11:40:47.350-07:002011-08-12T11:40:47.350-07:00I must tell you I agree with you. Piracy and some ...I must tell you I agree with you. Piracy and some other illegal activities have given governments the excuse they always wanted to control internet. They can now ban on the basis of protecting us. Charming.<br />Ultimately, they'll sell internet to the big media companies, which are really worried of people entertaining themselves for free. Their direct competitors not being piracy but free contents.<br />Anyway, I'll always be pro-analog, anti-digital. I understand all the stuff about digital advantages, but I know how analog stuff works and can get a hold at it. I's got lots more of charm anyway.Juan Vilatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02903095285863877749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639109983049644382.post-7562819310571327482011-08-12T09:33:40.470-07:002011-08-12T09:33:40.470-07:00I am with you, nothing I like better than holding ...I am with you, nothing I like better than holding a book in my hands, running my fingers across my bookshelves to pick one out and breathing in that book smell. I especially agree with you on "each and every book means so much to me. I paid for it. If there were three books I wanted and could only afford one, that book means more to me because I chose it over the others." Sigh, we may be a dying breedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639109983049644382.post-26625696726714624272011-08-11T18:04:04.282-07:002011-08-11T18:04:04.282-07:00one more thing, these devices are really bad for y...one more thing, these devices are really bad for your eyes.travislouie37https://www.blogger.com/profile/11624730789673122130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639109983049644382.post-14322393889713451412011-08-11T17:19:18.963-07:002011-08-11T17:19:18.963-07:00It's "I'm a loner, Dottie, a rebel.&q...It's "I'm a loner, Dottie, a rebel." Not fighter. Loner.<br /><br />I used to work for a large book publisher. The difficulty here is that, like the music business, everyone is hampering their efforts to adapt by trying to dig their heels in and control the change. The more effort they put into trying to stave off the change, the less adapting they will do and the more it will hurt when the change overwhelms the status quo.<br /><br />Yes, it bubbles up some problems. Yes, people will steal your content. Same for music, same for software.<br /><br />And yes, we're headed for a glut of mediocrity because of the dubious glory of self-publishing. Just like blogs, and music, and desktop publishing, the cream will rise to the top, just of a different system.<br /><br />People still see value in a physical book, but that value is changing. The change is inevitable, so reinvention is a requirement. Digging in your heels will accomplish nothing. You need to adapt, and think about what will really be valuable when the change is done. And get there first.Graham Stinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12366023621319080127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639109983049644382.post-25136883230709604912011-08-11T17:17:04.073-07:002011-08-11T17:17:04.073-07:00I agree with EVERYTHING in this post, except for t...I agree with EVERYTHING in this post, except for the last sentence. I work at a bookstore and we have a huge problem with shoplifting.<br /><br />I will confess that I do have a Kindle, but I hardly ever use it. It's kinda been gathering dust. When people give me Amazon giftcards thinking I'll use them for the Kindle, I almost always use them to get printed books, craft supplies, or storage things for my comic book collection.Stanleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01448066827760753757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639109983049644382.post-88403440653155712992011-08-11T17:11:08.559-07:002011-08-11T17:11:08.559-07:00I've been corrected. Pee Wee said, "I'...I've been corrected. Pee Wee said, "I'm a loner" not "I'm a fighter". But fighter serves my argument more appropriately. Sorry I misquoted.Gris Grimlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297750927480846346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639109983049644382.post-62829951710684179912011-08-11T15:30:24.200-07:002011-08-11T15:30:24.200-07:00Well said, Gris. I am a Borders employee with mayb...Well said, Gris. I am a Borders employee with maybe a month to go before the door is closed for the last time. I do not own an e-reader and I never will. How the heck does an artist remarque an e-book?Seamus of the Hill Peoplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09807425851117248554noreply@blogger.com