Comments on: Publishing is Dead {Video} http://www.emmabrooks.ca/2010/03/17/publishing-is-dead-video/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:30:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nick http://www.emmabrooks.ca/2010/03/17/publishing-is-dead-video/comment-page-1/#comment-356 Nick Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:21:00 +0000 http://www.emmabrooks.ca/?p=517#comment-356 I think publishing is going to go back to a niche status like during the industrial revolution, except that now, physical publishing is going to end up being reserved for works that people truly feel are important enough to set into that form.<br><br>Eventually, digital publishing will reach a kind of equilibrium where people feel almost as comfortable as they did with actual books, magazines, or newspapers, and in that case, no one will really miss it. In certain cases, people will be able to get things published on demand.<br><br>Why are people so attached to books (I love em)? I think it's more like pets. They're familiar. One other thing? 'it's how we've always done it'. Once we get past these to a new way of doing things, people will be just as used to it.<br><br>In this case, having a real book will become a bit of a fad, and you'll see them around again with the crowd that likes such things. Either way, publishing will live on, and in a more environmentally friendly fashion, to boot. I think publishing is going to go back to a niche status like during the industrial revolution, except that now, physical publishing is going to end up being reserved for works that people truly feel are important enough to set into that form.

Eventually, digital publishing will reach a kind of equilibrium where people feel almost as comfortable as they did with actual books, magazines, or newspapers, and in that case, no one will really miss it. In certain cases, people will be able to get things published on demand.

Why are people so attached to books (I love em)? I think it's more like pets. They're familiar. One other thing? 'it's how we've always done it'. Once we get past these to a new way of doing things, people will be just as used to it.

In this case, having a real book will become a bit of a fad, and you'll see them around again with the crowd that likes such things. Either way, publishing will live on, and in a more environmentally friendly fashion, to boot.

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