Posts Tagged ‘Publishers’

Slate : Will Improper Adaptation of E-Books Ruin Publishing Industry, as MP3s did the Music Industry?

In History, Internet, Music, News, Opinion on 18 July 2009 tagged 1999, 2003, Amazon, Bookster, e-book, iTunes, iTunes music store, Jack Shafer, Kindle, MP3, music industry, Napster, Publishers, Publishing industry, RIAA with Comments

Seeing the film, television, and publishing industries make the same mistakes as the music industry circa 1999 is both infuriating and saddening. I find myself marveling at industries who have yet to learn from the mistakes of a stubborn industry that branded its customers as criminals and prosecuted the very people who could have kept [...]