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To: Physicist

I love bookstores, but I have never understood how they stay in business. What other business maintains an expensive inventory, most of which will never sell?

I suspect the future is digital, and printed books will eventually be one-offs, custom printed to order. This has already been tried, and I think it will eventually work.

Digital paper is already in the realm of possibility. We are within 50 years of a revolution in printing.


65 posted on 06/22/2006 10:21:40 AM PDT by js1138 (Well I say there are some things we don't want to know! Important things!")
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To: js1138
We are within 50 years of a revolution in printing.

I would say closer to 15.

75 posted on 06/22/2006 11:29:36 AM PDT by RadioAstronomer (Senior member of Darwin Central)
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To: js1138

Don't discount audio books. Books that are mostly narrative and not overly technical lend themselves to this format. I always have one available when running, driving, or just tinkering around the house.


85 posted on 06/22/2006 12:07:46 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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