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Is There No Balance Between New & Old Media?

Started by Nick O'Neill · 10 months ago

In a highly discussed statement, Steve Ballmer claimed that “There will be no media consumption left in ten years that is not delivered over an IP network. There will be no newspapers, no magazines that are delivered in paper form. Everything gets delivered in an electronic form.&% ... Continue reading »

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  • Charlie

    1 year ago

    The kindle is fine and all, but it should be able to use for free any text content that I can get for free using my computer. And technical manuals that I download as ordinary pdfs, whether free or purchased, should display on it.

    If they do that, I'll probably get one.
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  • Karina Mikhli

    1 year ago

    I personally think that there will always be people who prefer reading their books as books, so I disagree with the above statement. Will everything eventually be available online, yes; will it be cheaper online, again, yes. But as long as POD keeps getting cheaper and there are consumers for the print platform, print will not be dead.
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