Comments on: NYT Opines About Dying Print http://becoming-a-writer-seriously.com/wordpress/2008/06/10/nyt-opines-about-dying-print/ Tools and Trade Secrets for Aspiring Writers Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:29:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Tom Colvin http://becoming-a-writer-seriously.com/wordpress/2008/06/10/nyt-opines-about-dying-print/comment-page-1/#comment-116862 Tom Colvin Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:06:21 +0000 http://becoming-a-writer-seriously.com/2008/06/10/nyt-opines-about-dying-print/#comment-116862 Well, yes, Kristi. I agree. BUT Krugman's main point is that writers will earn less and less, or even NOT be paid at all for their writing, which will be available for very low cost or even free. Instead, writers must discover how to earn a living at ancillary activities: readings, book signings, sales perhaps of T-shirts, etc. That, of course, will take a huge reorientation by writers. As I am also a musician, I already see this very clearly. CD sales are declining. My own CD has been "pirated" in the Philippines, at I get nothing at all from it. Most of our material is available online for free. [Search Google and YouTube for LAMPANO ALLEY.] We only earn money from T-shirts, mugs and the occasional major music festival. The same will happen to writers, as the Kindle catches up with mp3 players in popularity. Well, yes, Kristi. I agree. BUT Krugman’s main point is that writers will earn less and less, or even NOT be paid at all for their writing, which will be available for very low cost or even free. Instead, writers must discover how to earn a living at ancillary activities: readings, book signings, sales perhaps of T-shirts, etc. That, of course, will take a huge reorientation by writers.

As I am also a musician, I already see this very clearly. CD sales are declining. My own CD has been “pirated” in the Philippines, at I get nothing at all from it. Most of our material is available online for free. [Search Google and YouTube for LAMPANO ALLEY.] We only earn money from T-shirts, mugs and the occasional major music festival.

The same will happen to writers, as the Kindle catches up with mp3 players in popularity.

]]> By: Kristi Holl http://becoming-a-writer-seriously.com/wordpress/2008/06/10/nyt-opines-about-dying-print/comment-page-1/#comment-116813 Kristi Holl Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:35:38 +0000 http://becoming-a-writer-seriously.com/2008/06/10/nyt-opines-about-dying-print/#comment-116813 Regardless of how we read books in the future, writers will still be needed to write them. And until all the baby boomers die off, there will be a huge demand for printed material. They're used to print books--and their eyes can only take so many hours of screen reading. And can you picture cuddling up with your grandchild and a Kindle to read a bedtime story? Regardless of how we read books in the future, writers will still be needed to write them. And until all the baby boomers die off, there will be a huge demand for printed material. They’re used to print books–and their eyes can only take so many hours of screen reading. And can you picture cuddling up with your grandchild and a Kindle to read a bedtime story?

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