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Bibliopath ping.

Please FReepmail me if you want on or off this ping list.

51 posted on 06/22/2006 9:29:01 AM PDT by Physicist
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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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Bibliopath

Finally! An actual diagnosis for my condition!

I suppose I ought to be on your ping list.

72 posted on 06/22/2006 11:10:52 AM PDT by GovernmentShrinker
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This just makes me want to run a business analysis and see what their problem *really* is. Gosh, it's been a long time since I've done that!

I like to go to the bookstore with a notepad and write down the titles I want to order at the library :-).


101 posted on 06/22/2006 1:19:38 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("The root of the state is in the family. The root of the family is in the person of its head.")
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