Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Dallas Morning News was offered 30% of the sales price, plus giving amazon all reproduction rights, as their cut to be on the Kindle. They declined. Leo Wesson Photographer/Videographer 817.733.9157 www.leowesson.com On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > I'd think we can assume the newspapers get paid to have it appear in an > electronic book. > On the internet by now most of them have figured out how to make it pay off > on the internet version. > The kindle issue would seem to be not newspapers going out of business but > BOOKSTORES. > > Me I love books and bookstores. > > You come to visit me in NY I bring you to the Strand bookstore first stop > and the photo section. Its the Powells of NY. NY's Powells city of books. > In Portland its bigger and you can drink esspresso as you read the books. > > Here its Westsider Rare & Used Books? just a block from me. > & or the Juilliard bookstore 18 minutes due south. > > And the ultimate hang out the Starbucks at the Barnes & Noble at Lincoln > square. The photo magazines are right there and you can look at all the > books from the photo or whatever section as you spill espresso all over it. > Then buy it. > > I always buy a book by its cover. > Never fails. > > Seldom does a gorgeous well made book not read well. > > > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >