http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2009/digital-comics-an-optimists-view/ The Best In Sci-Fi & Fantasy, News, Reviews, Graphic Novels, comics and more! Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:06:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=9932 http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2009/digital-comics-an-optimists-view/comment-page-1/#comment-256724 Kenny Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:31:20 +0000 http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/?p=20409#comment-256724 Great little strip - and one opinion. I still don't want to read either books or comics on some electronic screen - probably never will. The problem will be - and she hints at it here - when she mentions lower prices, that as the 'work' becomes more ephemeral - no solid copy to reflect 'value', prices for it will be driven down, and the same royalty model for books will be left in place - leaving no-one able to make a living. Another entertainment destroyed by the lack of ability to get people to pay for digital content. Great little strip – and one opinion. I still don’t want to read either books or comics on some electronic screen – probably never will. The problem will be – and she hints at it here – when she mentions lower prices, that as the ‘work’ becomes more ephemeral – no solid copy to reflect ‘value’, prices for it will be driven down, and the same royalty model for books will be left in place – leaving no-one able to make a living. Another entertainment destroyed by the lack of ability to get people to pay for digital content.

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