This is a follow-up to Ali's Ebooks: Overpriced or Underrated. I've been meaning to write this for a while and her post catalyzed that intention into action. Many people make blanket comparisons between the price and value of books to ebooks. Usually, ebooks lose in the comparison because books are longer, cheaper, and written by recognized experts, whereas ebooks are shorter, more expensive, and written by people who may not be recognized experts. However, I've learned that it's best to think of the two mediums of content as being in entirely different economic structures. Ali touched on the economic structure that ebooks belong to, so I'd like to cover the economic structure of physical books.
Ebooks Are Apples, Books Are Oranges
Ebooks Are Apples, Books Are Oranges
Ebooks Are Apples, Books Are Oranges
This is a follow-up to Ali's Ebooks: Overpriced or Underrated. I've been meaning to write this for a while and her post catalyzed that intention into action. Many people make blanket comparisons between the price and value of books to ebooks. Usually, ebooks lose in the comparison because books are longer, cheaper, and written by recognized experts, whereas ebooks are shorter, more expensive, and written by people who may not be recognized experts. However, I've learned that it's best to think of the two mediums of content as being in entirely different economic structures. Ali touched on the economic structure that ebooks belong to, so I'd like to cover the economic structure of physical books.