Brewster Kahle
"No one buys [their] books" a report on the big publisher's court testimony.
wow:
"The DOJ’s lawyer collected data on 58,000 titles published in a year and discovered that 90 percent of them sold fewer than 2,000 copies and 50 percent sold less than a dozen copies. "
Yet, they sue to make sure libraries can not buy them (above and beyond copyright). They changed the laws so copyright lasts 95 years-- so no one can get to them.
good stewards of our cultural legacy?
Bill Seitz
@brewsterkahle and they forced a huge increase in the prices of ebooks, to match paper books.
Brewster Kahle
he seems to say 50% of the published books sell fewer than 12 books *per year*, maybe 99/year. Thank you for pointing this out.
But the problem stands that these ebooks are not for sale at any price, and are kept from library collections.
big publisher's saying they are like venture capitalists of silicon valley mistreats our cultural legacy -- old books are valuable. unlike dissolved companies.
Locking up books does not help the public. it is simple-- sell ebooks.
Bill Seitz
@brewsterkahle stats were wrong?
https://simonwillison.net/2024/Apr/25/no-most-books-dont-sell-only-a-dozen-copies/
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