[IP] Dan Gillmor and textbooks

[dfarber@me.com]

>From: "Buzz Bruggeman" <Buzz@activewords.com>
>To: <dave@farber.net>
>Date: July 11, 2008 02:54:04 PM EDT
>Subject: RE: [IP] Dan Gillmor and  textbooks
>
>Dave:
>
>I was just reading Dan's E-Mail below. 
>
>I know a number of people on the Kindle team here in Seattle, and have
>thought a lot about books, text books (I am paying for my daughters
>education, books, etc.) and the Kindle.
>
>It seems to me that going forward there might be a different publishing
>model that might make sense. And it might work like this. For say $x you
>would be able to buy either a paper book or the eBook on the Kindle. The
>difference being that the eBook would come as a subscription, so that
>when the author updated it, you would automatically get the updates. The
>paper book would obviously not be updated, and to get an update you
>would need to buy the next edition.
>
>In my use case, the author would have a real financial incentive to
>update the eBook, as he would be getting more revenue from it. Also, the
>eBook model would be much more dynamic as the author could easily push
>out changes, editions, corrections.
>
>I am not sure how this all will play out, but I would be curious as to
>what those on your list might suggest.
>
>Best,
>
>Buzz 
> 
>Burton L. Bruggeman 
>ActiveWords, Inc./Seattle
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: David Farber [mailto:dave@farber.net] 
>Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 10:12 AM
>To: ip
>Subject: [IP] Dan Gillmor and textbooks
>
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>From: Dan Gillmor [dan@gillmor.com]
>Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 1:03 PM
>To: David Farber
>Subject: Re: textbooks
>
>Dave,
>
>The conversation about texts and pricing hits close to home with me,
>but in a good way. I've assigned my book as part of the reading in
>several classes, both at Berkeley when I was teaching there and now at
>Arizona State. But the students have had the option of buying it or
>downloading it, as the book was published under a Creative Commons
>license -- Tim O'Reilly's company is the publisher, and I could not
>have had a better partner for the project -- and was available as a
>download from its appearance in stores. Some students bought it, some
>didn't, reflecting what has happened more broadly.
>
>A new book project I'm working on will live mostly online (at least
>that's what I'm guessing) and will reflect the reality that the nature
>of what we call a book in the digital age is fundamentally changing.
>I still love holding a physical book in my hands, and I hope that
>people will want this one delivered that way. But readers/users will
>have many, many more options.
>
>Seems to me that texts, especially in areas where the state of art/
>knowledge is shifting rapidly, should be done that way, and I expect
>that most probably will before too much longer.
>
>Dan
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