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Ordnance Survey maps are worth paying for - http://bit.ly/cw1Y0E yes, the analogue ones; & free digital ones will make them more desired
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@glynmoody If computer reading is cheaper and more convenient, can free digital publishing lead to sale of same data on physical substrate ?
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@liotier I believe it can - because a book is more than its text: the analogue qualities are important, too
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@glynmoody Free data on physical substrate has market value if the substrate has value on its own or if the data has sentimental value.
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@glynmoody Of course, free data has value on its own - but, as you know, it involves a business model entirely different to physical items.
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@glynmoody Habits and nostalgia are huge markets, but their very nature binds them to decline whereas free data can only expand.
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@glynmoody To me, the market role of producing data on physical substrate seems to be distinct and independent from managing the data.
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@liotier agreed - and I think well-made books meet that criteria. in fact, I think that's where ordinary publishing will go
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@liotier indeed
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@liotier well, I think that digital abundance actually increases the perceived value of analogue scarcity in many cases
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@liotier absolutely - something the media industry doesn't understand *yet*...
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@glynmoody I took the points from our conversation, summed them up and built upon them: http://j.mp/aJv5Lt - thanks for the inspiration !
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@liotier thanks - now re-posted. I remember those Walnut Creek CD-ROMs well....
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@glynmoody I had my shore of them too... I especially remember my first 6cd set... (iirc - ouch)
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@zotz yes, they were biggies...
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