Comments on: Installment Seven: Give The People What They Want https://booksquare.com/installment-seven-give-the-people-what-they-want/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&%23038;utm_campaign=installment-seven-give-the-people-what-they-want Dissecting the publishing industry with love and skepticism Thu, 03 Nov 2005 07:31:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Booksquare https://booksquare.com/installment-seven-give-the-people-what-they-want/#comment-110549 Thu, 03 Nov 2005 07:31:19 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2005/11/02/1642/#comment-110549 Common sense has been known to happen. Not often. I believe the last time was, hmm, it will come to me. Rest assured that I have an example. Somewhere.

Debra, more consumers should speak up on this issue. There are compelling arguments on all sides, but when you get down to it, if you can’t connect people who want books with people who have books, then a lot of trees have died in vain.

And trees are really nice.

]]> By: Debra Hamel https://booksquare.com/installment-seven-give-the-people-what-they-want/#comment-110525 Wed, 02 Nov 2005 17:17:54 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2005/11/02/1642/#comment-110525 I don’t know about the legal ins and outs of the situation, but I for one, as a consumer, want desperately to be able to search through vast libraries online. Google gets my vote here.

]]> By: David Thayer https://booksquare.com/installment-seven-give-the-people-what-they-want/#comment-110524 Wed, 02 Nov 2005 17:04:47 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2005/11/02/1642/#comment-110524 Are you suggesting that the entertainment industry use common sense? This was tried back in the Fifties when no one was allowed to touch the TV. TVs weren’t much use. They made excellent planters though.

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