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I was thinking the inverse the psychosis is that someone who sells books is alerted that they are selling more books, as if someone buying books needs to give a
by luxuryballs 2mo ago
I was thinking the inverse the psychosis is that someone who sells books is alerted that they are selling more books, as if someone buying books needs to give an explanation. If I want to seed software with books why is that newsworthy? Print more books, maintain profitable margins on books, enjoy success as a book seller?
If a book is rare and you wanted to preserve it don't sell it so easily, increase the price, or put it into a contract system like Ferrari does with cars they sell.
- PunchyHamster 2mo agoTill it hits books that are out of print, we already had news about AI scourge companies destroying rare books coz scanning them in destructive ways was slightly cheaper. And as is happens in history, any time some entity mass destroys the books, they turn out to be bad guys
- luxuryballs 2mo agoBut anyone can mistreat or fail to care for a book, if it's rare and you don't want to risk it don't sell it.
- cwnyth 2mo agoThere's a very simple solution to this, but the people who rabidly argue for a copyright length of 70 years + the lifetime of the author won't want to hear it.
- carlosjobim 2mo agoYour local school throws away books by the dumpster load once a year or every other year.