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Also, the cost of entry for creating a high quality book is much lower than for creating a high quality movie/tv show. This allows a wider variety of viewpoints

by rquantz 14y ago

Also, the cost of entry for creating a high quality book is much lower than for creating a high quality movie/tv show. This allows a wider variety of viewpoints, forms, styles, and ideas to be expressed in book form than tv.

alaskamiller 14y ago
Kind of sounds like YouTube.
- rquantz 14y ago
  Except that you can't produce longform, high quality content on YouTube for any cheaper than you can produce a tv show.
  - JoeAltmaier 14y ago
    Resolution? Distribution? Length? Advertising support? Its a whole different economic (and technical) environment; costs are likely unrelated to any TV model.