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Yes its the 'more is better' mentality. but its a crude one at best. When applied to text media its stupid because I would pay somebody to summarize things for
by quietthrow 13y ago
Yes its the 'more is better' mentality. but its a crude one at best. When applied to text media its stupid because I would pay somebody to summarize things for me, instead we are paying people for long unsummarized content that will take more time to digest.
Also why are book prices so high considering I have read so many times on HN that the authors seldom make any money from royalties and publishers have a fixed cost (for the most part).
- ig1 13y agoNevertheless it's what practically everyone does. Typically the biggest part of an individual books cost are the retailer margin and publisher profit. It's also important to note that while the publisher profit margin on an individual book might be high, the publishers overall profit margin tends to be lower because the profits of successful books have to cover the costs of all the books that fail to break even.
- quietthrow 13y agoI think its an interesting point. Its a volume rather than quality driven approach. Its a shame but I understand it has to be this way considering that quality in this case of a book and its content is a very subjective thing.