Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/11

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Subject: [Leica] kindle and newspapers
From: leowesson at gmail.com (leo wesson)
Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 17:05:32 -0500
References: <1be504db0905110929g1f3aa8e9s7cfbb35b63043ead@mail.gmail.com> <C62E0331.4E3C8%mark@rabinergroup.com>

The Dallas Morning News was offered 30% of the sales price, plus giving
amazon all reproduction rights, as their cut to be on the Kindle. They
declined.


Leo Wesson
Photographer/Videographer
817.733.9157
www.leowesson.com


On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> 
wrote:

> I'd think we can assume the newspapers get paid to have it appear in an
> electronic book.
> On the internet by now most of them have figured out how to make it pay off
> on the internet version.
> The kindle issue would seem to be not newspapers going out of business but
> BOOKSTORES.
>
> Me I love books and bookstores.
>
> You come to visit me in NY I bring you to the Strand bookstore first stop
> and the photo section. Its the Powells of NY. NY's Powells city of books.
> In Portland its bigger and you can drink esspresso as you read the books.
>
> Here its Westsider Rare & Used Books? just a block from me.
> & or the Juilliard bookstore 18 minutes due south.
>
> And the ultimate hang out the Starbucks at the Barnes & Noble at Lincoln
> square. The photo magazines are right there and you can look at all the
> books from the photo or whatever section as you spill espresso all over it.
> Then buy it.
>
> I always buy a book by its cover.
> Never fails.
>
> Seldom does a gorgeous well made book not read well.
>
>
> Mark William Rabiner
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In reply to: Message from pswango at att.net (Phil Swango) ([Leica] kindle and newspapers)
Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] kindle and newspapers)