Saving Publishing Industry
December 13, 2017 at 7:24 p.m.
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The publishing industry has had a lot of troubles over the years. Book stores have been closing. Publishers have often found it difficult to sell books that can make back what has been invested in them unless the writer is famous or popular. I had to pay to have my three books published and might never see a profit unless any of them are picked up by a movie or TV production company. But in the future, books will change with the times and technology.
One kind of book that will be popular will be what I call the multi-book. It will have a multiple electronic format that will make it a print book, audio book, video book and experience-able program unit that will make "readers" either observers or participants. Writers that are adept at electronic media production will make more money because they might not need tech people to translate the written word into video. With voice sampling, a writer could electronically change his voice to produce distinct characters for the audio version of a book. With multi-source memory units that will be solid-state devices, a multi-book might be contained on no more than three or four flash drive inserts for the reading unit.
If increasing video speed from 30 to 120 frames a second and alternating the images for each eye can produce 3-D video movies, there will be no need for the 3-D glasses. But there will still be a need for EPU headsets or helmets to allow people to experience books. With artificial intelligence, those who want to interact with book programs will be able to change them to produce different outcomes for narratives.
I like history. If I were from Mobile, Ala., and were experiencing a Civil War history book, I might be able to change the outcome of the war. The battle of Mobile Bay might have gone the South's way if the Confederate navy had used triple-hulled battleships that might have been able to be built back then.
To keep bookstores open, downloading the latest books at stores instead of over the internet will be less expensive. If writers make any changes in later editions, the new downloads might be free or at least for a reduced cost. The collected works of a writer will be available in print form, audio, video, and experience-able program formats. Multi-books might even make the works of writers like Shakespeare wildly popular.
It may take longer to produce a multi-book. But the ones that are well done will make writers rich. They could give new life to long-dead writers and save the publishing industry.
Rick Badman
Warsaw
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The publishing industry has had a lot of troubles over the years. Book stores have been closing. Publishers have often found it difficult to sell books that can make back what has been invested in them unless the writer is famous or popular. I had to pay to have my three books published and might never see a profit unless any of them are picked up by a movie or TV production company. But in the future, books will change with the times and technology.
One kind of book that will be popular will be what I call the multi-book. It will have a multiple electronic format that will make it a print book, audio book, video book and experience-able program unit that will make "readers" either observers or participants. Writers that are adept at electronic media production will make more money because they might not need tech people to translate the written word into video. With voice sampling, a writer could electronically change his voice to produce distinct characters for the audio version of a book. With multi-source memory units that will be solid-state devices, a multi-book might be contained on no more than three or four flash drive inserts for the reading unit.
If increasing video speed from 30 to 120 frames a second and alternating the images for each eye can produce 3-D video movies, there will be no need for the 3-D glasses. But there will still be a need for EPU headsets or helmets to allow people to experience books. With artificial intelligence, those who want to interact with book programs will be able to change them to produce different outcomes for narratives.
I like history. If I were from Mobile, Ala., and were experiencing a Civil War history book, I might be able to change the outcome of the war. The battle of Mobile Bay might have gone the South's way if the Confederate navy had used triple-hulled battleships that might have been able to be built back then.
To keep bookstores open, downloading the latest books at stores instead of over the internet will be less expensive. If writers make any changes in later editions, the new downloads might be free or at least for a reduced cost. The collected works of a writer will be available in print form, audio, video, and experience-able program formats. Multi-books might even make the works of writers like Shakespeare wildly popular.
It may take longer to produce a multi-book. But the ones that are well done will make writers rich. They could give new life to long-dead writers and save the publishing industry.
Rick Badman
Warsaw
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