So now, with publishing already in financial trouble and book publishers cutting back on printing copies of authors books--now the ominous arrival of the Kindle--and all its imitators. Who does not realize that the Kindle and other mechanisms like it will be fast forwarding the eventual doom of many hopeful writers and of the industry itself. Even the New York Times is mumbling about financial stress due to lack of advertising for one thing.
Well, in addition to some readers no longer purchasing books since they can read them on that metal thingy the Kindle, advertisers have made their own discovery: advertising is much cheaper and perhaps as widely seen on cable tv channels. So why pay prohibitive prices for newspaper (especially daily papers) advertising when an almost identical result can be achieved by way of cable television advertising?
Progress? Of course it is. However, when do we begin to question some of the advancements we're making that are doomed to have dire consequences?
Cable television is set to become advertising's "Kindle" sooner or later
The Kindle. Advancement or a tool auguring a piece of civilizations decay?
I mean, I'm just saying...
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