Considering that the original Wikipedia entries will be updated over time, what is the point in printing and selling them in the first place?
Monday, 11 February 2013
The value of books...
The value of printed books unfortunately deteriorates as one has to wade through a flood of cheaply made print on demand reprints, and now this: a book on Peter Plogojowitz apparently consisting of material from Wikipedia, but still sold for no less a price than € 34!
Considering that the original Wikipedia entries will be updated over time, what is the point in printing and selling them in the first place?
Considering that the original Wikipedia entries will be updated over time, what is the point in printing and selling them in the first place?
well the merciful thing about these "print on demand" Wikipedia aggregations is that i imagine demand is low so at least they won't be filling shelves of second hand bookshops in the future.
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