The Publishing Industry is Thriving | New Republic
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More than any major cultural product, it has retained its essential worth.Of course, publishers think that $9.99 is still too low (...). But other media still have reason to look at the relative economic health of the book with envy. Putting together an album requires not just the talents of the musician, but expensive instruments and recording equipment, costly studio space, and a team of engineers and technicians. Each edition of a newspaper consumes enormous resources. Movies and television involve sinking millions into performers, crews, and effects. Yet audiences have come to believe they should get all that on the cheap, if not for free. Meanwhile, books—not as complex a production—have held up much better.
Part of the problem for journalism, music, and television is that they are vulnerable to disaggregation.
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