Slog - Comments on Fight the Future http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/fight_the_future People are trying to stop the inevitable future of the book business on two wildly different fronts this week. The textbook bootlegging site Textbook Torrents is now offline, probably because a reporter contacted textbook publishers to ask them what they thought of the Textbook Torrents site. The comments thread over here seems very much in favor of textbook piracy: The textbook industry has treated its student-customers with little respect over the years, with market strategies designed to maximize profits at the expense of students. They sowed the fields, now let them reap their rewards. And then, in Los Angeles, previous... Copyright 2008 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:48:09 -0800 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:51:56 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by ams OH MY GOD. There was a textbook torrents site??
The textbook publishers can suck my fat one. They pull shit like putting out new editions every year for a basic 1st year bio text. Every year! Mendel's been dead for a fucking long time, you don't need to keep re-illustrating his pea plants.

]]> ams http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/fight_the_future#c1078525 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/fight_the_future#c1078525 Books Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:07:28 -0800 Comment by ams Ok, I've calmed down a bit now. The publishers should expand their downloadable updates rather than try to crack down. If I could buy a 4 year old text and download the difference, I would probably pay for that.

]]> ams http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/fight_the_future#c1078556 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/fight_the_future#c1078556 Books Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:29:01 -0800 Comment by Simac Book reviewers over the years have written themselves into oblivion, failing as profession to make dependable judgments about books in a way that connects with newspaper readers (let alone any reader).

]]> Simac http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/fight_the_future#c1078733 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/fight_the_future#c1078733 Books Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:50:10 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle @1 - heck, they even make college-specific textbooks that you can't resell used to the U bookstore - the bad thing is that it's the same text except for 20-40 pages which the U has to put online anyway.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/fight_the_future#c1078772 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/fight_the_future#c1078772 Books Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:16:31 -0800 Comment by CP Wow, the future is in Los Angeles, too? Wow, Charles is onto something! The future is everywhere!


Uh... Los Angeles? Cultural ambition? Whodawhatnow?

]]> CP http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/fight_the_future#c1079029 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/fight_the_future#c1079029 Books Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:51:56 -0800