Is There Really A "War" Going On Over Books?
If you regularly scan the news about books and publishing, you'll see words like "battle", "attack", and "war".
And, even though some folks are acting like combatants, is what's happening a "battle" or just a surge in innovation with those most pressed to change crying "War!"?
Salon has a topic section called, Art In Crisis.
Art may be in crisis and art could be called the normal arena of crisis—depends on how one defines "crisis".
The root meanings of "crisis" are, "to separate, decide, judge".
Sure, most folks use the word crisis in a negative way, not realizing that humanity and their own unconscious mind have positive meanings for the concept.
Also, for some people, any events that demand they separate things, or decide, or judge are deemed negative…
Salon's Art In Crisis section had a recent article called, Indies battle Amazon — by becoming publishers.
If you go read that article you'll find a tale of independent bookstores, for various reasons (most having nothing to do with "battling" Amazon), adapting their operations to include becoming their own publishers.
Cool, local independent bookstores are using new tech to expand their horizons and buffer their bottom lines.
Too bad that so many magazines feel they have to lie in their article titles…
Amazon may be a Giant in publishing.
Indi bookstores may be dealing with profitability issues.
All kinds of changes are happening in the Book-World.
Must we call it a War??
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