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Re: Are Book Stores Next?

Postby PMC » Mon Dec 26, 2011 12:21 am

Neumann Sennheiser wrote:Comparatively, I see it this way.
One can view any and all of the world's great paintings and art works on-line at leisure but I still can't imagine The Louvre, The Tate Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art or The Hermitage wanting for customers anytime soon.
I have a wonderful, old leather-bound copy of Camus' "The Stranger" that still gives me a special excitement and warmth to hold in my own two hands.


Fyi, I did a look up to see what Camus `The Stranger' was asking for, and one without leather is $525 plus shipping from a place in NY. It has a few dents in it etc.

The argument is always the same, for some a picture will do, and for others, it must be the real thing. Steve is right about the tablet market.
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Re: Are Book Stores Next?

Postby PMC » Mon Dec 26, 2011 12:40 am

Neumann, wanted to add, it is unfortunate that Camus never met the crew of Monty Python :lol:
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Re: Are Book Stores Next?

Postby Destro » Mon Dec 26, 2011 10:24 am

Buzz was talking about his on his blog: http://www.cyberbuzz.com/2011/11/20/why ... d-museums/
blog: http://morningaftershow.wordpress.com "A voice of reason amongst the doubters!" - Sandclan
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Re: Are Book Stores Next?

Postby CubbyCam » Mon Dec 26, 2011 10:49 am

Destro wrote:Buzz was talking about his on his blog: http://www.cyberbuzz.com/2011/11/20/why ... d-museums/

Excellent article... Buzz put it exactly as it is... while admitting that none of us knows what the future will bring.
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Re: Are Book Stores Next?

Postby J Kendrick » Mon Dec 26, 2011 5:40 pm

Call me when the day finally comes when the very first I-Pad has more value than a Gutenberg Bible. ;-)
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Re: Are Book Stores Next?

Postby Destro » Tue Dec 27, 2011 7:56 am

J Kendrick wrote:Call me when the day finally comes when the very first I-Pad has more value than a Gutenberg Bible. ;-)


what's a Gutenberg bible? ;-)
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Re: Are Book Stores Next?

Postby Tape Splicer » Tue Dec 27, 2011 12:23 pm

Destro wrote:
what's a Gutenberg bible? ;-)


In answer to your question... What is the Gutenberg Bible?.... The following from:
"British Library" - "Treasures In Full" "Gutenberg Bible";
(At this link below:)
http://www.bl.uk/treasures/gutenberg/basics.html

Who was Gutenberg?

In the mid-15th century Johann Gutenberg invented a mechanical way of making books. This was the first example of mass production in Europe. He was born about 1400, the son of a rich family in Mainz, Germany. While still a young man, he left for political reasons and settled in Strasbourg. In an attempt to make money, he set up a number of innovative schemes. He may have experimented with printing even at that stage, but probably did not begin until he returned to Mainz in around 1448, when he borrowed a large sum of money.

What is the Gutenberg Bible?

Before Gutenberg, every book produced in Europe had to be copied by hand. (Although the Chinese had been mass producing books since the ninth century.) Now it was possible to speed up the process without sacrificing quality. We know for certain about this first printed Bible from a letter of 12 March 1455. On that day Enea Silvio Piccolomini, later Pope Pius II, reported that in Frankfurt, the year before, a marvellous man had been promoting the Bible. Piccolomini had seen parts of it and it had such neat lettering that one could read it without glasses. Every copy had been sold.
Why are they both important?

Why are they both important?

Gutenberg's invention did not make him rich, but it laid the foundation for the commercial mass production of books. The success of printing meant that books soon became cheaper, and ever wider parts of the population could afford them. More than ever before, it enabled people to follow debates and take part in discussions of matters that concerned them. As a consequence, the printed book also led to more stringent attempts at censorship. This was a sign that it was felt by those in authority to be dangerous and challenging to their position.

(More deg=tails on Gutenberg and the Bible; Link below:)
http://www.bl.uk/treasures/gutenberg/background.html
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Re: Are Book Stores Next?

Postby Tape Splicer » Tue Dec 27, 2011 12:47 pm

From the web page "Luxist" here is an idea of the value of some rare books, including the Gutenberg bible: (On the web page is an image of the Gutenberg Bible.)
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The World of Rare Books: The Gutenberg Bible, First and Most Valuable

by Rigel Celeste
Jan 31st 2008 at 2:06PM

There are countless rare books in the world, but by most expert's standards the rarest of them all is the Gutenberg Bible. It was the first book ever printed back in 1456, and although several hundred copies were originally printed finding a complete first edition would net you $25-$35 million. In today's market single pages alone go for $25,000 each, and several years ago just 1 volume (it's a 2 volume set) sold for $5.5 million.

Besides the Gutenberg Bible other rare books include the first edition of Shakespeare's collected works from 1623 (worth $6 million), a collection of Leonardo da Vinci's manuscripts (potentially worth as much as $100 million), and of course any first edition copy of the Declaration of Independence (worth $8 million). Edgar Allen Poe's work also makes in onto the "rarest books" list with his first published poem ("Tamerlane") being rare and difficult to find due to a byline of simply "By A Bostonian." It's worth as much as $200,000 to the right buyer.

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Re: Are Book Stores Next?

Postby J Kendrick » Tue Dec 27, 2011 2:50 pm

Destro wrote:
J Kendrick wrote:Call me when the day finally comes when the very first I-Pad has more value than a Gutenberg Bible. ;-)


what's a Gutenberg bible? ;-)


See: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=gutenberg+bible :-)
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