book publishing industry
2 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Feb 16, 2024 by Benedict Evans · across every show →
Everything said about book publishing industry, oldest first
Feb 16, 2024 positive
Benedict Evans: Tech has not fundamentally disrupted the book publishing industry
“Tech has basically not been a problem for the book industry. You know, obviously lots has changed, and they've got Amazon as this one giant customer, but we did not move to a model in which everybody gets all the books they want, and all the books are digital,…”
Feb 16, 2024 neutral
Evans: Flat-rate subscriptions cap high-spending whales, failing in books
“With all of these subscription models, you're capping your whales. So with music, you had a small number of people who were paying a hundred dollars a month or more, whatever it was, and now they can only, for CDs, now they can get everything for 10 dollars a …”