Horror writer Stephen King discovered this when he tried to embrace the medium by releasing a book exclusively online in instalments.
But the experiment backfired when King halted it after just six chapters were published, saying people had been unprepared to pay for things they usually just took for free.
It seems people are not prepared to give up their beloved books to read from a screen or pages of print outs.
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The date for comments to the New York court overseeing the class action suit was extended from Friday to Tuesday, after the filing system went down. As time ticks away, supporters and critics have been manning both sides of the debate to win the public case.
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SOCIAL: Policies- This article deals with policy between google and authors in sharing literary information.
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digitise the world's books and create a vast online library
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IMPACT: Arts, Education: By digitising out of print literature, Google will open up the accessabilty of the literature to everybody, which will have a boost on education. IT SYSTEMS: Int System This is an intellectual system that will hold online information accessible to anyone.
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The battle between critics and supporters of Google's effort to create the world's largest virtual library intensifies.
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