tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31023029.post1289581111742740723..comments2023-11-05T06:12:31.252-05:00Comments on The Director's Blog: Is the Great Recession the Tipping Point for the Book Industries?Jonathan Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12959487328509948818noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31023029.post-70112651129142539532009-12-14T09:14:18.384-05:002009-12-14T09:14:18.384-05:00I don't know what happened to book sales in th...I don't know what happened to book sales in the 1930's. It wouldn't take too long to find out (at least in a well stocked print library that had a run of Bowker's Annual, at least that is where the Reference Librarian i me would start!) Why don't you find out and post here?<br /><br />If memory serves, the 1930's were the beginning (at least one beginning) of the paperback; another transformative moment in publishing.<br /><br />I do think the crisis in newspapers and the problems in book publishing ultimately spring from the same two sources, which in themselves are related: our move to digital and the proliferation of infotainment sources/venues. But because of the different business models of the two industries, these are have different and multiple impacts on both industries.Jonathan Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12959487328509948818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31023029.post-42489171645653195042009-12-13T22:58:42.697-05:002009-12-13T22:58:42.697-05:00Good post! I like the way this makes me rethink s...Good post! I like the way this makes me rethink some stuff.<br /><br /><br />Questions, Jon:<br /><br />1) I wonder... how did book sales do in the 1930s? I know Hollywood boomed during that Depression.<br /><br />2) Do you see the book industry crisis as bound up with (sorry) that of newspapers?Bryan Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05937099144329508708noreply@blogger.com