could work both ways tho... it's possible that the 12 year old kid in question wasn't going to buy the book anyway. so now he downloads it and reads it. great. he might actually like it. he might actually like it enough to start reading it regularly. He might even like it enough that he wants to check out other books by the same writer/penciller/publisher.
He might even ask mom to take him down to the local comic book shop one day so he can see what else is available...maybe talk to the local comic shop owner and ask what other titles he/she would recommend based on his liking of this other particular title. Or...yes, he could just continue to download the books. It's going to happen and those that continue to ONLY download are going to have to be considered a 'hit' to the income of all involved (publishers/retailers/creators/etc). Still (and again, I recognize that this might just be me not being objective due to my own collector's mentality), I don't foresee the downloading of comic books hurting the industry to the extent that it has (arguably) hurt the music and movie/tv industries. It's a different medium and one where (again, to me), collecting the titles and trying to fill in the holes is half the fun. On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 11:36:57 -0500, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What about non-collectors. Say a 12 year old kid that just wants to read the > comic, he isn't interested in keeping it around for 20 years, at least not > yet. > > If he can get a copy online, and read it, for free, do you think he is going > to buy it? > > Is it a big hit, maybe not, but I'm sure there is a hit there. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Charlie Griefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 8:49 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: who cares > > > > Michael: > > > > You and I have discussed this issue before...and since then, I think > > I've come to decide that the 'availability' of scanned/electronic > > comics isn't anywhere near as detrimental to the comic industry as > > illegal mp3s are to the music industry or pirated videos to the motion > > picture industry. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| All-in-one: antivirus, antispam, firewall for your PC and PDA. Buy Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=60 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:146448 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
