Comments on: Introducing the ATM for books! http://writeforyourlife.net/introducing-the-atm-for-books A weblog about writing, reading and all things digital. Made by Iain Broome. Sun, 20 May 2012 21:49:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Write for Your Life is one year old today! | Write for Your Life http://writeforyourlife.net/introducing-the-atm-for-books#comment-372 Write for Your Life is one year old today! | Write for Your Life Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:07:08 +0000 http://writeforyourlife.net/?p=444#comment-372 [...] course, I must also thank those people who kindly provided guest posts when I was even more up against it with my novel than I am now! Especially as Sophie Johnson’s post on story structure continues [...] [...] course, I must also thank those people who kindly provided guest posts when I was even more up against it with my novel than I am now! Especially as Sophie Johnson’s post on story structure continues [...]

]]> By: ExpertWriter http://writeforyourlife.net/introducing-the-atm-for-books#comment-371 ExpertWriter Wed, 16 Sep 2009 06:37:02 +0000 http://writeforyourlife.net/?p=444#comment-371 Hi, Well the ATM for books idea sounds really interesting to me. Traditional ways to seek information are charming, but in today's fast world, people already lacks time.The ATM book idea can be a real technological advancement which is beneficial for students and book worms. Good work! Hi,
Well the ATM for books idea sounds really interesting to me. Traditional ways to seek information are charming, but in today’s fast world, people already lacks time.The ATM book idea can be a real technological advancement which is beneficial for students and book worms. Good work!

]]> By: Iain Broome http://writeforyourlife.net/introducing-the-atm-for-books#comment-370 Iain Broome Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:32:39 +0000 http://writeforyourlife.net/?p=444#comment-370 <em>@Jan</em> Yes, I do think that the traditional route is still very much loved by most of us. I think it's because the act of reading involves so much more than mere words on a page. It's about where you are, how you do it and what it smells like too. Yuck! @Jan Yes, I do think that the traditional route is still very much loved by most of us. I think it’s because the act of reading involves so much more than mere words on a page. It’s about where you are, how you do it and what it smells like too. Yuck!

]]> By: jan geronimo http://writeforyourlife.net/introducing-the-atm-for-books#comment-369 jan geronimo Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:35:35 +0000 http://writeforyourlife.net/?p=444#comment-369 Brilliant idea. I like the sound of it. Although of course thesophie has a point about the attraction of doing things the traditional way - going to bookshops, browsing books, turning them over, smelling the binding. It will mean rewiring the pleasure points taken in that sense. Brilliant idea. I like the sound of it. Although of course thesophie has a point about the attraction of doing things the traditional way – going to bookshops, browsing books, turning them over, smelling the binding. It will mean rewiring the pleasure points taken in that sense.

]]> By: Writer Dad http://writeforyourlife.net/introducing-the-atm-for-books#comment-368 Writer Dad Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:55:50 +0000 http://writeforyourlife.net/?p=444#comment-368 WOW. That is all I have to say, but I am saying it with a giant smile. WOW. That is all I have to say, but I am saying it with a giant smile.

]]> By: Iain Broome http://writeforyourlife.net/introducing-the-atm-for-books#comment-367 Iain Broome Sun, 06 Sep 2009 23:06:36 +0000 http://writeforyourlife.net/?p=444#comment-367 <em>@thesophie</em> Have to say, the more I've thought about this the better an idea it's become. The academic angle is a definite goer I think, and you're right, it has to be better and kinder to the environment than having stacks of unread books. Hmm. <em>@Alex</em> It does indeed seem like an on-site Amazon - good analogy. I still don't think we'll see any gigantic changes in the publisher/agent roles for a good while yet. While it might be easier now to self-publish (and self-print by the look of it), I'd still like someone who knows their onions to sort the wheat from the rather hefty pile of chaff for me. @thesophie Have to say, the more I’ve thought about this the better an idea it’s become. The academic angle is a definite goer I think, and you’re right, it has to be better and kinder to the environment than having stacks of unread books. Hmm.

@Alex It does indeed seem like an on-site Amazon – good analogy. I still don’t think we’ll see any gigantic changes in the publisher/agent roles for a good while yet. While it might be easier now to self-publish (and self-print by the look of it), I’d still like someone who knows their onions to sort the wheat from the rather hefty pile of chaff for me.

]]> By: Alex Fayle | Someday Syndrome http://writeforyourlife.net/introducing-the-atm-for-books#comment-366 Alex Fayle | Someday Syndrome Sun, 06 Sep 2009 11:58:32 +0000 http://writeforyourlife.net/?p=444#comment-366 It seems like the on-site version of Amazon - instead of ordering online and mailing the book to you - you go to a kiosk order the book and boom printed! Between this idea and ereaders, I wonder then what will happen to publishers. Will the role of agents and publishers turn into a purely marketing role? It seems like the on-site version of Amazon – instead of ordering online and mailing the book to you – you go to a kiosk order the book and boom printed!

Between this idea and ereaders, I wonder then what will happen to publishers. Will the role of agents and publishers turn into a purely marketing role?

]]> By: Twitted by tumblemoose http://writeforyourlife.net/introducing-the-atm-for-books#comment-365 Twitted by tumblemoose Sat, 05 Sep 2009 22:15:58 +0000 http://writeforyourlife.net/?p=444#comment-365 [...] This post was Twitted by tumblemoose [...] [...] This post was Twitted by tumblemoose [...]

]]> By: thesophie http://writeforyourlife.net/introducing-the-atm-for-books#comment-364 thesophie Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:25:14 +0000 http://writeforyourlife.net/?p=444#comment-364 This sounds potentially brilliant. Apart from the positives already mentioned, having worked in bookshops, I know how horrendously packed with overstocks the corridors can be! Let's get it out there with ONE condition... It can only be an addition to bookshops and libraries rather than a replacement! I need to browse, read first pages and smell a bookshop. This would be suitable for where you need a specific title, but not for when you wander in wanting a new something exciting. This sounds potentially brilliant. Apart from the positives already mentioned, having worked in bookshops, I know how horrendously packed with overstocks the corridors can be!

Let’s get it out there with ONE condition… It can only be an addition to bookshops and libraries rather than a replacement! I need to browse, read first pages and smell a bookshop. This would be suitable for where you need a specific title, but not for when you wander in wanting a new something exciting.

]]> By: Tumblemoose http://writeforyourlife.net/introducing-the-atm-for-books#comment-363 Tumblemoose Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:30:19 +0000 http://writeforyourlife.net/?p=444#comment-363 Andy, According to the FAQ, academic settings are the ideal place for an install and in fact there are already several that are placed in universities including Brigham Young, University of Michigan and the University of Melbourne. It's also being placed in large public libraries! George Andy,

According to the FAQ, academic settings are the ideal place for an install and in fact there are already several that are placed in universities including Brigham Young, University of Michigan and the University of Melbourne.

It’s also being placed in large public libraries!

George

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