Comments on: An unexpected case for Open Media http://openmediareview.com/2008/01/27/an-unexpected-case-for-open-media/ Collecting the best in what Open Media has to offer Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:55:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Thomas http://openmediareview.com/2008/01/27/an-unexpected-case-for-open-media/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Thomas Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:15:01 +0000 http://openmediareview.com/2008/01/27/an-unexpected-case-for-open-media/#comment-48 While I agree about e-books in general, an open format, like the PDFs you are using for PfK, are not limited to crummy electronic readers. I can print those out on my duplex printer, in booklet format, and have a nice series of pocket sized chapter length booklets. The potential for print on demand (setting aside any possible sore feelings for the moment) has still barely been tapped. So I agree in terms of increasing access and improving the odds of works surviving despite these sorts of tragedies. On the flip side, long term archival storage of digital media still presents its own issues. Format compatibility over time, long term viability of different physical storage media, et. al. While I agree about e-books in general, an open format, like the PDFs you are using for PfK, are not limited to crummy electronic readers. I can print those out on my duplex printer, in booklet format, and have a nice series of pocket sized chapter length booklets. The potential for print on demand (setting aside any possible sore feelings for the moment) has still barely been tapped. So I agree in terms of increasing access and improving the odds of works surviving despite these sorts of tragedies.

On the flip side, long term archival storage of digital media still presents its own issues. Format compatibility over time, long term viability of different physical storage media, et. al.

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