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To: bacchus_ii who wrote (72148)	2/21/2002 1:14:56 PM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Gottfired, How do you expect to expect programmer's editor for 50 cents in a world with 2500 programmers? What's in it wor the author? $1250? I think your metrics need some reality. Joe

To: bacchus_ii who wrote (72148)	2/22/2002 10:42:19 AM
From: Bill Jackson	Respond to of 275872

Gottfried, There is indeed a need for a micropayament plan for books as well. take all players out of the loop in a book and give the author 50 cents. he will make more than he does not when I buy a book for $10 and he will get it right now, not after the publishers audits the sale/returns.wasted etc. Same as SW, get other out of the loop. You will need SW keys to prevent free spread, but at 20-50 cents most will pay, get their key and read/run the data. Si far the publishers have failed to grasp this, both in SW and books. they want e-books to sell for the same price as retail. Look at all the SW on line at $29.95. just a data streamThat is what killed King's recent effort. The publishers are deathly afraid of this disintermediation(intermediaries go away) So let's get a micropayment scheme running now. VISA/ is useless since it has a 20-30 cent min fee. Bill