Change Always Leaves Someone Behind

Mac Slocum
November 11, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (1) | Listen

Seth Godin discusses the realities of digital change and free distribution in an interview with HarperStudio's The 26th Story:

... the market and the internet don't care if you make money. That's important to say. You have no right to make money from every development in media, and the humility that comes from approaching the market that way matters. It's not "how can the market make me money" it's "how can I do things for this market." Because generally, when you do something for an audience, they repay you. The Grateful Dead made plenty of money. Tom Peters makes many millions of dollars a year giving speeches, while books are a tiny fraction of that. Barack Obama used ideas to get elected, book royalties are just a nice side effect. There are doctors and consultants who profit from spreading ideas. Novelists and musicians can make money with bespoke work and appearances and interactions. And you know what? It's entirely likely that many people in the chain WON'T make any money. That's okay. That's the way change works.

(Via Differences & Repetitions and Jose Alonso Furtado's Twitter Stream.)

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victor curran said:
November 11, 2008 11:26 AM

Old-school publishers aren't the only ones in danger of being left behind. "Many Americans read print because they can't afford a PC or a Kindle, or monthly Internet access fees." http://is.gd/72bm

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