In your writing this
week, consider one way in which POD has either transformed existing
publishing practices, or opened up new ones.
Cite a relevant sentence or paragraph from the text.
“Having open tools which are
collectively developed and shared, implicitly guarantees fair access to the
means of publishing, thus promoting freedom of expression.”
Keeping this quote in
mind, basically anyone can publish, without having an editor or publisher to
shoot down your idea no matter how ludicrous the idea or how awful the quality
of your writing might be. Freedom of expression! Honestly I don’t really
understand how print on demand works after reading this excerpt. My mind couldn’t
possibly process and understand all of the information I read about POD, of how
it works or of the methods of POD; therefore I feel as if I can’t brainstorm
any ideas of how POD transformed existing publishing practices or open up new
ones. I mean, it does sound nice, if this is any similar to self publishing,
you could make more profit off of the books you sell than to send your book to
a publishing company who would sell and market your books for you.
And to conclude my
answer to this discussion question, I will reiterate, from my first sentence,
that POD basically gave anyone the freedom to publish whatever he or she wants.
For example, someone actually published a book of twitter’s posts. I don’t
understand why the author would do that or why anyone would buy such a thing.
Maybe as a physical record keeping book like to preserve memories or history in
a printed form rather than a digital one? I just answered my own question. Maybe I should write a novel myself.
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