It's potentially a good thing, if it succeeds in getting the public's attention on books and reading. We would hope some of the benefit would spill over to lesser-known titles. -Paul Aiken

 

It's potentially a good thing, if it succeeds in getting the public's attention on books and reading. We would hope some of the benefit would spill over to lesser-known titles.


Comments

There are not yet any comments on this quote. Why not register / login and be the first?



This quote is just one of 9 total Paul Aiken quotes in our collection. Paul Aiken is known for saying 'It's potentially a good thing, if it succeeds in getting the public's attention on books and reading. We would hope some of the benefit would spill over to lesser-known titles.' as well as some of the following quotes.

The Amazon programs are the way copyright is supposed to work.

Paul Aiken
202

A lot of authors get by on the bits of money they get from various users of their work, and the Internet doesn't change all of that.

Paul Aiken
197
It certainly is a threat. -Paul Aiken
192

We've never heard of anything like this. It really undermines the author's credibility and authority even if it's mostly inconsequential details. It's like putting a negative book review on the cover.

Paul Aiken
172

This sounds like the way to go. If there is a new way to extract value from a book, then the author and the publisher should share in this income.

Paul Aiken
168
It's potentially a good thing, if it succeeds in getting the public's attention on books and reading. We would hope some of the benefit would spill over to lesser-known titles. -Paul Aiken
166

I don't think it's particularly close under copyright law. You're not allowed to copy works for commercial purposes without a license, and that's precisely what they're doing.

Paul Aiken
143