Paying for books per copy “developed in response to the invention of the printing press”, and a Readercon panel discussed some alternatives.
Existing alternatives, as noted in Cecilia Tan’s summary of the panel:
- the donation model
- the Kickstarter model
- the “ransom” model
- the subscription or membership model
- the “perks” model
- the merchandising model
- the collectibles model
- the company or support grant model
- the voting model
- the hits/pageviews model
Any synergies with Kevin Kelly’s Better than Free?