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From: mccomb@medieval.org (Todd M. McComb)
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Subject: Re: What's a piece of paper and pressed CDs versus CD-Rs worth?  Hundreds of Dollars
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2024 04:01:51 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <0001HW.2CA11D720171893E30A78538F@news.giganews.com>,
Pluted Pup  <plutedpup@outlook.com> wrote:
>So many non-readers of books berate us collectors for reading
>printed books or non-collectors of music say that anything that's
>not on spotify is luddite garbage that they gloss over that what
>they are hyping is a sharp reduction of the available catalog.

I think you're really mixing two situations here, namely availability
and the desire of some people -- call them, collectors, let's say...
-- to collect physical products.  There's really no question that
digital distribution has improved availability overall, meaning
that there is more quantity of music (in sum) available now than
before, but you're right to observe that that doesn't mean the
situation has improved for everything.  You are certainly correct
to note that many books have never made the leap to digital.