Reading "well" has become expensive. A luxury, a privilege. Anyone who doubts this should try to get their hands on a good translation of Dostoevsky, a decent edition of Proust, or a Valdemar Gothic edition, and they'll see what I mean. And budget publishers don't solve the problem, nor do downloadable epubs from dubious websites. In this video, we talk frankly about the price of reading, about the publishers who still respect the reader, about literary posturing that's become fashionable, about out-of-print books being sold as if they were archaeological relics, and about an industry that often seems more interested in producing "aesthetic objects" than in making real literature accessible. Because the problem isn't that expensive books exist... the problem is that fewer and fewer people are willing to pay for them.
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00:00 Reading is a privilege
03:50 Reading vs. Algorithm
06:54 Section 1: Reading has become a luxury
11:02 Section 2: Good books vs. good editions
15:26 Section 3: The industry is part of the problem
20:12 Section 4: Out-of-print books, the black market for readers
25:48 Section 5: Free ebooks don't solve anything
32:10 Section 6: The true luxury of reading
37:48 Section 7: They don't buy books, they buy identity
44:43 Section 8: Publishers that do respect the reader
52:46 Section 9: Is it worth spending money on books?
58:43 Segment 10 Luxury Isn't the Problem
01:05:01 Conclusion
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Reading "well" has become expensive. A luxury, a privilege. Anyone who doubts this should try to get their hands on a good translation of Dostoevsky, a decent edition of Proust, or a Valdemar Gothic edition, and they'll see what I mean. And budget publishers don't solve the problem, nor do downloadable epubs from dubious websites. In this video, we talk frankly about the price of reading, about the publishers who still respect the reader, about literary posturing that's become fashionable, about out-of-print books being sold as if they were archaeological relics, and about an industry that often seems more interested in producing "aesthetic objects" than in making real literature accessible. Because the problem isn't that expensive books exist... the problem is that fewer and fewer people are willing to pay for them.
⏱️ You can go directly to any section using the video chapters:
00:00 Reading is a privilege
03:50 Reading vs. Algorithm
06:54 Section 1: Reading has become a luxury
11:02 Section 2: Good books vs. good editions
15:26 Section 3: The industry is part of the problem
20:12 Section 4: Out-of-print books, the black market for readers
25:48 Section 5: Free ebooks don't solve anything
32:10 Section 6: The true luxury of reading
37:48 Section 7: They don't buy books, they buy identity
44:43 Section 8: Publishers that do respect the reader
52:46 Section 9: Is it worth spending money on books?
58:43 Segment 10 Luxury Isn't the Problem
01:05:01 Conclusion
🔥 Support the channel here:
https://paypal.me/esmarcoreyes
👑 Become a channel member to enjoy exclusive videos:
@esmarcoreyes
🛒 My books:
"WHERE THE LUKEWARM BURNS": https://a.co/d/0kFLQFx
"MONSTERS WIN": https://a.co/d/3Wl14CS
"TALION, A KILLER'S LOG": https://a.co/d/0kEujQ2
"YOUR KILLER": https://www.amazon.com.mx/dp/B09FC7XCPM
📚 More literary content Find me on:
INSTAGRAM: Instagram: esmarcoreyes
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