{"id":1846,"date":"2011-02-14T10:55:31","date_gmt":"2011-02-14T15:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/?p=1846"},"modified":"2021-11-27T22:11:35","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T03:11:35","slug":"are-books-getting-too-cheap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/2011\/02\/14\/are-books-getting-too-cheap\/","title":{"rendered":"Are books getting too cheap?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mhpbooks.com\/mobylives\/?p=28138#\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mhpbooks.com\/mobylives\/?p=28138#\"><img src='http:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/sick-man-dollar-signs.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Dirt-cheap [e-] books benefit the very rich \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and the very dead. They   might also help new authors to find a foothold and win an audience \u00e2\u20ac\u201c   although, on that logic, newcomers should think about showcasing their   work for nothing. Many do. But the almost-free digital novel hammers   another nail into the coffin of a long-term literary career. Who cares?   Readers should, if they cherish full-time authors who craft not safe   genre pieces but distinctive book after distinctive book that build into   a unique body of work.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mhpbooks.com\/mobylives\/?p=28138#\">Are books getting too cheap? via <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mhpbooks.com\/mobylives\/?p=28138#\">MOBYLIVES<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Dirt-cheap [e-] books benefit the very rich \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and the very dead. They might also help new authors to find a foothold and win an audience \u00e2\u20ac\u201c although, on that logic, newcomers should think about showcasing their work for nothing. Many do. But the almost-free digital novel hammers another nail into the coffin &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/2011\/02\/14\/are-books-getting-too-cheap\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Are books getting too cheap?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[45,276,241,219],"class_list":["post-1846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-did-you-know","category-general","tag-books","tag-cheap","tag-mobylives","tag-publishing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1846"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10197,"href":"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1846\/revisions\/10197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}