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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 4344497" data-attributes="member: 59082">I think this is already a reality, unfortunately. Or at least we are beyond "the start of" this phenomena.For example, Barnes & Noble and Borders have a large selection, right? Wrong. Go into a Powells in Portland, OR, and browse the aisles and you realize just how limited the selection at the corporate stores. It isn't only B&N's fault, it also has to do with publishing houses and the erasing of the "mid-range" book. All publishers want to put out now is best-sellers and new authors, as well as the usual classics (read: perennial sellers). The profit margin on the mid-range authors is just too slim.So if you go into a Powells you see all the authors that are no longer published, and the wealth of previously published literature--and information, period--that is lacking in the corporate stores.This huge problem is endemic in media culture. Look at the cable news channels: all they talk about is what sells. Peak oil, for example, is only just beginning to hit mainstream press, and only now because it is costing everyone money. But alt press like Democracy Now! have been talking about it for years...Need I go on? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Oh yeah, and you need to employ Corjay! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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