A Kindle in every pot
Jan. 28th, 2009 02:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ksmithAn interesting short article in
AmericaBlog:
"You see, in Greece, the government pays for 99% of students' books. So, Papandreou argues, why not give the kids every book in existence for a hundred bucks (or $360 in the case of the Kindle)."
Think if they did that in the States. Or worldwide. How many school-aged kids are there anyway?
I can see the methods for calculating advances and royalties might be revisited...
AmericaBlog:
"You see, in Greece, the government pays for 99% of students' books. So, Papandreou argues, why not give the kids every book in existence for a hundred bucks (or $360 in the case of the Kindle)."
Think if they did that in the States. Or worldwide. How many school-aged kids are there anyway?
I can see the methods for calculating advances and royalties might be revisited...
