#, fuzzy msgid "" msgstr "" "Project-Id-Version: 002_fuck-books 1.0\n" "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: Nika Zhenya \n" "POT-Creation-Date: 2019-04-15 11:22-0500\n" "Last-Translator: Nika Zhenya \n" "MIME-Version: 1.0\n" "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n" "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n" #: content/md/002_fuck-books.js:1 msgid "# Fuck Books, If and only If…" msgstr "" #: content/md/002_fuck-books.js:2 msgid "> @published 2019/04/15, 12:00 {.published}" msgstr "" #: content/md/002_fuck-books.js:3 msgid "" "I always try to be very clear about something: books nowadays, by " "themselves, are just production leftovers. Yeah, we have built an industry " "in order to made them. But, would you be able to publish by your own?" msgstr "" #: content/md/002_fuck-books.js:7 msgid "" "Probably not. It is almost sure you lack of something: you don't seize the " "machines supposedly needed; you don't enjoy the skills; you don't carry the " "acknowledge or you don't possess the networking. You don't own anything." msgstr "" #: content/md/002_fuck-books.js:11 msgid "" "We have reach the production capacity to publish in a couple hours what in " "the past took centuries. That is amazing… and scary. What are we publishing " "now? _Why are we producing that much?_ Our reading capacity haven't improve " "at the same rhythm ---maybe we have been losing some of that ability." msgstr "" #: content/md/002_fuck-books.js:16 msgid "" "We are more people now, but it is a contemporary supposition that each " "person needs a book. We have public libraries. They used to be a great idea. " "Now they are one of the few places where people can go and enjoy without " "paying a penny. The last standing point of a world before its global " "monetization. And sometimes not even that, because they are behind a " "paywall: paid subscriptions or universities ids; or because most of us " "prefer coffee shops, public libraries are for poor, creepy and old people, " "right?" msgstr "" #: content/md/002_fuck-books.js:24 msgid "" "And we are praising books as a holly product of our culture. Even though " "what we really do is supporting a consumer good. You don't made them, you " "don't read them: you just buy and put them in a bookshelf. You don't own " "them, you don't even look what is inside: you just buy and leave them in " "your Amazon account. You are a consumer and that makes you think yourself as " "a supporter of our culture." msgstr "" #: content/md/002_fuck-books.js:31 msgid "" "As publishers we made everything about books: fairs, workshops, meetups, " "study degrees and marketing. As publishers we want to sell you the next best-" "seller, the newest book format: the future of reading. Even though what we " "really want is your money. We know you don't read. We know you don't want " "books that would blow the bubble where you live. We know you just want be " "entertained. We know you are craving about how much books you have “read.” " "We just want you to keep buying and buying. Who cares about you." msgstr "" #: content/md/002_fuck-books.js:39 msgid "" "Before all that shit happened to publishing, books were a rare and difficult " "product to make. From them we could see the complexity of our world: its " "means of production, its structure and its struggles. Publishers were kill " "because they wanted to offer you something really important to read. Now " "publishers are awarded with trips, grants or fancy dinners. Most publishers " "aren't a treat anymore. Instead, they are the managers of public debate; " "aka, what we can say, think or feel." msgstr "" #: content/md/002_fuck-books.js:47 msgid "" "Most books nowadays only show how the main bits of our world have been " "displaced as another good in the marketplace. We see paper, we see ink, we " "see fonts and we see code. After that first look, we start to realize that " "our books are mainly a gear of a machinery of global consumption." msgstr "" #: content/md/002_fuck-books.js:52 msgid "" "Only at this point, we can clearly see the chain of exploitation needed to " "achieve that kind of productivity. _Who or what benefits from it?_ Authors " "can't made a living anymore. People involved in books production ---" "printers, proof readers, designers, publishers and so on--- barely earn a " "living wage. A lot of trees and resources have been use for profits." msgstr "" #: content/md/002_fuck-books.js:58 msgid "" "Again, we have reach the production capacity to publish in a couple hours " "what in the past took centuries, _where did that wealth go?_ Not to our " "pockets, we always have to pay in order to produce or own books." msgstr "" #: content/md/002_fuck-books.js:62 msgid "" "So, what makes you love books that probably you won't read? If and only if " "publishing is what it is now and we don't want to change it, well: fuck " "books. " msgstr ""