Nobody really reads books these days writes Kevin Kelly. Perhaps authors should pay the people who do. Here’s how it would work:

• Individuals would pay to buy the book on an e-reading device.
• The e-reading device would use algorithms to figure out if you actually read the book. If you do read it, then you’ll be paid back the price of the book, plus a little extra for reading it.
• This would likely incentivize people to buy books because they know that it is possible that it will be free. But few people will actually read the book.
• Authors win since they have higher book sales. Readers win since they get free books.

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Source: The Technium

Via: Marginal Revolution