Be a book, you'll last longer

One of those random things you notice without properly thinking.

Of all the industries out there in the global media: film, magazines, video games, music, books, newspapers, television - the only consistent industry of all these is the books industry.
Think about it.

Films, overtime, become forgotten and cheaper. Each one created will be in a "For Only £5" box in a matter of years, completely forgotten by all the other films that keep coming out.
The same story can be said for video games, CDs, television shows - all these industries keep creating more and more new texts, letting each old ones become cheaper and forgotten.
Video games are notorious for this. Each new console defeats the ones before it. Each new game, sequel or not, defeat the ones before it. And the circle of life continues.

But books avoid this. No matter when the book was written, even from some long-lost century when cows were a delicacy, the story will still sell for at least £7.99. Sometimes more than that - an entire Shakespeare collection, so many pages long, can sell for over thirty pounds.
Compare that to something else.
Alfred Hitchcock created 'The Birds' so many years ago, and has been dead so many years. His film can be purchased for under five pounds.
Mark Twain - also dead - most of his works can be bought for ten pounds. And this has been the case for several years now.

Books prices stay consistent. So, if you want your published works to remain at a fair price for many years to come, stick to being an author.
Because, and trust me on this, you can create the best video game of 2012. But in 2016, maybe less than that, your creation will sell for under a tenner in a second hand shop
And it will hurt.

Sorry about that.
Just another thing to blame on contemporary media industries.