Computer programs could also facilitate design by allowing easy manipulation of graphics, charts, and type style, size, and page alignment. While some of these technical changes could theoretically occur in a capitalist future, many will not because they would conflict with profitability and subvert hierarchy. While they could occur in a participatory economic future, whether they will will be determined in light of their human and social effects on work, consumption, libraries, bookstores, the ecology, and the reading experience. But these are issues of investment, a subject we will address in detail later. Many business tasks would also differ in a participatory publishing house.
Large warehouses are no longer necessary to store titles.
Over production no longer leads to shredding unsold books. Fulfillment workers maintain records of people who access different titles since this information is useful to authors, researchers, and within Northstart. We can summarize changes for other departments as well. Participatory workers wouldn't want to waste resources, energy, or time producing inferior products. Northstart sends informative promotional messages to people most likely to enjoy, appreciate, or learn from new titles.