The end product would be a bit more expensive than a mass-printed book but supposedly more convenient. In actuality, however, this process would be less convenient, considering the complexity of this arrangement. The Web actually supplanted this idea by turning the user into the print shop. But to really understand the Web, we have to examine the sociology of new media, how they interact with old media, and how they change together, in ways that are not necessarily obvious. The oral tradition includes folk tales, plays, radio, TV, movies, stand-up comedy.
Print includes stone tablets, books, magazines, newspapers, and even billboards.
Still photographs are an aspect of the print tradition. In fact, each one is worth a thousand words. Certain aspects of these two tracks cross over slightly and confuse the issue, but for the most part, these two traditions are separate and distinct. Look how long, for example, it took newspapers to add color photographs in order to compete better with magazines. These media change slowly, and the appearance of the Web, which could conceivably wipe out magazines, newspapers, and books, too, will in fact wipe out none of these media.