Talk:Time-Life

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I know that TimeLife is now seperate from Time-Warner, but they must have some kind of agreement, since every song on all the CDs I have from them is licensed to TimeWarner.Helzagood 12:00, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nomination for Clean-up

This entire article does not even come close to being balanced -- I have suspicions that some curmudgeonly fool wrote the article after unknowingly signing up for a music club before reading the "fine print."

This article should either be deleted, or receive a complete overhaul.

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 151.205.187.6 (talk) 22:28, 14 December 2006 (UTC).

[edit] Balance of Article

I think the final paragraph of this article should just be a link to "Continuity Programs", since BMG and Columbia have done the same thing for years. It also seems hard for me to beleive that so much of this article is dedicated to a lament for consumers who don't understand the fine print of this world. I think these Time Life series books, were in large, were an excellent medium for middle class families to bring high quality books into their homes on affordable installment plans. Time-Life used their skills to create splendid volumes, just the right mix of text and graphics, including lovely color photos and detailed diagrams to explain their topics. They also recruited subject matter experts to act as writers and editors: Arthur C. Clarke wrote the MAN IN SPACE volume of the Science Library. Many of these books can still be found at public libraries, woven into the stacks by their subject matter. I think these books represent a zenith in American interest in learning and education. Now instead of reading books about the Great Ages of Man or the Civil War, we fret over paying too much for the complete works of John Denver or The Carpenters. This is a sign of the times.