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Georgia H
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How Amazon Could Change Publishing - Forbes.com
Amazon hypothesized to be cutting out "middlemen" including agents and publishers and going straight to authors, using POD, and direct sales to consumers to effectively b/c publisher.
 
Esme
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I’m a dinosaur: I still love print
I will admit that I love the printed word. I buy books, love glossy magazines with beautiful photos, especially love books and...
1 day ago Pajama Entrepreneur | Topics: Business...
 
Georgia H
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1000 True Fans: Kevin Kelly -- The Technium
blog post from March 2008 with tons of comments from those who agree and disagree that supporting yourself by direct connections with a core of fans is possible.
 
Esme
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MetroFi selling muni Wi-Fi networks in Portland and other cities
MetroFi is trying to sell its citywide Wi-Fi networks in Portland (Oregon), Aurora and Naperville (Illinois) and Santa Clara,...
 
Rajesh Setty
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Startup Founder Paradox - Will you have enough time to morph?
Startups are not easy. Statistics prove that. The ones that seem easy on the news are just because they are exceptions and not...
 
Dion Hinchcliffe
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The Social Network Wars Begin In Earnest: Facebook Bans Google Friend Connect
The social networking and user data wars have begun as scorched earth forms between Facebook and Google today. Facebook and Google both have similar products called Connect but no one wants to share their user data with others.
 
Georgia H
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Digital Image Resources on the Deep Web - ReadWriteWeb
university and museum, library collections online
 
Broadstuff
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3 days ago broadstuff | Topics: Business...
 
keith_bohanna
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Subscriptions Online - Credit card issues
The Payments Minefield: Developing a Strategy for Success in a Softening Economy Paul Larsen, Payments & Operations Consultant...
4 days ago Pure Play | Topics: Business...
 
Esme
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What’s next in communications: Skype killer, cable goes into wireless and more
Andy Abramson reviews the IP communications landscape and surveys the Skype killer rumors, WiMAX and cable companies’...
 
Esme
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EarthLink notifies Philly subscribers of network shutdown
EarthLink has notified subscribers in Philadelphia that it will discontinue its citywide wireless broadband service on June 12,...
 
<em>collegemogulblog</em>
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Spottago: Find Your Spot
Founded by four recent graduates of the University of Washington, Spottago is an online service that shows apartment listings...
 
keith_bohanna
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Subscriptions Online - how to optimise sub-path pages by 30% to 50%
How to increase your ability to optimise sub-path pages by 30% to 50% Flint McGlaughlin, Director, MarketingExperiments. Also...
4 days ago Pure Play | Topics: Business...
 
keith_bohanna
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Subscriptions Online - Landing page optimisation session
This is a live session looking at a couple of sites suggested by the audience. Lead by Flint McGlaughlin, Director,...
4 days ago Pure Play | Topics: Business...
 
Rajesh Setty
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Barriers for Knowledge Transfer - Gabriel Szulanski research findings
“If Only We Knew What We Know” is one of the best books on Knowledge Management that I have read. I am re-visiting...
 
sole
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Faster Future: Publishing possibilities now and beyond: MeM Cannes: Why Robbie Williams loves mobile
Robbie Williams had made five times as much money from his deal with T-mobile Sony Ericsson in one year than he had from his record label. He made most of all from touring (the because effect in full effect!)
 
Georgia H
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Techdirt: The Grand Unified Theory On The Economics Of Free
pretty amazing summary of about 10 posts by Mike Masnick, founder of Techdirt, about the economics of free
 
keith_bohanna
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Subscriptions Online - The Economy of Paid Search
The Economy of Paid Search: When and How to use it for Maximum Effect This case study will detail recent paid search campaigns...
5 days ago Pure Play | Topics: Business...
 
Rajesh Setty
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Quack quack..
Last week I was at the EO San Francisco event. Ken Blanchard was the keynote speaker. In his engaging speech, Ken talked about...
 
keith_bohanna
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Online Subscriptions - Subscription Business Forecasting
Title: Subscription Business Forecasting: Developing a Comprehensive Model for Sustained Growth Detail: ShareFile launched in...
5 days ago Pure Play | Topics: Business...
 
keith_bohanna
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Subscriptions Online - Segmentation and Usability
Take a Look Inside: Building Your Subscription Base through Segmentation and Usability Building a loyal, relationship–focused...
5 days ago Pure Play | Topics: Business...
 
Jordy
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Allan Young: Social Networks Commoditization
Chris Anderson, a writer at Wired Magazine and author of the influential The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling...
 
deirdremolloy
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SXSW 08 panel: How widgets influence music on the web
You could sense the ‘we’ve got troubles but we’re still way cooler than you geeks’ (or are they?) vibe a mile off. The...
 
sole
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OnTheCommons.org » The Economics of Online Commons
When Information Is Free, What’s the Business Plan?
 
Georgia H
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The Power of the Marginal
The big media companies shouldn't worry that people will post their copyrighted material on YouTube. They should worry that people will post their own stuff on YouTube, and audiences will watch that instead.
FT.com / Companies / Media & internet - Apple mulls unlimited music bundle
Jobs' rumored negotiations with labels to sell music via subcription either paid for by monthly fee or by add-on of $20 (in related story) to iPod.
FORTUNE: Apple 2.0 Why would Steve Jobs rent music on iTunes? «
rumours in an FT article that Apple is negotiating with labels to stream music for either a monthly fee or for an additional charge on the iPod.
TIME Magazine: Coolest Inventions 2003, Apple Music Store
story about Jobs' efforts in 2002/2003 to persuade labels to try legal downloads
 
Fadzuli
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Logo designers..Watch this site
Well I found this site recently through the YoungEntrepreneur.com forum and I thought I share this to Aspiring Logo Designers...
 
Bankwatch
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LIBOR and why it matters | risk that any bank could face a run on its deposits
There is a fascinating, though apparently esoteric debate going on in Banking circles. It is worth understanding the high...
 
Georgia H
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Zombie DRM - Creative Commons
a reaction to the story involving the RIAA/MPAA insisting that DRM is not dead, in which examples of DRM free subscription and DRM free contracts are flourishing.
RIAA: DRM not dead and likely will make comeback | Tech news blog - CNET News.com
surprise, surprise. the industry that is rendered irrelevant by digital distribution isn't so sure that it wants to admit that drm is dead. scratch-drag; scratch-drag; scratch-drag.
 
Rajesh Setty
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WebGuild’s Beginner’s Guide to Twitter
I don’t use twitter but if you do are planning to do so, you will enjoy WebGuild’s Beginner’s Guide to...
 
Esme
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Wi-Fi service: free, paid or both?
The New York Times looks into hotels, airports and other venues that offer their guests free and paid Wi-Fi. Many hotels...
10 days ago MuniWireless | Topics: Business..., Public Access
 
<em>collegemogulblog</em>
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Ivy Insiders: Test Prep Done Right
Many a college student will often daydream about starting their own SAT test-prep or college admissions consulting service....
 
sole
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Newsroom Barometer 2008 - editorsweblog
Main findings of the 2008 Newsroom Barometer, organized by the World Editors Forum and Reuters, and conducted by Zogby International.
Newspapers likely to be free in the future | Technology | Reuters
About 2008 Newsroom Barometer by Zogby International for the World Editors Forum and Reuters
 
John_Vrionis
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Dealing with in-game inflation
Siqi Chen, CEO of Serious Business (publisher of the Friends for Sale game), pointed me to an excellent white paper on the...
 
sole
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Remaking the Movies. Digital Content and the Evolution of the Film and Video Industries (pdf)
The study focuses on commercial entertainment products and production and distribution of films and television programs. It analyzes the impact of digital content creation, distribution and use on value chains and business models of the film and video ind
 
Georgia H
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IP W/O IP -- Tushnet blogs about Colloquium re same
very interesting pointer to Rebecca Tushnet blog posts in 4 or 5 parts about a colloquium entertaining ideas about how else cultural knowledge gets protected besides law and how we need not resort to law for everything.
 
Esme
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Scottsdale downtown Wi-Fi service shuts down
Wildfire Broadband appears to have shut down its Wi-Fi service in downtown Scottsdale (Arizona). According to the East Valley...
 
Esme
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Racine County Wi-Fi: providing access where it’s really needed
It’s easy to assume that city and county wireless broadband projects are dead and gone forever given the endless stream...
 
Georgia H
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britannicanet.com » Blog Archive » WebShare Initiative Announced
Britanica decides that it needs to be in the middle of conversations on the Web. Feeling a bit of a disadvantage in sequestering your content behind subscription walls? Break on through to the other side. Break on through. Break on through. Break. Break.
 
Esme
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Free Wi-Fi project in Sydney canceled
The New South Wales government has scrapped plans to set up free Wi-Fi hotzones in the central business district of Sydney and...
 
<em>collegemogulblog</em>
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TheClassConnection: Group Studying Online
Since Chris Klundt, Hicham Bouabdallah, and Dave Sargant, rolled out TheClassConnection last august, the site has steadily...
 
FrancoisNel
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Play it again - the 9th Forum on Making Money
This much is clear from the 9th Journalism Leaders Forum: great minds shouldn’t be thinking alike. The mainstream media...
 
Esme
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Colorado Wireless Communities face delay
The Colorado Wireless Communities (CWC), a group of 10 cities in Colorado (Boulder, Arvada, Broomfield, Lakewood, Northglenn,...
 
Georgia H
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Piracy, Uh, What Is It Good For? | Booksquare
nice exploration of the myth that digital copies are lost sales
 
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