January 2010
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What Do AAPL and AMZN Have, that GOOG, Twitter and...
From Albert Wenger’s continuations. We all know the power of having credit cards on file, but it’s worth thinking about for booksellers who aren’t AAPL and AMZN but who want to compete with them in the online space.
Each has more than 100 Million credit cards on file to enable 1-click purchases of content, apps, and virtual goods. When I compare doing anything involving...
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“Ladies, now is not the time for timidity. Step up, take chances, push yourself...”
– A Word About Women in Technology | Smarterware (via jenbee) (via meaghano)
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An Ongoing Lack of Imagination in Pricing (of...
Interesting post about lack of creativity in digital pricing from Albert Wenger.
continuations:
Yesterday brought two announcements and one rumor that all relate to the pricing of digital content: the New York Times announced that it plans to add a paywall in 2011, Amazon announced that it will offer authors a 70% royalty rate, and book publishers are apparently trying to convince Apple to act...
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The Do's and Don'ts of Online Publicity, For Some...
Yes. Yes. Oh, and Yes.
I’m especially intrigued by the Rule of 8. It’s not one I’ve been following but it makes a lot of sense. Paring down and focusing my publicity list even more will likely yield better publicity—and, as Lindsay notes, could have a higher success rate. That means less wasted time, which is the most valuable resource of all.
lindsayrobertson (via...
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SXSW Bound
It’s official—I’ll be attending SXSW Interactive this March! In case you’re not familiar with it, SXSW is a conference in Austin, Texas bringing together innovators in interactive, design, media, film, and music.
Many publishing folks may know it as the site of last year’s infamous (on Twitter, anyway) “New Think for Old Publishers” panel....
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“Here’s to books, the cheapest vacation you can buy.”
– Charlaine Harris (via kari-shma)
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WatchFun event—and so much optimism about books. Yeah books!
debbiestier:
Pecha Kucha presentation from tonight at Bower Poetry Bar. Did I mention that I <3 @glecharles & @ami_with_an_i for setting this up? Can’t wait to go see the next one in April.
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The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova
I read lots of books. It’s about time I share some thoughts about them on my blog.
I was lucky enough to get a copy of The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova a few weeks before it pubs (thanks, Little, Brown!). I’ve been meaning to read The Historian forever, but I’ve heard that, while the lush descriptive passages occasionally hinder the narrative, The Historian is a great...
