Tag Archives: amazon
Amazon Affiliate Use Is Scummy Because Amazon Wants It That Way
Affiliate Me Not is a Safari extension to remove affiliate codes from Amazon links. I’ve thought about the ethics of affiliate links. I use them from time-to-time here. I try to use them in an ethical way. There are two … Continue reading
Amazon’s knock-off problem
Tell me more about this Jeve Stobs guy. Amazon’s knock-off problem (35 Shades of Grey, anyone?) – Fortune Tech
Amazon should donate more to non-profits, say non-profits
I have mixed feelings about corporate philanthropy. I think it’s important to support causes you believe in, but when organizations go to companies asking for support it seems there’s only one person making the decision on behalf of everybody who … Continue reading
Confessions of a Publisher
Long-term there’s no future in printed books. They’ll be like vinyl: pricey and for collectors only. 95% of people will read digitally. Everybody in publishing knows this but most are in denial about it because moving to becoming a digital … Continue reading
Amazon is excited
At least there aren’t (m)any exclamation points. The Email Person at Amazon Web Services is Really, Really Excited
Penguin Kindle eBooks No Longer Available From Libraries
From my local library system: The Southern Adirondack Library System received no notification of this fact before it was implemented by Overdrive and Penguin USA. OverDrive has confirmed the details, stating on its Digital Library blog that the company was … Continue reading
Kindle Owners’ Lending Library
A lot like the video benefits you get from Prime: mostly titles from years ago that you don’t really want to read anyway with a few exceptions. Ooh – like Guns, Germs and Steel. Kindle Owners’ Lending Library
“Reading Is(n’t) Easy” by Christian Ross
Ross on how difficult library e-book systems are. I think people really want Netflix for books. Imagine if Amazon charged $10 a month for access to every Kindle book. That’s more convenient than using a library e-book lending system, and … Continue reading
The Web Cold War and Data Race
Facebook doesn’t like it when you don’t use their own “Like” buttons. German news site Heise serves these buttons from their own servers. Facebook views this as a violation of their terms. Their public reasoning is that it’s too easy … Continue reading