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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
SALS and Kindle Lending
My local library system’s “all you need to know” about Overdrive and Kindle Lending. The rules are pretty much what you’d expect. This is pretty much Netflix streaming for books — no new titles for a bit, and you’ll wait … Continue reading
Bob Boilen on Amazon’s Cloud Player
Personally, I’m having trouble figuring out why I’d want to do this. An offsite backup is a great idea for my library, but the cost is out of control compared to buying a hard drive and putting it in a … Continue reading
Music Licensing Kerfuffles
“We are disappointed that the locker service that Amazon is proposing is unlicensed by Sony Music,” a Sony spokesperson said in a statement to Billboard.biz. Amazon Director of Music Craig Pape told Billboard.biz in response: “We don’t believe we need … Continue reading