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Very interesting outlook - the book publishers seem to have painted themselves into a corner here. It's not very different from what happened between Apple & the music industry.

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An excellent demo of how authors can leverage Amazon to publicize their work. Also highlights the way in which the long tail can go mainstream using the power of free. Chris Anderson would be really proud.

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This is how you game the review system it seems, till the systems games you.

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Steve Jobs was onto something with the 10" form factor for tablets, it seems. This study indicates how difficult it is to use regular (desktop versions) websites on a 7" tablet. Even though the screen is much larger, the user experience is better with the mobile version of a site on a 7" screen.

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Remember the argument of iPad vs the rest in the tablets wars? Guess who's the content distribution king on the web. Now, once the device market saturates, and the focus shifts entirely to content a la TV, who do you think will be reaping the rewards - Apple or Amazon?

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Nowhere close to the physical lending model yet...
"Moreover, Amazon will restrict borrowers to one title at a time, one per month. Borrowers can keep a book for as long as they like, but when they borrow a new title, the previously borrowed book automatically disappears from their device."

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A pretty long read

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Bottom line is that you need a strong business model backing your products. Apple has one, and Amazon is just pushing into the new space, while Google is still not sure what to do.

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Very interesting case. Living among them would be totally disorienting. Thank goodness we can count.
via http://www.neatorama.com/2010/04/05/amazonian-tribes-language-has-no-tenses-numbers-over-five/

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The public domain is the greatest resource in human history: eventually all knowledge will become part of it. Its riches serve all mankind, but it faces a new threat. Vast libraries of public domain works are being plundered by claims of "copyright". It's

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