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Reflexões sobre música digital e escassez (1)
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A princípio era para ser só um post apresentando uma bandinha legal, mas depois virou algo mais. Em tempo, a banda é DeLeon, uma mistura de rock, pop, folk e músicas típicas da península ibérica pré-inquisição (século 15), ou seja, uma baita mistureba! Abaixo você vê um clipe com cenas de uma turne da banda, ao som de uma de suas músicas. Click here to view the embedded video. “Legal Bruno, mas o que isso ...Shared by brunoscarto (121)Comment View comments -
Jornal Público já disponível no Kindle (10,25 euro) (1)
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A banca de jornais do Kindle passou a ter o escaparate com o nome de Portugal, para já com um único título. Quem o inaugura é o jornal Público, sendo o primeiro órgão de comunicação social português com uma edição específica para leitores portáteis. A mensalidade do Público para o Kindle custa 13,99 dólares — 10,25 euro ao câmbio de ontem. O jornal é entregue diariamente no Kindle, via wireless, a partir das 06:30, hora ...Shared by ciberesfera (34)Comment View comments -
Non si uccidono così anche gli eBook? (1)
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Antonio Tombolini, un amico di Novamag, è uno dei pionieri dell’e-commerce in Italia – con invenzioni come il sito Esperya – e un sacco di altre cose, come il capo di Simplicissimus, la società che distribuisce praticamente tutti gli eReader venduti in Italia, tranne i Kindle (e gli iPad, che, come abbiamo scritto già, non sono veri e propri lettori di libri digitali, però). In questo post scritto il 6 febbraio, Tombolini dà la sua ...Shared by alessandro (17)Comment View comments -
The Ten Biggest Advertising Publishers On The Web (10)
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Last year, Yahoo still dominated display advertising on the Web in terms of sheer number of ad impressions on its properties, but social networking sites MySpace and Facebook came on strong. Some new data from comScore in its just-released 2009 U.S. Digital Year in Review ranks the top Web properties by the number of display ad impressions. Yahoo served up an estimated 521 billion impressions last year, according to the report, followed by Fox Interactive ...Shared by cbsmith (66) cheeming (6) Gordo (2) Javier (4) Jeff (30) John (17) Josh (250) Kevin (21) Mahendra (269) manuscrypts (111)- Mahendra said: "Facebook might be serving up more ads than almost anyone else, but they are still selling at very low ad rates because they perform poorly for the most part."
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More Authors Signing Exclusive Kindle Deals (4)
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Amazon’s recent announcement of dramatically higher royalty rates for authors and book publishers, a move designed to level the playing field with Apple’s iPad tablet, seems to be having some effect: another author has signed an exclusive book deal for the Amazon Kindle. In this case, Gavin de Becker — author of several books about security — has agreed to release expanded and updated editions of two of his books, “The Gift of Fear” and ...Comment View comments -
The Majority of You Aren't Interested in Paying More than $10 for an E-Book [What You Said] (14)
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Last week we asked you how much you would pay for an e-book, and just shy of 10,000 votes later, it looks like most of you (70%) aren't interested in paying any more than $10 for an e-book. The basic voting breakdown, from top to bottom, looks like this: 45% would pay $5 to $10 25% would pay $1 to $5 15% say it depends on the book 7% never plan to buy e-books 5% ...Shared by Aaron (479) Chad (108) conedude13 (15) Curtis (10) Dedalus (60) Eric (9) iBspoof (68) Joel (33) John Munro (76) Jon, the Beartato of FF (9) and four more »- Eric said: Apple raising the price of eBooks above what Amazon charges.The result? Publishers are leaving Amazon's Kindle and pulling all their books back...to go make more money at Apple. The publishers are saying that Amazon wasn't paying them enough.It's a free world, but what is best for Apple is rarely best for my wallet.
- RJO said: 5 percent kids...
- iBspoof said: I think $10 is the right price for a book I cannot give to a friend, donate, or do anything other than view on my eBook reader. Not to mention there is 0 printing or distribution fees. Book publishers suck and I don't see my recent uptick in reading sticking around much once it's a better deal for me to get a book at the local Borders instead of instantly on my Kindle.Speaking of which anyone need a Kindle?
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More Authors Signing Exclusive Kindle Deals (5)
onAmazon’s recent announcement of dramatically higher royalty rates for authors and book publishers, a move designed to level the playing field with Apple’s iPad tablet, seems to be having some effect: another author has signed an exclusive book deal for the Amazon Kindle. In this case, Gavin de Becker — author of several books about security — has agreed to release expanded and updated editions of two of his books, “The Gift of Fear” and ...Comment View comments
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Job Postings Hint at Amazon's Plans for the Kindle (2)
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While Amazon goes on a hiring spree for its Kindle division, hiring color LCD managers and Wi-Fi specialists, where does the company take the Kindle from here?Shared by Dan (83) patrickj (43)Comment View comments -
Amazon job postings ask for display and wireless experts, hint at Kindle things to come? (1)
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So, we already assume Amazon's thinking touch for the Kindle, what with that recent Touchco aquisition and word of similar behind-the-screen touch tech being on PVI's roadmap. PVI owns E Ink, and is naturally bullish about its upcoming products, but what about E Ink in the new Kindle? If you're into reading the tea leaves of job postings, Amazon might be telegraphing its intentions. It's looking for a "Hardware Display Manager" who, among many other ...Shared by Jeff (29)Comment View comments -
Amazon job postings ask for display and wireless experts, hint at Kindle things to come? (1)
onSo, we already assume Amazon's thinking touch for the Kindle, what with that recent Touchco acquisition and word of similar behind-the-screen touch tech being on PVI's roadmap. PVI owns E Ink, and is naturally bullish about its upcoming products, but what about E Ink in the new Kindle? If you're into reading the tea leaves of job postings, Amazon might be telegraphing its intentions. It's looking for a "Hardware Display Manager" who, among many other ...Shared by Jun (40)Comment View comments
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Amazon's Working on a Full-Color Multitouch Kindle With Wi-Fi [Amazon] (5)
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After buying that little multitouch company Touchco last week and merging it with Lab126—their Kindle division—Amazon's now got job listings looking for a Hardware Display manager that knows LCDs, and a Wi-Fi specialist. You do the math.Okay! I'll add some calculus of my own. Like Ammunition's Robert Brunner, who helped Barnes & Noble create the Nook, told Bits, I don't think it's crazy to expect Amazon to have two types of Kindles: An E-Ink and ...Comment View comments -
Sci-Fi Writers of America Reject Amazon Over Macmillan Row [Amazonfail] (2)
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Amazon's ill-considered game of chicken with Macmillan last weekend continues to backfire for the bookseller; now the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America have gotten involved, delinking Amazon for "hurting authors."In a statement earlier this week, the organization announced that it was removing Amazon links from their website, explaining: Our authors depend on people buying their books and since a significant percentage of them publish through Macmillan or its subsidiaries, we would prefer to ...Shared by Lynne (73) MCE (15)Comment View comments -
Ouverture de la plate-forme Kindle d'Amazon (2)
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TGE Adonis | Très grand équipement du CNRS pour les sciences humaines et sociales (22) permalink
Amazon a annoncé que les auteurs et éditeurs du monde entier vont pouvoir utiliser la plate-forme Kindle (Digital Text Platform ou DTP) - jusque là réservée aux Américains - pour mettre en ligne et vendre des livres en anglais, allemand et français à une clientèle internationale sur le Kindle Store. L'offre du catalogue d'Amazon - 400 000 ouvrages/journaux/magazines - devrait donc s'enrichir non seulement de livres en anglais mais aussi en langue française et allemande ...Shared by io2a (42) Julien (21)Comment View comments -
NSFW: Hey, 1997 – Macmillan called, they want the Net Book Agreement back (31)
onThis time last week I rattled off the world’s laziest column. I was struggling against my book deadline which expired 24 hours later and I simply didn’t have time to write anything else. This week should have been different; I should have finished the book days ago and now be sitting on a beach in the Caribbean, sipping a Diet Coke martini and lazily writing a long, well-thought-out column about some vital issue of the ...Shared by _dot_ (55) AmyVernon (43) Anthony (15) Antonio (5) Atul Arora (89) Chris (18) Dan (16) danliebke (44) dekrazee1 (6) Eric (21) and 21 more »Explore read five notes
- Vish said: FTA: "Youa Culpa, Macmillan"
- Chris said: Very insiteful article. My question is this, he states that ebooks have swung the power back in favour of the publishers, but seeing as anybody can publish on the internet, doesn't that still result in a net loss of power for existing big publishers?
- mikal said: Interesting reading about how books are priced in the UK (which largely mirrors Australia). The problem with ebooks is that there is no "parallel import" option.
- Piaw said: Finally, an author gets what Scalzi, Stross, and Valente don't get. The Macmillan demand is NOT good for authors, and not even good for Macmillan.
- James said: An interesting look at the recent ebook pricing debacle.
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Why (and How) Apple Killed the $9.99 Ebook [Apple] (28)
onPublishers joining Apple's iBooks store are turning their back on Amazon and its vision of the flat $9.99 ebook. Apple forced the music industry to charge 99 cents per song, so why are they helping publishers set their own prices? To screw Amazon. The difference between Amazon and Apple is this: Amazon is very much in the ebook business to sell ebooks. They want you attached to their platform. That's why the Kindle Reader is ...Shared by akempler (39) Anthony (15) Brian (1) Chester Tam (13) Chung (67) Core (13) DaFerret (10) DeadRinga (94) Dileepa (17) DragonI (199) and 18 more »
- felix said: They overlook the obvious fact - they even state in their article, they're in the game to sell ebooks. They need to update their kindle app to work on the iPad and then every iPad becomes another potential client for the much bigger Kindle book store.
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Apple Demands Removal Of USB Sharing Feature In Stanza iPhone App (29)
onLike many people, I have the Stanza app installed on my iPhone. Made by Lexycle (acquired by Amazon last year), Stanza is a free app for iPhone and iPod Touch that serves as a gateway to a library of more than 100,000 ebooks for easy reading on the go. Last night, I was prompted to update the app to a new version (2.1), and as usual I checked what the changes were. The accompanying message ...Shared by a77ila (185) akempler (39) balintd (47) Bryce (73) Danny (3) Devlin (78) EJ (3) fabio (4) J (17) Josh (250) and 19 more »
- EJ said: And it begins...
- Paolo said: Control freaks
- marcel said: "I asked Lexcycle if and why Apple had requested the removal of the feature from the iPhone app via e-mail and swiftly received a short response, saying that Apple had indeed demanded that Lexcycle remove the feature from Stanza. I requested more information but was subsequently told by Lexcycle was strictly ‘forbidden from discussing the specifics of our conversations with Apple on this matter’."
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Amazon Caves To Macmillan’s eBook Pricing Demands (21)
onA new development in the Amazon vs. Macmillan fiasco. Amazon just posted an announcement indicating that it will be “capitulating” to Macmillan by selling the publishers’ books for their desired prices. Macmillan is trying to price their e-books at $15, while Amazon prices e-books at $9.99. Macmillan’s CEO John Sargent said that unless Amazon sets the price of new e-books to $15, the publisher will not distribute new books to Amazon when they are released. ...Shared by a77ila (185) Andy (24) Benny (6) Chandoo (47) Chris (18) DeadRinga (94) Fabrice (5) GerardM (30) groovysoup (34) Jamie (19) and 11 more »Comment View comments
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Top 10 Reasons The Apple iPad Will Put Amazon’s Kindle Out of Business (31)
onEditor’s note: Ever since yesterday’s debut of Apple’s iPad, the debate has been raging about what it means for Amazon’s Kindle. Will it kill it? Will it not? Is comparing the two like comparing a computer to a typewriter? To add fuel to the fire and, well, because we love top 10 lists, we present this guest post from Ben Elowitz, who comes down very firmly on the Kindle-is-kaput side of the debate. Ben is ...Shared by 0m4r (24) a77ila (185) adamconner7 (9) Ahmed (52) Ali (34) Andrew (46) Corey (67) Dan (35) DarkBls (79) David (20) and 21 more »Explore read five notes
- Norman said: The Kindle will compete on price alone. Amazon will have to change how they do things, but I'm optimistic about their chances of success.
- Siva said: I am sold on iPad.
- Dan said: I said this earlier and I strongly believe if Amazon were to sell the Kindle for $99 or gasp! $49 they would have a hit. I'm sure the loss in hardware could easily be recouped by the content they sell. Another win would be publishers backing the device because they would have sold so many.At $49, I would buy it in an instant -- even if I planned on buying the iPad. I would buy the thing as a Christmas present for everyone in my family too ( maybe not everyone ).
- Herv said: Hehe
- Peng-Toh said: LOL
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