Who Can Pull Off Spotify for Books?
In a previous post, I offered music-streaming service Spotify’s ascendence as a signifier of a sea change in consumer media consumption habits. Millions of consumers — especially the 30-and-under...
View ArticlePlatform Lock-In and Consumer eBook Prices
There has recently been a great deal of speculation and study as to what is happening – and what will happen – to eBook prices in a post DOJ settlement world. I must admit up front that I, like many,...
View ArticleAmazon is Many Things, Including a Publicly-Traded Company
Most publishing folks I know always figured that light at the end of the tunnel was probably a train. Now I believe we know it is. Not just by Amazon’s actions now but by what they’ll probably be...
View ArticleSome Thoughts on Amazon’s Acquisition of GoodReads
Our mentality here is to first do no harm, and make sure that if we’re going to do integrations, users genuinely find it to be a big benefit. — Russ Grandinetti, Amazon VP of Kindle Content (via...
View ArticleAmazon’s Next Acquisitions? They Live in the Cloud
If you’re competitor-focused, you have to wait until there is a competitor doing something. Being customer-focused allows you to be more pioneering. We have found that, on the Internet, “me too”...
View ArticleWho Can Pull Off Spotify for Books?
In a previous post, I offered music-streaming service Spotify’s ascendence as a signifier of a sea change in consumer media consumption habits. Millions of consumers — especially the 30-and-under...
View ArticlePlatform Lock-In and Consumer eBook Prices
There has recently been a great deal of speculation and study as to what is happening – and what will happen – to eBook prices in a post DOJ settlement world. I must admit up front that I, like many,...
View ArticleAmazon is Many Things, Including a Publicly-Traded Company
Most publishing folks I know always figured that light at the end of the tunnel was probably a train. Now I believe we know it is. Not just by Amazon’s actions now but by what they’ll probably be...
View ArticleSome Thoughts on Amazon’s Acquisition of GoodReads
Our mentality here is to first do no harm, and make sure that if we’re going to do integrations, users genuinely find it to be a big benefit. — Russ Grandinetti, Amazon VP of Kindle Content (via...
View ArticleAmazon’s Next Acquisitions? They Live in the Cloud
If you’re competitor-focused, you have to wait until there is a competitor doing something. Being customer-focused allows you to be more pioneering. We have found that, on the Internet, “me too”...
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