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Some Thoughts on Amazon’s Acquisition of GoodReads

Peter McCarthy — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:33:44 +0000

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 PaidContent) I’ve been asked by several people what I think about Amazon’s acquisition of GoodReads. It’s funny because […]

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Platform Lock-In and Consumer eBook Prices

Peter McCarthy — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:09:29 +0000

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, don’t know, though I am following along and am as curious as the next publishing […]

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How Might a Spotify for Books Work?

Peter McCarthy — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 19:37:11 +0000

In a previous post, I postulated that forces in technology and consumer behavior, as evidenced by the popularity of the music streaming service Spotify could be seen a signs of things to come for books. I then took some guesses as to which companies might try to offer this “access model” (paid or ad-supported) for […]

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Who Can Pull Off Spotify for Books?

Peter McCarthy — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 21:22:52 +0000

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 demographic — are opting to access their media via ad-supported free services or paid subscriptions, as opposed to buying and downloading files to own. I suspect […]

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Spotify is Revolutionizing Music Consumption — Why Books will go the Same Route

Peter McCarthy — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:11:50 +0000

Streaming music now accounts for 89% of music “sales” in Sweden. This is not arcane. This is a very big deal. For music, yes. But for other forms of content, too — including books. Why? My thoughts… Spotify Has Begun to Eclipse iTunes Sweden is the home of Spotify, where the streaming music service first […]

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