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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 … [Continue reading]
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 forced to do in the future...A recent piece by … [Continue reading]
Why anybody thinks they will produce a gazelle by mating two dinosaurs is beyond me.--Tom Peters, author of In Search of Excellence For the title of this post, I opted to replace "dinosaur" in Peters's quote because I don't believe that either … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
Keeping it simple for the consumer is incredibly dire.--Bob Iger I can envision the comments already. Or at least the perplexed emails and phone calls from peers. What!?Four things up front that are critical to my perspective: 1) I am … [Continue reading]