Baen: Free Web books spur hardback sales
"...the more e-texts Baen Books makes available cheaply or free, the more it has been able to sell the most expensive kind of printed book. 'We are drifting from being a...
How ‘cut and paste’ could help e-book sales
Enjoyed Steven Johnson's current post in his blog. Here's some comment on his piece in the May issue of Discover.
‘More Than Human’ version of Bill Gates is on the way
One of the mysteries of Bill Gates, reportedly worth $46.6 billion, is why he has promised to give away most of his wealth rather than passing it on to his three...
Tasini settlement: $18M for writers
"Freelance writers have reached a settlement worth as much as $18 million with The New York Times Co. and other defendants in a copyright infringement case involving work posted online or...
Should taxes pay for e-books and other content?
When I proposed a well-stocked national digital library system in the 1990s in Computerworld, I suggested a mix of TV-set taxes, general revenue and subscription fees determined by income.
A distributed...
The e-book gen vs. old-fart copyright lobbyists
If you love e-books, there's a good chance you're younger than the average p-book reader here in the States. Chance are you're also open to technologies such as file-sharing, which could...
Yahoo search engine for CC-licensed material
Looking for text, images or other items you can use under a Creative Commons license? Then check out either the CC site or a new Yahoo search engine. Remember that terms...
Eminent domain as tool against copyright gouges?
"States already take land and other property in order to benefit the public by building things such as roads and schools. Now some legislators and officials are saying they should...
A lesson for Prof.-to-Be Edwards: Creators vs. studios
"Copyright does little for new and niche creators who often sign away their bargaining chips cheaply. In the absence of alternative compensation schemes, digitisation so far appears to have brought...
Wealth, blogging and copyright: Will Tar Heel activists connect the dots?
Down in liberal Chapel Hill, they're holding the Triangle Bloggers Conference 2005. I live in Northern Virginia, but may Greyhound it to the University of North Carolina for the Saturday seminars...
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A sad tale of Amazon monetization: eReaderIQ and the affiliate program
Courtesy of the Kboards, a worrying item about struggling e-book sites and their ability to monetize engagement with Amazon - or not - has...
