Remember that Radiohead experiment back in 2007, the one where they allowed free downloads of their latest album and asked listeners to pay what they felt was fair?
Why Amazon should try a 'Radiohead Experiment' on the Kindle
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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...
Amazon has already done a pretty good job of recruiting indie musicians to sell mp3s on amazon. (for a while, they were even letting singers distribute free mp3s).
What authors crave is the cachet of having a book page on amazon, plus access to audience tracking tools and comments. Unfortunately the road to self-publishing is fraught with lots of additional costs.
On the other hand, having a portion of free works would enhance the overall value of the platform.
I would guess you also receive Bob Lefsetz’s newsletter as he wrote about Radiohead and capturing email addresses yesterday. Interesting correlation to publishing…