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Should readers of ebooks be taxed to subsidize stores that sell printed books?

TweetOkay here’s an easy question to answer: Should readers of ebooks be charged a fee that would go into a fund to subsidize bookstores that sell print books? I hope that it’s obvious to you the...

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Isn’t fumbling iPad opportunities the favorite pastime of magazine publishers?

TweetFrom an article today, April 12, 2012, on the website, Digiday, titled, Magazines Fumble the iPad Opportunity: “I don’t think there’s anything magazine-like out there that’s really resonating or...

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Hello from Amazon: You owe taxes

TweetI think it’s past time for Amazon to collect and administer the payment of state sales tax. That’s especially true in states like Tennessee, where the company has clearly established nexus with...

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Rethinking the role of cover when the book is digital

TweetCraig Mod has written an insightful essay on the role of “book cover” when applied to ebooks. [Read it here.] Think about it: The cover serves a critical marketing purpose for physical books....

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Did you know? Amazon sales tax collection policy, Kindle eBook loaning

Tweet["Did you know?" is a category of posts I'm starting in which I will share things about the use of media and media-related technology that I run across that seem like I should have known, but...

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Idea to File Away for the Future: A Wiki Your Customers Can Use to Create...

Tweet Yesterday, Wikipedia added the “ePUB” file format as an export option for collections of Wikipedia articles you want to compile. This may not sound like something new, as the ability to compile —...

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My predictions for the future of print magazines

TweetPublished in 1741, Ben Franklin’s General magazine shut-down after six issues, making it the first example in the U.S. of why there is no future in print magazines.On the Hammock blog, a post I...

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Maybe if we were Zappos, this story would have a more inspiring ending

TweetWhen it comes to customer service mythology, no one beats Zappos.* For example, a Zappo’s customer service person once stayed on the phone with a customer for ten hours, even though the caller was...

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No Virginia, Amazon and UPS aren’t real

Tweet(Context.) I remember it was back on Christmas Eve of 2013. My son and I were outside at 7:59 P.M. looking anxiously for the UPS truck to arrive with a Red Ryder BB gun we’d ordered on Amazon.com....

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Amazon Dash: Reinventing the Cuecat, 2014

TweetStarting over ten years ago, a long-running joke on this blog has been my fascination with (and mockery of) the recurring need inventors (including those who work for huge technology companies)...

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PacMan Eats Up Amazon’s Home Page

TweetEarlier this year, I noted a new design of Wired.com that supports “takeover” ads. These are not pop-over or pop-up ads that you can click an “x” to remove. These are ads that are actually a part...

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HQ-2 Miss Congeniality

TweetConference Board research suggests Boston and Washington, D.C. metro areas are the “most likely candidates” to win Amazon’s proposed second headquarters (HQ2). They based their prediction on...

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