Amazon vs Walmart

Amazon gets a lot of ink about its innovations and business practices. Deservedly so. Wired magazine’s Tim Carmody has even…

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Know Thy Audience

I have been looking at the sales mix (net units sold) between online outlets like Amazon, and brick-and-mortar outlets, including…

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Dear Amazon, Apple, B&N…

As I’ve said elsewhere, this eBook format thing is crazy. Now that the industry has roughly settled on the EPUB…

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iBooks Author: First Look

Apple yesterday introduced a new eBook creation app, appropriately called iBooks Author. I say appropriately named because, if you charge…

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The End of Print?

Long-term there’s no future in printed books. They’ll be like vinyl: pricey and for collectors only. 95% of people will…

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