April 16th, 2012
What Have We Learned About Amazon Book Reviews?
Following is a ‘reader’s digest’ summation of some of the scholarly research published in the last five years that analyses out how Amazon’s book review system functions.
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April 13th, 2012
Running the Numbers on Barnes & Noble
In the wake of media speculation of the impact of the Department of Justice lawsuit against Apple, Macmillan and Penguin and the secondary speculation of the impact on Barnes & Noble I thought I’d run a few numbers and see what story they might reveal.
April 11th, 2012
It’s the Conspiracy, Stupid!
A lot of “ink” will be spilled in the days and weeks ahead about the Department of Justice lawsuit against the large New York-based publishers. Too much of the ink will be focused on pricing, authors, Amazon and other abstractions.
April 9th, 2012
Leaving Facebook
Dark clouds formed in happy valley today. The two biggest? Facebook bought Instagram for a billion dollars and Microsoft bought 800 patents from AOL for a billion plus. Two billion dollars spent. For what?
April 5th, 2012
Ebook Readership Explodes; Amazon Strengthens Attack on Public Libraries
It’s been a big day for ebook news.