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The co-founders of CompletelyNovel, Anna Lewis (@anna_cn) and Oliver Brooks (@cn_oli), have a new startup brewing. ValoBox, which is gearing up for private beta, will allow readers to consume books any...
View ArticleLeaky paywalls and ads: What publishers can learn from the New York Times
This post originally appeared on Joe Wikert’s Publishing 2020 Blog (“Porous Paywalls and Book Publishing“). It’s republished with permission. Felix Salmon recently wrote an article talking about how...
View ArticlePublishing News: Amazon lands "4-Hour" author Timothy Ferriss
Here’s a few highlights from this week’s publishing news. (Note: Some of these stories were previously published on Radar.) Timothy Ferriss signs with Amazon Publishing to “redefine what is possible”...
View ArticleTop Stories: August 15-19, 2011
Here’s a look at the top stories published across O’Reilly sites this week. The Meat to Math ratio Big data, machine learning, and an iterative, experimental mindset are essential for businesses — and...
View ArticlePublishing News: "Hating Amazon is not a strategy"
Here are a few of the stories that caught my eye in the publishing space this week. Amazon’s Price Check ignites passions, but perhaps cooler heads will prevail Amazon’s Price Check promotion caused...
View ArticleWhy I’m changing my tune on paywalls
The Pew Research Center is out with its annual “State of the News Media” report. Much of it is what you’d expect: newspapers and local television are struggling, mobile is rising, digital revenue...
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