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March 2011
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February 2011
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Publishers Look Beyond Bookstores to Help Sales - NYTimes.com →
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Interesting look at the uptick in book sales at nontraditional brick-and-mortar stores (specialty shops, boutiques, etc.). Of particular note, the insane return policy doesn’t apply to these alternative retailers:
Though sales to nonbook retailers can be more complicated and labor-intensive for publishers, books are generally sold on a nonreturnable basis. Bookstores, on the other hand, can return unsold books to publishers.
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Canonical’s discussions with Banshee reveal the tricky balance between business and open source http://bit.ly/guIVo0
Publishing week in review: App sub angst, marginalia as a revenue stream, booksellers will be ok http://oreil.ly/hBAYB8
Pattern is a Swiss Army knife for web mining. It’s got tools for data retrieval, text analysis, and visualization http://bit.ly/exKTKx
Digital disruption is a story told over and over with different players. Latest example: Classical music http://nyti.ms/hRp6KX
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Amidst disruption, publishing relies on research, sales, authoring, and curation. @praxagora’s TOC analysis http://oreil.ly/ei9gyv
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Because an 8-bit world is blocky fun, here’s Pixelfari: Safari’s chunky cousin http://bit.ly/eu2GRY #whynot?
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RT @KatMeyer: RT @NicBoshart: #ff To the guy who’s reinventing the way we find books and no one knows it yet, @terrycojones . #toccon
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Online payment requires confirmed identity, but who sees what is an open question http://oreil.ly/gvzmMt
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“The best way to energize thinking is to hold conversations rather than meetings” http://bit.ly/i5HT8h
