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Netflix’ All You Can Eat Influency Model Comes To Books

Renting books sounds like a great idea. In the case of textbooks, it is; those buggers go for way too much, so anything you can do to reduce costs sounds like a win. More generally, getting books for free at your local library sounds…

Microsoft, Batteries, eReaders, and Stock Valuations

Yesterday, Microsoft created a joint venture with Barnes & Noble. The new company, named — I’m not kidding — NewCo, will own and operate Nook, the eReader that Barnes and Noble sells to compete with Amazon’s Kindle (there are others, but…

eBooks: The Next Frontier for Media Business Change

The first time I commented here on electronic book publishing, I skewered David Pogue for not understanding it. I’ve known Dave for a long time and have used his name as fodder for quite a few business-meets-technology stories. Sometimes…

eReaders: Kindle, NOOK Make Business Change — Business Chaos