That’s what I’ve heard through back channels. But I think the why is more important. A software developer who used to work for Kobo has been causing a stir the past few days. He’s blogged this about Apple: Their in-app purchasing system only allows 3000 or 3500 distinct items to be in your catalog (depending [...]
Entries Tagged as 'work'
Amazon, B&N, Kobo know their iOS apps will be pulled in June
February 22nd, 2011 · 22 Comments · opinion
Tags:ebookstores·inapp·purchases·work
Why it’s sometimes good for writers to build on each other’s work
January 14th, 2011 · 1 Comment · opinion
by Chris Walter Yesterday I spent most of the afternoon writing out my idea for how fanfic and other writers could theoretically use digital technology to bypass copyright roadblocks. What inspired me was the recent story about an unauthorized sequel to “The Catcher in the Rye” that Salinger managed to quash in the U.S. before [...]
Finally, someone who understands paywalls (and why they work)
August 3rd, 2010 · 3 Comments · opinion
Mathew Ingram posted an interesting piece over at GigsOm yesterday. He basically says what I’ve said before: you need to have unique or exclusive content behind a paaywall in order for it to succeed. He discusses HBO and XM Satellite Radio as 2 examples of unique content: The latest version of this argument appeared in [...]
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Paywalls can work
June 7th, 2010 · No Comments · opinion
I love Mondays. Here I spent several days writing a post on how I would make a magazine app, and according to paidcontent.co.uk Esquire is already doing what I was going to propose. That makes my post so much easier to write. I was going to propose that magazines release a free app that would [...]
More Evidence that Newspaper Paywalls don’t work
April 1st, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
Hold the Front Page is reporting: Regional publisher Johnston Press is quietly dropping its experiment in introducing paywalls to some of its local newspaper websites.As first revealed by HTFP last November, JP imposed a £5 subscription for anyone wanting to read stories in full on some of its local sites, including the Whitby Gazette in [...]
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