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Continue reading →: Librarything and Booktour.com
Eoin Purcell I was a slow convert to the idea of LibraryThing using the collective data of all its users but in my conversion I think I may have veered towards zealotry. That may be why I think this is an excellent idea. From the Thonology blog post: The product…
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Continue reading →: Paid online content failing?
Eoin Purcell Publishing 2.0 points to news that TimesSelect is to come to an end. It is mostly an interesting piece that scares the hell out of the publisher for profit in me. Given the calls from other quarters to free our content on the web the idea that we…
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Continue reading →: HMV buys the Fopp name and some stores
HMV have bought six stores, the Fopp trading name and the fopp.co.uk (Nice RIP notice still in place) website. News reports here, here, here and here. It is both an odd move and a wise one. It seems a shame somehow that this is how it ends though. Andrew Keen’s…
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Continue reading →: Snail-mail is E-mail/E-mail is Snail-mail
Eoin Purcell Now this is very, very cool Read/WriteWeb pointed me in the direction of Postful today and I was impressed. The service allows users to send a real paper letter simply by writing and sending an e-mail to another e-mail address. From the site: – Most of us know…
