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Why Jarvis rocks!

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June 7, 2006

Jeff Jarvis calmly takes apart the argument against new technology in the book publishing industry and specifically that of Wall Street Journal writer, Lee Gomes in a post today. It is to the point, well argued and cogent and best of all quotes liberally from the offending piece. It provides…
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Books, Business, Future of Books, Future of Publishing

Google, content’s gatekeeper!

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June 7, 2006

I referenced a post by Robert Young at Gigaom earlier this week and he comes up again as he highlights the role of search in video and the need for Hollywood to be on the ball: As more and more videos go online with every passing day, people will increasingly…
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Authors, Books, Bookselling, Business, Future of Books, Future of Publishing, Innovation, Self Publishing

The two digital debate camps

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June 7, 2006

The discussion in most debates about modern culture breaks down into two broad camps. Take the movie industry as an example. Some will decry the horrible nature of the modern business, “how many awful movies are made and indeed how many movies are made with no merit”. Others defend the…
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Authors, Books, Business, Future of Publishing, Innovation

MySpace is already a publishing giant

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June 6, 2006

Paul Niederer linked to my post some time ago: “Is the future bright? Books, Digitisation and Evil!” I have been meaning to deal with the post he did so with for some time! Paul suggests: While iTunes is talked about being a virtual monopoly MySpace should be seen as more…
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Digital debates Irish Style (Update)!

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June 6, 2006

I don’t know how I missed this (Well it was a bank holiday and I don’t read the New York Times every day. But thankfully I found it today by way of Medialoper. Yesterday the NYT published an article that seems to have stirred up things in the debate we…
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