Comments on: Recharging the Batteries

By: Phil Wallas

Phil Wallas — Fri, 29 May 2009 18:32:42 +0000

The return of Geoff’s gorillas got me thinking that the metaphor is problematic. If publishers and distributors and search engines are all gorillas, doesn’t that mean they might breed together? With what result? I see different species which don’t naturally breed, so the size comparisons are apples and allen wrenches, especially since Amazon sells toasters–how can we tell how big their information distribution business is? As for plugs and batteries, I carry a 3 outlet multiplug adapter 2″x2″x2.5″–helps sharing in airports. Can I be a billionaire now? I really enjoyed the session, but find that good conferences leave me with more URLs to visit and more books to read than I’ll ever catch up with.
Trust *is* the issue. . .

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Fri, 29 May 2009 16:09:34 +0000

[...] (frictionless, with price differentiation based on known demand) for publishers, referring to Geoff Bilder’s talk from yesterday about iPub. However, it’s not in existence now, just on Vincent’s list of things to do. He seems [...]

By: T Scott

T Scott — Fri, 29 May 2009 02:52:35 +0000

I’m jealous! I’ve seen you present once, and it was great; I’ve seen Geoff a couple of times and was amazed. The two of you together would’ve been worth traveling to see.