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Amazon Peer Review: Coming To A Preprint Near You

Starting today, anyone who visits the online retailer Amazon will soon be able to review manuscripts, just like pens, sneakers, and toiletry products.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Apr 1, 2018
  • 5 Comments
  • Time To Read: 2 mins

Loaded Dice — The New Research Conundrums Posed by Mechanical Turk

The use of Mechanical Turk in research may generate misleading data and false information. Do we need to guard against such mechanical methodologies?

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Feb 20, 2015
  • 4 Comments
  • Time To Read: 2 mins

Hiding in Plain Sight — Is the Subscription Model the Optimal Business Model for the Digital Age?

The half-forgotten subscription model deserves our praise and renewed attention. In the Digital Age, it has become more popular than ever.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Jun 30, 2014
  • 27 Comments
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

"Hating Amazon Is Not a Strategy" — The World Reacts As Amazon Opens a New Front in the Pricing Wars

The misplaced anxiety and consternation publishers and authors showed in the face of Amazon’s Price Check app revealed an industry and culture rooted in the past. And that’s not where the readers of the future are coming from.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Dec 17, 2011
  • 65 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Is Piracy Really the F**king Answer?

A viral book sensation’s obvious story may not be as obvious as some think, harder to replicate, and indicative of a strong counter-trend.

  • By David Crotty
  • May 19, 2011
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Algorithmic Pricing on Amazon — Is a Book About Flies Worth $23,698,655.93 (plus shipping)?

Algorithmic pricing on Amazon creates a book worth millions, and the problem seems to be repeating itself.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Apr 25, 2011
  • 3 Comments
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

Truth Trumps Fiction: Amazon Unveils Its Latest Kindle Innovation — Signed E-Books

An April Fool’s post is bested by reality — but that doesn’t mean the idea isn’t silly anyhow.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Apr 2, 2011
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 2 mins

Anchoring Communities and Trust Markets — Advantages Shift to the Users

While losing distribution and production advantages might have hurt our businesses, losing our roles as anchoring and trust centers might cut deeper.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Oct 5, 2010
  • 16 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

E-reader Petting Zoo: The PSP Brings Us a Menagerie of Toys and Devices

E-reading devices were shown off at the 2010 PSP Annual Meeting. Unfortunately, the iPad probably still dominated the setting, even in abstentia.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Feb 4, 2010
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 2 mins

Who Controls Publisher Prices? Amazon Fires the First Shot, Then Forges a Bitter Truce

This weekend Amazon pulled all of MacMillan’s books, both electronic and paper, from their store due to a dispute over eBook pricing policies. Is this the first battle in the war for control of the publishing industry?

  • By David Crotty
  • Feb 1, 2010
  • 35 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

The iPad: First Impressions of Its Importance to Publishers

Initial impressions of Apple’s new iPad device — how the tech press is missing the meaning, what it might mean for publishers, and a chance to tell us what you think.

  • By David Crotty
  • Jan 28, 2010
  • 44 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Doing the Kindle Math — Does Amazon’s Opacity Conceal a Shameful Truth?

Is the Kindle really a success? Do the vague and convoluted statements from Amazon about Kindle sales mean anything? The backlash against Amazon’s lack of transparency has apparently begun.

  • By David Crotty
  • Jan 6, 2010
  • 7 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Fighting Fire with Fire — The Only Remaining Option?

The shift to the Systems Age is happening so fast and completely that publishers are left with only one option — fight fire with fire. Will they? Can they? Some examples show the way.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Jan 6, 2010
  • 3 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

Churn in the Book Space: Rational & Irrational Behavior Among Book Publishers

Two fiction publishers decide to delay release of their e-books, further marginalizing their books. Meanwhile, an STM book publisher gets it right.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Dec 17, 2009
  • 23 Comments
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

A First Look at the Nook: An Also-Ran That Can Barely Get Out of the Box

The new Nook is over-packaged, and has design and technical issues that keep it from competing well with the Kindle. Too bad.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Dec 10, 2009
  • 12 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

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