Comments on: Why Amazon should try a ‘Radiohead Experiment’ on the Kindle http://www.teleread.org/2009/01/20/why-amazon-should-try-a-radiohead-experiment-on-the-kindle-2/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:13:16 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Joe http://www.teleread.org/2009/01/20/why-amazon-should-try-a-radiohead-experiment-on-the-kindle-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1006045 Joe Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:17:31 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/01/20/why-amazon-should-try-a-radiohead-experiment-on-the-kindle-2/#comment-1006045 I would guess you also receive Bob Lefsetz's newsletter as he wrote about Radiohead and capturing email addresses yesterday. Interesting correlation to publishing... I would guess you also receive Bob Lefsetz’s newsletter as he wrote about Radiohead and capturing email addresses yesterday. Interesting correlation to publishing…

]]> By: Robert Nagle http://www.teleread.org/2009/01/20/why-amazon-should-try-a-radiohead-experiment-on-the-kindle-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1005804 Robert Nagle Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:49:41 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/01/20/why-amazon-should-try-a-radiohead-experiment-on-the-kindle-2/#comment-1005804 Amazon has already done a pretty good job of recruiting indie musicians to sell mp3s on amazon. (for a while, they were even letting singers distribute free mp3s). What authors crave is the cachet of having a book page on amazon, plus access to audience tracking tools and comments. Unfortunately the road to self-publishing is fraught with lots of additional costs. On the other hand, having a portion of free works would enhance the overall value of the platform. Amazon has already done a pretty good job of recruiting indie musicians to sell mp3s on amazon. (for a while, they were even letting singers distribute free mp3s).

What authors crave is the cachet of having a book page on amazon, plus access to audience tracking tools and comments. Unfortunately the road to self-publishing is fraught with lots of additional costs.

On the other hand, having a portion of free works would enhance the overall value of the platform.

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