This was one of those freaky moments when the future sneaks up and smacks you. I was on a plane earlier this week and took a break from work to watch the movie while they served dinner. It was Terminator Salvation, which once again tells us what happens when Skynet becomes self-aware and the machines [...]
Netflix data shows shifting demand down the Long Tail
September 25, 2009 by Leave a Comment
A team at Wharton did some Long Tail analysis on the Netflix ratings data the company released for its Netflix Prize. Although I don’t agree with many of the conclusions in their paper (like some other academics, they got confused over definitions of “head” and “tail” and fell into the common trap of doing percentage [...]
A New York Times Bestseller!
September 18, 2009 by Leave a Comment
If you checked out today’s New York Times Book Review section, you’ll see that FREE made the list in its first week of eligibility. It’s #12, tied for #11 (that’s what that little asterisk means). We expect it to dip in its second week due to the free versions of the book cannibalizing sales, then [...]
FREE on the Kindle (free); get it while it lasts!
September 18, 2009 by Leave a Comment
You can get FREE free on the Kindle (and Kindle iPhone app if you don’t have a Kindle) now. It’s been up for a few days and the free offer will end on Wed, Jul 22nd, so get it now. [UPDATE: the free offer is now over, and the book is now at the usual [...]
FREE audiobook on iTunes (free, natch)
September 18, 2009 by Leave a Comment
The free audiobook of FREE is now on iTunes, with some very nice front page promotion. Podcast serialized version coming up soon. For those outside the US, you can stream or download the MP3s at wired.com. The Kindle version should be out later this week, along with some other ebook readers. Go to the [...]
The priceless rollout continues: Google Books
September 18, 2009 by Leave a Comment
FREE is now available for free on Google Books, too. Like Scribd, this one is a web-based screen reading experience, but it has the added advantage of a live Table of Contents (see above), so you can easily get from chapter to chapter or pull up sidebars without having to page through the book. Like [...]
FREE for free: first ebook and audiobook versions released
September 18, 2009 by Leave a Comment
FREE (full book) by Chris Anderson We’re going to be rolling out the free digital forms of FREE over the next two weeks. First up: the Scribd form, right here on the blog (and anywhere else you want—it’s embeddable). This is the whole book! (click “full screen” for a better reading experience). Also released today: [...]
