So, I have purchased a package of magazines (I pay for 5 magazines at very low prices) and one day a few months ago I was receiving about 3 magazines per day (no joke). I thought, this can't be right. I was getting more magazines than I was paying for. Alas, the company said I was on their list of eligible customers to receive 8 for FREE! That's more than I am paying for. Apparently the magazine companies can charge more for the magazine with the more total circulation... So, what does this have anything to do with technology, you ask? Well, I received Fast Company (I never heard of, but am loving every issue of it!). In the May 2009 edition, there are about 10 pages of technologies that are in line with Kindle. "The Kindle is not the only way technology is changing--and saving?--book publishing." Among them are two that stand out:
Josh Hug, CEO and Cofounder of Shelfari, Seattle, WA. Adding a social component to reading books. So, there are conversations of what others are thinking, liking it or not, etc.
John Yoo, David Levithan, and Rachel Griffiths, The New Storytellers out of New York, NY. They created the children's series, The 39 Clues, weaving through 10 books, an online game, and trading cards. They reveal 10 clues in print and 29 online. They are interested in how kids deal with the virtual and the physical pieces. "The perceived gap between readers and gamers is just not that big." I want to find it!
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