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Cutting their own throats - Charlie's Diary

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:00:12 +0000

As ebook sales mushroom, the Big Six's insistence on DRM has proven to be a hideous mistake. Rather than reducing piracy[*], it has locked customers in Amazon's walled garden, which in turn increases Amazon's leverage over publishers. And unlike pirated copies (which don't automatically represent lost sales) Amazon is a direct revenue threat because Amazon are have no qualms about squeezing their suppliers — or trying to poach authors for their "direct" publishing channel by offering initially favourable terms. (Which will doubtless get a lot less favourable once the monopoly is secured ...)

Tags: #amazon #drm #ebooks #haha #kindle #publishing

MacOS X is an Unsuitable Platform for Web Development

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:20:12 +0000

Tags: #haha #macosx

Pictured: The battered and bruised face of a burglar who got on the wrong side of a 72-year-old former boxer | Mail Online

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:45:39 +0000

"The blows were so powerful that McCalium, who had just lunged at Mr Corti with the knife, was left looking like he had been in 'a car accident'."

Tags: #boxers #burglars #crime #facebook #funny #haha #lol #morons

Twitter / Hasselhoff

Fri, 20 Apr 2007 15:01:07 +0000

"Deciding which leather jacket to wear"

Tags: #haha #hasselhoff #twitter