Bobby Flay is a chef who owns a couple restaurants. He goes on the Food Channel and becomes popular. He writes cookbooks. His cookbooks are wildly popular and sell very well.
Suppose he were to skip the free exposure on the Food Channel. No one knows who he is. No one buys his books.
Pogue is relatively well known for a tech writer because of his NY Times gig. But the more name exposure he can get the better for his book sales. Those pirates are helping him in that regard. They're spreading the word that he's a reliable information source on tech topics.
Someone may get one of his books free and be impressed with him and his presentation. That may be the reason that they purchase his next book.
My cable bill runs $200 per month including TV, VOIP phone service, and Internet connection. I hate Comast and think my bill should be more like $50 per month. What I hate the most is their bundling strategy. My cable TV has more channels than I can count but I only want about 8 or 10 of them (mainly HD). I want a dumb pipe to the internet and pay for only what I want. If they think they're going to 'train me' they've got another think coming.
One of the major reasons that newspapers are failing is that they have lost credibility with their readers. So many of them (NY Times especially) appear to be little more than cheerleaders for the Democrats. Maureen Dowd is one of the best examples of that. Maureen should be pointing her finger at herself and not at Google.
The thing that really drew me to iTunes was the ability to buy just the songs I wanted. I was tired of being forced to purchase an entire CD when I only liked one or two of the songs. The great advantages of my iTunes library are: (1) It contains 100 percent songs like I like, (2) I can search it instantly, and (3) I can output it to my computer, earbuds, iPod, iPhone, and then to my car stereo. I have a lot more control over my music.
Many books are the same. I have a cookbook collection but I never make desserts. I would rather not have bought the chapters with desserts. I'd also like to be able to search my cookbook collection for that great recipe we tried last year. Then I'd like to be able to output that recipe to a printer, iPod, or laptop.
Travel books are similar. We have a vacation planned to France this year. We're going to Brittany and the Dordogne regions. But the France travel books dwell on Paris and devote precious little space to the regions we'll be visiting. I'd rather buy the relevant chapters from multiple travel books.
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Bobby Flay is a chef who owns a couple restaurants. He goes on the Food Channel and becomes popular. He writes cookbooks. His cookbooks are wildly popular and sell very well.
Suppose he were to skip the free exposure on the Food Channel. No one knows who he is. No one buys his books.
Pogue is relatively well known for a tech writer because of his NY Times gig. But the more name exposure he can get the better for his book sales. Those pirates are helping him in that regard. They're spreading the word that he's a reliable information source on tech topics.
Someone may get one of his books free and be impressed with him and his presentation. That may be the reason that they purchase his next book.
I hate Comcast
My cable bill runs $200 per month including TV, VOIP phone service, and Internet connection. I hate Comast and think my bill should be more like $50 per month. What I hate the most is their bundling strategy. My cable TV has more channels than I can count but I only want about 8 or 10 of them (mainly HD). I want a dumb pipe to the internet and pay for only what I want. If they think they're going to 'train me' they've got another think coming.
Buy an iPhone
Goes to show that depending on Microsoft or any other cloud computing services vendor is risky.
Not only is iPhone the best smart phone on the market, it backs up to your own computer during syncing. That's the best way to go.
Maureen Dowd is a far left extremist
One of the major reasons that newspapers are failing is that they have lost credibility with their readers. So many of them (NY Times especially) appear to be little more than cheerleaders for the Democrats. Maureen Dowd is one of the best examples of that. Maureen should be pointing her finger at herself and not at Google.
Some books should be sold by the chapter
The thing that really drew me to iTunes was the ability to buy just the songs I wanted. I was tired of being forced to purchase an entire CD when I only liked one or two of the songs. The great advantages of my iTunes library are: (1) It contains 100 percent songs like I like, (2) I can search it instantly, and (3) I can output it to my computer, earbuds, iPod, iPhone, and then to my car stereo. I have a lot more control over my music.
Many books are the same. I have a cookbook collection but I never make desserts. I would rather not have bought the chapters with desserts. I'd also like to be able to search my cookbook collection for that great recipe we tried last year. Then I'd like to be able to output that recipe to a printer, iPod, or laptop.
Travel books are similar. We have a vacation planned to France this year. We're going to Brittany and the Dordogne regions. But the France travel books dwell on Paris and devote precious little space to the regions we'll be visiting. I'd rather buy the relevant chapters from multiple travel books.