Nicholas Negroponte says books will be gone in five years
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A sad tale of Amazon monetization: eReaderIQ and the affiliate program
Courtesy of the Kboards, a worrying item about struggling e-book sites and their ability to monetize engagement with Amazon - or not - has...
Saw this story on CNN; sorry, this is a FAIL on Mr. MIT Media Lab’s part. Not everyone has access to digital information. It will take decades for books to have reduced impact on the marketplace. POD, on the other hand, probably has a glowing future…
They sent 100 laptops, each with 100 books on to a village in Africa without electricity.
Ummm…does anyone else see where his argument might fall down here?
Is this new ?
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