1. Netflicks copycat
A new Time Magazine service, based on the Netflicks model, will be available in September.
- A Netflix of Magazines? (Freakonomics)
- Maghound (Time)
- A Netflix for Magazines (LIS News)
- Time Inc.’s Maghound Set to Debut in September (Folio Mag)
2. Are books really dying?
Some people still actually like to read the paper form. But for how long?
- A cyborg at the Sedona Library (Sedona.biz)
- Are books history? (Infoworld)
- A Tangled Info Web (Newsweek)
- Introducing the digital version of the paperback (MWord)
3. New Top Level Domains allowed.
Once you find out what’s available, don’t forget to run a domain name background check before buying.
- Biggest Expansion in gTLDs Approved for Implementation (ICANN)
- Web Domains Could Expand Broadly Under New Plan (Wall Street Journal)
- .confusion: ICANN opens up Pandora’s Box of new TLDs (Ars Technica)
- ICANN Proposes Sweeping Changes to TLDs (read Write Web)
4. It’s like you’re actually standing in front of the bookshelf
Zoomii is an online “here’s what I am reading” tool that also allows you to browse Amazon “shelves”. You get the opinion of the estimated 15 percent of the book-buying public who go to Amazon to get their reading material. Go ahead…browse the shelves.
- Zoomii
- Hands on: Zoomii breathes life into Amazon’s bookshelves (Ars Technica)
- Zoomii – a real Bookstore Online (Tech Vibes)
- Zoomii – A virtual bookshelf (Startup Meme)
