Amazon to Launch “Kindle Singles”— Compelling Ideas Expressed at Their Natural Length
—Less than 10,000 words or more than 50,000: that is the choice writers have generally faced for more than a century—works either had to be short enough for a magazine article or long enough to deliver the “heft” required for book marketing and distribution.
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Kindle Singles target attention-short readers
Does anybody have the patience to read a full book any more? That’s obviously tongue-in-cheek, but the launch of Amazon’s Kindle Singles – in-betweener texts that fall somewhere in the gap between a New Yorker feature and a full novel – does seem to suggest that the retailer is hoping to pick up would-be Kindle […]
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THE APPLE INVESTOR: Apple On Track To Overtake Microsoft With Billion Quarter
AAPL Up With Market The market is up in anticipation of Fed action. Shares of AAPL are on the rise, currently up over in early trading. Upcoming catalysts include third quarter earnings announcement on Monday, October 18th at 5:00pm ET ; monthly NPD data (Mac / iPod business); iPhone sales updates and carrier diversification; iPad sales updates and expansion; new content revenue streams such …
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