Apparently, the Media has forgotten all about the new banned words and phrases, including "Target", "Salvo" and "Blitz"
Showing posts with label Media. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Media. Show all posts
Monday, January 31, 2011
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Amazon Kindle Books Outsell Printed Books
In a recent Press release Amazon said
Amazing to see this, just a few hours after starting a blog with this subject...
Amazon.com is now selling more Kindle books than paperback books. Since the beginning of the year, for every 100 paperback books Amazon has sold, the Company has sold 115 Kindle books. Additionally, during this same time period the Company has sold three times as many Kindle books as hardcover books. This is across Amazon.com's entire U.S. book business and includes sales of books where there is no Kindle edition. Free Kindle books are excluded and if included would make the numbers even higher.
Amazing to see this, just a few hours after starting a blog with this subject...
What do you mean "Electrons By The Barrel"
The Saying "Never argue with someone who buys ink by the barrel" has been attributed to dozens of different people over the years.
Generally speaking, it was used in a way saying that it was foolish to get into a fight with the newspapers, the most pervasive form of media of the day. Those Media Monopolies had vast amounts of power to frame the debate in their favor, and virtually no other voices could be heard.
Over Time, the Media has changed, with Radio, and then the TV Networks, but generally speaking the same talking heads, with the same opinions were the only things that the public could hear.
Now? You've got thousands of Blogs and other websites, Viral Videos on Youtube, Blogs, Twitter, Facebook, and who knows what else is coming down the road. Rather than Ink, opinions are transmitted by electrons being pushed around through computer networks and onto your screen. And More importantly than the Medium, is the lack of monopoly power by the mainstream media. There's more of us than there are of them, and they no longer have the power to shut us up and lock out dissenting opinions.
It's a whole new media world, and they should be afraid of those who can spread their opinions using Electrons By The Barrel.
Generally speaking, it was used in a way saying that it was foolish to get into a fight with the newspapers, the most pervasive form of media of the day. Those Media Monopolies had vast amounts of power to frame the debate in their favor, and virtually no other voices could be heard.
Over Time, the Media has changed, with Radio, and then the TV Networks, but generally speaking the same talking heads, with the same opinions were the only things that the public could hear.
Now? You've got thousands of Blogs and other websites, Viral Videos on Youtube, Blogs, Twitter, Facebook, and who knows what else is coming down the road. Rather than Ink, opinions are transmitted by electrons being pushed around through computer networks and onto your screen. And More importantly than the Medium, is the lack of monopoly power by the mainstream media. There's more of us than there are of them, and they no longer have the power to shut us up and lock out dissenting opinions.
It's a whole new media world, and they should be afraid of those who can spread their opinions using Electrons By The Barrel.
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