Stross on ebooks

Disclaimer: Since 2006 I have been employed by Google, which sells ebooks and related technology, and therefore competes with sev…

The types of bestselling free Kindle books

Periodically I go on binges where I browse the Kindle bestsellers list and download most of the top 100 free books, more or less…

The state of Kindle backups and data portability, February 2010

I recently plugged my Kindle into my workstation's USB port for the first time. In ordinary operation, there's no need w…

Electronic goods markets: end-to-end wins?

Hypothesis: As industries of cultural production adapt to digital distribution, content publishers in each industry will follow, …

False advertising