July 27, 2011

Hearst and Interweave to Launch Daily Deals Sites

Think Groupon and Living Social have the market cornered on daily deals or group deals sites? Think again, especially if you are a niche publisher. Companies with niche publications are rolling out their own group-buying sites this summer. In late August, Hearst, which owns Road & Track as well as Car and Driver magazines, will launch offers aimed at the male-dominated readers of these two publications. Hearst will be using a deals platform built for big…

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$5 Kindle eBook of Free Online Content Grosses $15k in Under 24 Hours

Think people won’t pay for content that is already available for free on the Internet? Sure they will.  This example from Ars Technica is fascinating: Ars Technica’s John Siracusa wrote a 19-page review of the new MAC OS X operating system. He offered it for free at his site (where it got 3 million views) and as a $5 ebook on Amazon’s Kindle. In less than 24 hours, 3,000 copies of the ebook were sold bringing…

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