Volume of books read annualy. Comparison e-book reader owners vs non-users.

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Riccardo Cavallero, direttore generale di Mondadori Trade, oggi su Repubblica. Commento: era ora.

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The Long Tail creates acres of choice, so much as to make the number of options almost countless. But at the same time, it embraces (in every format) much lower production values. For what Michael Jackson and Sony paid to produce the Thriller album, today’s artists can make and market more than 5,000 songs. You just can’t justify spending millions of dollars to produce a record in the long tail world.

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(Fonte: thedominoproject.com)

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Leggere è passione, ma può essere anche un bellissimo gioco. Per ogni attività su Zazie.it – creare l’account, archiviare e recensire un libro, chiacchierare con gli altri lettori, suggerire nuovi autori e nuovi titoli – l’utente otterrà dei badge che certificheranno la sua passione di lettore. E gli permetteranno anche di ottenere anteprime esclusive, inviti a incontri con gli autori, invii di libri e sconti speciali.

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