I want to start a blog devoted to discussing how ridiculous Amazon's blogging policy is.
Either that or it will be a blog devoted solely to tracking how much money I can make off of people subscribing to the blog. Each post will discuss, in depth, the number of subscribers, the amount of income generated, each day, and nothing else. I know if there were a blog like that out there, I would gladly pay $2 to subscribe to it.
@CraziestGadgets.com: Hmmm... maybe I should blog about him instead. Chow-watch.com?
@Scaramanga: Oh. Well, I guess it doesn't really motivate bloggers to sign up or endorse the kindle when the amount they'll receive is so small and their blog can be accessed for free elsewhere. You'd think Amazon would want to give bloggers a better deal, even at their own expense, just for the PR.
While the whole concept is pretty dumb, there is no doubt that thousands upon thousands will pay for the ability.
The people who bought Kindles have to justify the purchase of the unit somehow. If that means spending extra money to do something inefficiently, with hardware that's less suited to the task, then so be it!
05/14/09
I want to start a blog devoted to discussing how ridiculous Amazon's blogging policy is.
Either that or it will be a blog devoted solely to tracking how much money I can make off of people subscribing to the blog. Each post will discuss, in depth, the number of subscribers, the amount of income generated, each day, and nothing else. I know if there were a blog like that out there, I would gladly pay $2 to subscribe to it.
05/14/09
john chow's got the 'make money by telling people how much money i make' thing pretty tight.
05/14/09
@Scaramanga: Oh. Well, I guess it doesn't really motivate bloggers to sign up or endorse the kindle when the amount they'll receive is so small and their blog can be accessed for free elsewhere. You'd think Amazon would want to give bloggers a better deal, even at their own expense, just for the PR.
05/14/09
i quit the internet.
70% for amazon, 30% for me?
didn't i *create* the content?
i'm nothing but a prostitute, and amazon is my pimp?
now lemme hear you say "That Ain't Right!"
please, Apple
please release a tablet with integrated "BookStore"
and the ability to write in the margins using a stylus
and a full colour display
kill the Kindle now, and kill it wholeheartedly
05/14/09
You want an apple ebook reader?
It would cost likely multiple times what a kindle does.
05/14/09
The people who bought Kindles have to justify the purchase of the unit somehow. If that means spending extra money to do something inefficiently, with hardware that's less suited to the task, then so be it!
05/14/09
I justified the purchase by reading books.
I've only spent ten dolalrs beyond my kindle purchase of 200$ on ebay.
I think it was worth it.