Negative Space: Amazon
- Apple TV: Movie Streaming Overload
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There are so many sources for streaming movies and television for free that I don’t have time to watch Netflix or Hulu.
- California threatens Amazon, kills affiliate programs
- By this time, California had to know that its new law would not bring in new tax revenue. The tax headaches aren’t worth the trouble of maintaining affiliate programs. The only reason to pass the law was to kill affiliate programs at places like Amazon and Overstock. I don’t understand; what is it about affiliate programs that states don’t like?
- George Orwell’s incinerator
- Amazon shows by doing why digital restriction management on consumer items is a bad idea.
- Notes on publishing ebooks, including scripts
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I have several scripts that make it easier to manage the translate from word processor to ePub or print, and I use them in different ways depending on what kind of a book it is.
- Publishers hoist on their own etard
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The publishers who are complaining about Amazon’s lending library appear to have screwed themselves.
- Punishing low-tax states
- An Internet sales tax that looks at the customer’s state instead of the seller’s state punishes states with low sales taxes and inhibits competition.
- Regulations cost money
- Regulations cost money. Do politicians really not understand this?
- Why does Amazon get the links?
- Why, when I love independent games, independent music, independent movies, independent comics, and independent books, do I link to Amazon.com for all of those?
More Information
- Golden state, stupid state
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“Brown and the Democratic majority expect this extension of the sales tax to bring in about $200 million. I’d like to know what they were smoking, because Amazon hasn’t needed the revenue from Affiliates in years, but kept the program running as a way to build goodwill and customer loyalty. Since they didn’t need the revenue, and since California has now raised the cost of the program to more than Amazon was willing to pay, the company did what was predictable by anyone except a California Democrat — they pulled the plug. Sacramento won’t see a dime of that $200 million.”
- How Apple and Amazon Security Flaws Led to My Epic Hacking
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“In the space of one hour, my entire digital life was destroyed. First my Google account was taken over, then deleted. Next my Twitter account was compromised, and used as a platform to broadcast racist and homophobic messages. And worst of all, my AppleID account was broken into, and my hackers used it to remotely erase all of the data on my iPhone, iPad, and MacBook.” (Techmeme thread)
- Amazon.com Advanced search
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Search for books by publisher, author, and more on Amazon.
