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Chris Anderson’s “Free” for Free

July 8, 2009

There’s been much hoorah and hoopla surrounding Chris Anderson’s latest book “Free”. Part of it is due to the fact that he plagiarized Wikipedia entries. Part of it is due to Malcolm Gladwell disagreeing with Chris’s reasoning and then Seth Godin disagreeing with Gladwell’s. Part of it of course is also due to Chris himself [...]

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3 Reasons Why Generation Y Won’t Kill The Book Industry

February 9, 2009
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The #1 habit successful people share with me is this: They read books to learn.
– Seth Godin
Like many people, books and I didn’t get along too well in school. Books were essentially assignments and that meant deadlines, responsibilities, and ultimately judgement. When I performed poorly on reports I came to the conclusion that [...]

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