Andrew Savikas
Andrew Savikas is the CEO of Safari Books Online. Previously he was VP of Digital Initiatives at O'Reilly Media and the program chair for O'Reilly's Tools of Change for Publishing conference.
Andrew holds a B.S. in Media Studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and an MBA from Northeastern University in Boston. He is a frequent speaker at publishing and content management conferences, and is also the author of "Word Hacks: Tips & Tools for Taming your Text".
"The future of news is entrepreneurial"
Nice post from TOC 2009 keynoter @jeffjarvis on the future of news: There’s a lot in that statement. It says: The future of news is not institutional… The news of tomorrow has yet to be built…. The structure – the ecosystem – of news will not be dominated by a few corporations but likely will be made up of networks…
Amazon’s Kindle not lighting fires in Norway (from Quill & Quire)
Despite healthy sales and an endorsement from Oprah in the U.S., Amazon’s Kindle reading device may run afoul of Norway’s consumer regulations should the online bookselling giant decide to release the device there in its present form. via quillandquire.com FWIW, there are currently 19 O'Reilly books in the top 100 paid book apps in Norway. Posted via web from…
Free news but paid comments? (via @adamgaumont)
Not sure I agree with the conclusion, but the journey was articulate and entertaining on the changing economics of media. http://sicmind.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/premium-content/ Posted via email from TOC Posterous…
Amazon’s Kindle not lighting fires in Norway (from Quill & Quire)
Despite healthy sales and an endorsement from Oprah in the U.S., Amazon’s Kindle reading device may run afoul of Norway’s consumer regulations should the online bookselling giant decide to release the device there in its present form. via quillandquire.com FWIW, there are currently 19 O'Reilly books in the top 100 paid book apps in Norway. Posted via web from…
Apple Will Soon Overtake RIM in Consumer Smartphone Market
A new report by ChangeWave Research provides yet more evidence of the surge in consumer interest in smartphones; and of Apple's iPhone in particular. Last week we reported statistics from AdMob stating that smartphones are now edging out feature phones as the device of choice for consumers. In the race for the highly lucrative consumer smartphone market, blackberry devices…
Interesting TV subscriptions via iTunes in the works? (via @jafurtado)
Reports suggest Apple is shopping $30/month TV subscriptions via iTunes (I cut the cable nearly a year ago for AppleTV and haven't looked back — totally worth it.) http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20091102/apples-itunes-pitch-tv-for-30-a-month/ Posted via email from TOC Posterous…
Apple Will Soon Overtake RIM in Consumer Smartphone Market
A new report by ChangeWave Research provides yet more evidence of the surge in consumer interest in smartphones; and of Apple's iPhone in particular. Last week we reported statistics from AdMob stating that smartphones are now edging out feature phones as the device of choice for consumers. In the race for the highly lucrative consumer smartphone market, blackberry devices…
Apple Will Soon Overtake RIM in Consumer Smartphone Market
A new report by ChangeWave Research provides yet more evidence of the surge in consumer interest in smartphones; and of Apple's iPhone in particular. Last week we reported statistics from AdMob stating that smartphones are now edging out feature phones as the device of choice for consumers. In the race for the highly lucrative consumer smartphone market, blackberry devices…
New info on upcoming Ibis Reader from @liza's threepress — another books-in-cloud model
Our part of this open ecosystem is Ibis Reader, an in-development digital reading system for a range of internet devices that provides access to books both online and offline. Like Bookworm, it provides ePub support and a traditional web interface. via blog.threepress.org Posted via web from Andrew's posterous…
"E pluribus tunum: Uniform prices for online music are no way to maximise profit"
This research suggest maximum value in a digital media market like iTunes (for both producer and consumer) comes from a combination of subscription/membership fee and per-item purchase: "Charging an "entry fee" for use of the service and then a small, fixed per-song cost for downloads turned out to benefit both the seller and the buyer. The most revenue, according to…