| Hacking Amazon.com to Change the World |
| Written by Hank Green | ||
| Monday, 30 October 2006 | ||
 World Changing is getting ready to hack the publishing industry. They are asking everyone who reads their (extremely
excellent and noteworthy) website to purchase their new book on
Amazon.com at 11:11 am (PST) on November 1st. Because Amazon.com's
bestseller list is based on sales in the previous 24 hours, and because
the World Changing book is already selling quite well on Amazon, they
hope to make their book the #1 book on Amazon.com for one day.
While it doesn't sound like a gigantic coup, booksellers keep an eye on the Amazon.com bestseller list, and holding the top spot might
lead to the World Changing book being picked up by retail booksellers
across the nation. In this crazy world, one big day might be all it
takes to get this clever, ecogeeky book into the hands of millions
instead of thousands.
So, act with me on November 1st. I'll be there, purchasing Worldchanging, A Users Guide for the 21st Century, and I hope you'll join me.
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The last time this happened...
written by GTW , October 31, 2006
A bigger change on the horizon
written by Me , November 14, 2006
The revolution in publishing will occur when authors choose not to sell through booksellers any more. It simply is not possible to make a living as a writer, a musician, or an independent filmmaker, unless you do the business yourself. You use print on demand technology to have the books printed one at a time... and then you sell them yourself and reap the entire profit margin. 300 years since the Statute of Anne... and authors still can't make a living with their work! It's absurd.
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However I do hope that it works out! I've never been a fan of books... or even ebooks for that matter (proof: my spellings and grammar) but something like this deserves attention more than some useless novel someone will read to look smart on a bus or a train!