I had an enjoyable lunch the other week with a former client in the book publishing industry. It got me thinking how publishing is tremendously lucky to have a lesson plan of what not to do laid out by the music industry. The question is whether they learn the lessons, or will they fall into the trap of DRM and …
NYTimes on virtual goods: exercise in idiocy?
Virtual goods have been used extensively in Asia for years, but are now coming into their own as a business model in the U.S. With that growth comes media attention — including articles like today’s piece in the New York Times, “Virtual Goods Start Bringing Real Paydays“. The entire thing isn’t awful, but I have to take the journalists to …