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Bangor publisher suing Amazon in anti-trust case - Bangor Daily News

Bangor publisher suing Amazon in anti-trust caseBangor Daily News, ME - 12 hours agoShoppers would still be able to buy POD titles through third parties that offer books for sale through Amazon. Hoy uses Lightning Source of LaVergne, Tenn., ...

The Dark Days Aren't Coming, They're Here - Booktrade.info

The Dark Days Aren't Coming, They're HereBooktrade.info, UK - 16 minutes agoThe failure to embrace new lines of production and new printing methods and formats is hardly news in the publishing world, but now it would appear hands ...

Trustees of Damon Memorial - The Landmark

Trustees of Damon MemorialThe Landmark, MA - May 7, 2008What, if any, services and/ or items would you like the library to provide its patrons that it doesn't already? *Incumbent CONSTANCE M. The full version of ...

When Having A Legal Background Really Helps ( Blue Jeans Cables vs Monster Cable )

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Knowing What You've Got... And What You've Don't Got

If I were to ask just a random person on the street about Monster cable, they probably would have heard of them. They are a well marketed company that produces a lot of cables. They also produce various portable music player accessories, kits, and their price tag implies top quality stuff. Many people swear by them, others would rather just buy bulk and be done with it.

Now, if I were to ask those same random people on the street, whether they have heard of Blue Jeans Cable, they would probably not have. However, they are also a fine provider of quality cables, and are actually well covered in the audiophile world.

Both companies make cables for rather standard ports and connections. Sure, there are differences here and there, but for the most part, most of the proprietary stuff is specific to how the companies produce their cables, compositions, etc.

So, while it wasn't much news that Monster Cable issued a cease-and-desist letter to Blue Jeans Cable, it WAS news when it turns out that the president of Blue Jeans Cable, Kurt Denke, used to be a lawyer.

This is something that many other sites have reported on and is actually quite amusing to read, as it can serve as cheap education in how not to release the legal hounds... until you've done some digging.  read more »

Boycott! Amazon insurgency spreads to UK - Computerworld

Boycott! Amazon insurgency spreads to UKComputerworld, MA - Apr 9, 2008Amazon says that by keeping POD publishing in house it is creating efficiencies and cost savings that can be passed on to the consumer. Would you agree? No. ...

When newspapers eat their own seed corn. (Cost-cutting may hurt the future of newspapers): An article from: American Journalism

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This digital document is an article from American Journalism Review, published by University of Maryland on November 1, 1995. The length of the article is 834 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.From the supplier: Newspapers should take a lesson from the Great Depression farmers who ate their seed corn and, in the process, mortgaged their futures.  read more »

The Company That Would Be King.(Brief Article): An article from: American Journalism Review

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This digital document is an article from American Journalism Review, published by University of Maryland on December 1, 1999. The length of the article is 803 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Citation DetailsTitle: The Company That Would Be King.(Brief Article)Author: Douglas Gomery  read more »