{"id":1913,"date":"2009-05-09T07:03:14","date_gmt":"2009-05-09T12:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/?p=1913"},"modified":"2009-05-09T07:04:26","modified_gmt":"2009-05-09T12:04:26","slug":"more-on-paying-for-web-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/?p=1913","title":{"rendered":"More on Paying for Web Content"},"content":{"rendered":"

It seems every time Amazon does something with Kindle, we get a bunch of new eReaders jumping onto\u00c2\u00a0the market, and the debate over copyright and paying for content flares up again.<\/p>\n

I can understand why they’re talking about it all over the news and here<\/a> at CNN.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0KINDLE DX is ‘perfect’ for displaying large format content like newspapers and magazines… That’s right, the same\u00c2\u00a0newspapers and magazines that are going extinct. The news publishing world is desperately trying save its own skin by making Kindle DX\u00c2\u00a0(and others) into a savior. They’ve got the forum and lack of journalistic integrity to champion their own cause, too. I understand it. They want the headline to read: NEWSPAPERS SAVED by KINDLE DX<\/strong>, rather than have the headline declare: NEWSPAPERS GO OUT OF BUSINESS<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

They might be able to save themselves,\u00c2\u00a0but they’ll never make it using their old business model.\u00c2\u00a0 The Problem: How do you get people to pay for something they can get for free? The solution: You can’t, so don’t even try.<\/p>\n

Instead, adapt to the market. Find a way to make it pay.
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