Internet
USA Today’s Big Makeover
USA Today has unveiled a makeover that integrates several new social media/social networking features.
Steve Rubel and Michael Arrington have nice things to say, but Josh Burnoff points out that readers hate it! From my quick glance at the comments, it appears most readers are not happy with the design, not necessarily the new [...]
Crowdhacking: 10 Simple Ways Authors Can Help to Increase Sales at Amazon.com
More from the March 2007 issue of Wired - Annalee Newitz’s piece entitled Herding the Mob explores the influence of online crowds like Digg and eBay, and how the mobs themselves can be influenced, and in many cases gamed.
“On the Web, we let strangers tell us who to trust, what to read, and where to [...]
Grand Opening!
Welcome to my new blogging home, ckwebb.com. As you can see, there is not much to see at the moment. But fear not - I will be posting here on a regular basis about the changing word of book publishing, the impact of “social media” (Scoble is right) on traditional publishing models, projects [...]
