The New Amazon iSnit

Amazon announces the new iSnit in reaction to new publishing dynamics.

I wrote a piece (private working paper) anticipating this kind of disruption in broadband media planning back in 1992:

• "Discussion of micro-transaction models “5 Cents A Glance” driving new media and businesses." which was strongly influenced by Ted Nelson's Project Xanadu publishing infrastructure.

The Amazon-Macmillan brouhaha below.

From the New York Times

TECHNOLOGY

Bits: Amazon Pulls Macmillan Books Over E-Book Price Disagreement

By By BRAD STONE

Published: January 29, 2010

Amazon removed Macmillan books from its site in a dispute over prices of e-books.

Story at http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/29/amazon-pulls-macmillan-books-over-e-book-price-disagreement/