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The Authors Guild last week told its members not to provide links to
Amazon.com because Amazon's used-book program takes away from new-book
sales. The Amazon service allows individuals to sell their used books
online, with a percentage of the transaction amount going to Amazon as a
sales commission. But now Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos has urged his
supporters to send a "polite and civil" e-mail note to the Authors Guild,
asking it to change its position. Bezos says, "We've found that our
used-books business does not take away from the sale of new books. In fact,
the opposite has happened." Authors Guild executive director Paul Aiken
says that Bezos has misrepresented the Guild's position: "We don't assert
all used-book sales hurt the industry. We say that Amazon's particular way
of marketing used books is harmful for authors and for publishers." Amazon
uses the same Web pages for both new and used books, often making it
possible for consumers looking for a new book to buy the same book used at
a lower price. (AP/USA Today 15 Apr 2002)
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2002/04/15/amazon-fight.htm
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FREE CELL PHONES CUT STUDENT DROPOUT RATES
Officials at a New Zealand distance learning project say that giving every
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graduation rate at the Te Wananga o Aotearoa further education college is
now 91%, according to the school's chief executive -- up from 25% earlier.
The phones are cut off when a student drops out, giving them an incentive
to stick it out. (Ananova 11 Apr 2002)
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OQO OFFERS COMPUTER THE SIZE OF A PAPERBACK NOVEL
A San Francisco technology startup company called OQO Inc. has developed a
$1,000 "modular" computer that can operate either as a standalone wireless
handheld device or as a full personal computer, connected to a keyboard,
mouse and monitor. A company executive says: "This is a full Windows XP
computer that fits in your pocket. Desktops are pretty much dead. Most
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the time." The 5x3-inch device contains a Crusoe processor and includes a
10-gigabyte hard drive. (AP/Los Angeles Times 17 Apr 2002)
http://www.latimes.com/
ONE-FOURTH MELLON FINANCIAL'S I.T. WORK MOVED TO INDIA
The latest financial giant to move much of its information technology work
outside U.S. borders, Mellon Financial will soon be sending a quarter of its
routine software maintenance chores to India. (A study by the Meta Group
consulting firm indicates that an Indian programmer can be hired for
one-fourteenth the rate of an American programmer.) Mellon executive Ken
Herz says the company hopes to have new work for all U.S. workers affected
by the company's decision, and explains: "This project emphasizes our intent
to focus Mellon technology talent on growth-related projects and have
routine maintenance work done offshore." (San Jose Mercury News 16 Apr 2002)
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GATEWAY'S NEW CAMPAIGN ADDRESSES USERS' RIGHTS TO COPY
Gateway, the computer company already known for its ads featuring
CEO Ted Waitt, has begun a new campaign defending, and encouraging,
the legal use of digital media files. The new ads, which end with
the statement that "Gateway supports your right to enjoy digital
music legally," are in part a response to a bill recently introduced
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intended to remind users that there are legitimate and legal reasons
to make copies of files and that many digital entertainment files
are in the public domain, not protected by copyright. Hilary Rosen
of the Recording Industry Association of America accused Gateway of
simply trying to sell more CD burners. Wired News, 11 April 2002
http://www.wired.com/news/mp3/0,1285,51719,00.html
AMAZON'S USED-BOOK SALES UPSET AUTHORS
The Authors Guild sent an e-mail Tuesday to its members encouraging
them to remove links to Amazon.com from their own sites to protest
the company's selling of used books, which pays nothing to writers
or publishers. Amazon began selling used books in November 2000, and
they now constitute 15 percent of Amazon's business. Aside from not
getting any royalties on used books, writers and publishers
complained that used books were being sold on Amazon as soon as the
books were published, fueling a suspicion that review copies were
being sold online. Despite requests that there be a set period of
time between when a book is published and when used copies are
available, Amazon has not changed its practice. Patti Smith, a
spokeswoman for Amazon, said that used books allow readers to try
different genres and authors, at a lower price, and that this
benefits everyone. New York Times, 10 April 2002
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