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Hiatus

The Long Tail - 2 August 2010 - 11:52pm
This blog is on hiatus, but you can follow me on Twitter and at DIY Drones, where I’m posting daily. I’ll use this blog for occasional longer pieces that don’t fit either of those two other spots. Chris Anderson
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A New York Times Bestseller!

The Long Tail - 2 August 2010 - 11:52pm
If you checked out today’s New York Times Book Review section, you’ll see that FREE made the list in its first week of eligibility. It’s #12, tied for #11 (that’s what that little asterisk means). We expect it to dip... Chris Anderson
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FREE on the Kindle (free); get it while it lasts!

The Long Tail - 15 July 2010 - 12:52am
You can get FREE free on the Kindle (and Kindle iPhone app if you don’t have a Kindle) now. It’s been up for a few days and the free offer will end on Wed, Jul 22nd, so get it now.... Chris Anderson
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FREE audiobook on iTunes (free, natch)

The Long Tail - 15 July 2010 - 12:52am
The free audiobook of FREE is now on iTunes, with some very nice front page promotion. Podcast serialized version coming up soon. For those outside the US, you can stream or download the MP3s at wired.com. The Kindle version should... Chris Anderson
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The priceless rollout continues: Google Books

The Long Tail - 1 July 2010 - 8:52am
FREE is now available for free on Google Books, too. Like Scribd, this one is a web-based screen reading experience, but it has the added advantage of a live Table of Contents (see above), so you can easily get from... Chris Anderson
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FREE for free: first ebook and audiobook versions released

The Long Tail - 1 July 2010 - 8:52am
FREE (full book) by Chris Anderson We’re going to be rolling out the free digital forms of FREE over the next two weeks. First up: the Scribd form, right here on the blog (and anywhere else you want—it’s embeddable). This... Chris Anderson
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Making a physical book free, too

The Long Tail - 19 June 2010 - 7:52am
FREE will be released in the US this week (July 7th in hardcover; July 9th in ebooks) and I’ll be updating this blog with the various ways you can get it for free as they come online. But in the... Chris Anderson
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The Long Tail of Travel

The Long Tail - 24 May 2010 - 4:52am
For a recent speech to a travel company, we pulled together some data on the changing shape of travel due to low-cost carriers, online travel information and social-media driven word of mouth taking tourists beyond the usual top destinations. As... Chris Anderson
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Is this how the singularity happens?

The Long Tail - 24 May 2010 - 4:52am
This was one of those freaky moments when the future sneaks up and smacks you. I was on a plane earlier this week and took a break from work to watch the movie while they served dinner. It was Terminator... Chris Anderson
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Netflix data shows shifting demand down the Long Tail

The Long Tail - 20 May 2010 - 6:52pm
A team at Wharton did some Long Tail analysis on the Netflix ratings data the company released for its Netflix Prize. Although I don’t agree with many of the conclusions in their paper (like some other academics, they got confused... Chris Anderson
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