To continue the series of Book-related posts there's now news that Google will open an iTunes-for-books. According to Silicon Alley Insider Google will soon open a U.S only store to sell digital copies of out-of-print copyrighted books. Newer books could be available for sale if publishers allow Google to sell them. Libraries can appearantly access the books for free, while college students will be able to sign up for subscription-based access. Google has previously received a lot of critisism for scanning copyrighted books and making advertising revenue on the indexed content ...Read More

iTunes for books. By Google.

Sometime during the 90s MTV lost it's meaning. When I was a kid I could watch MTV hours after hours just waiting for a new track or my favourite, cursing MTV for all their contests where you had "to be 18 for entering". I am not sure exactly when MTV became totally irrellevant but they dug their grave with steadfast precision, reality show by reality show. And now, lo and behold: MTV is back! If someone would have described it to me; Youtube-format music videos, but with no lip-synch errors, decent resolution ...Read More

MTV is back!

Warner Bros. is about to try a new distribution model in South Korea. They will start releasing movies online two weeks before they are even available on DVD. This is a trial but if it proves successful it might get exported to China (the worlds largest market for home entertainment) and other countries. The move shows that Warner is the bravest and smartest Studio today - they've previously narrowed the release windows on DVD and VOD and today most movies are released the same day. The other Studios haven't made that ...Read More

Warner releasing digitally before physical