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August 14, 2004 by eubie

Profitable publishing

Wired News: Net Publishing made profitable. Adam Engst, the publisher of the Macintosh-focused newsletter Tidbits finally found a way to make money in publishing with e-books, small books costing up to $10 that can be download and printed through printers. At this time the market for e-books is small, a $15 million industry, but expected to grow. Engst differs from other publishers by the sharing 50% of the royalty with the author.

August 14, 2004 by eubie

PowerPoint tips

Michael Hyatt, president and chief operating officer of Thomas Nelson Publishers in Nashville, lists on his Working Smart blog his favorite PowerPoint resources, which he says is crucial to running his business. “I contend that in less than two hours of surfing, you can radically improve the effectiveness of your PowerPoint presentations,” he says. Tip: New Media Musings.

August 13, 2004 by eubie

Election fodder

NY Times: Report Finds Tax Cuts Heavily Favor the Wealthy. “According to the new report from the Congressional Budget Office, about two-thirds of the benefits from the tax cuts, enacted in 2001 and 2003, went to households in the top fifth of earnings, with an average income of $203,740.

“But the report also gave Republicans support for their contention that tax reduction had brought some benefit to people in almost all income categories.”

August 13, 2004 by eubie

Wealth and Happiness

Wall Street Journal: Wealth and Happiness Don’t Necessarily Go Hand in Hand “If psychologists had a seat on a government’s economic team, they would point out that, once a nation reaches a certain level of prosperity, further economic growth is unlikely to buy additional happiness.”

This must be on the minds of many. All this week one of the most emailed articles on Yahoo! Finance has been Millions won’t make you happier, an article from Bankrate.com.

August 13, 2004 by eubie

Another blog-only dieter

Rex Hammock of Rexblog is ready to try blogs only for news and information from Aug. 13 to Aug. 22. Steve Ruebel of Micro Persuasion tried it in May/June. Hammock says he will include a news fast during his diet.

August 13, 2004 by eubie

More bad news for print

Seth Godin’s Blog: “According to MarketingVOX, online media accounts for 12% of media consumption. That’s a stunning rise: one out of eight, up from zero in just ten or so years.

“At the same time, though, they report that online media accounts for just 2% of ad spending.”

Continues the sentiment mentioned in Gloomy predictions from Dow Jones.

August 12, 2004 by eubie

Taking the plunge on solar

NY Times: When the Power Goes Out, the Sun Still Rises. Even though the systems are expensive, customers want to “take the plunge and try something better.”

Also there’s more on the Department of Energy’s site: Energy Savers: A consumer guide to energy efficiency & renewable energy.

August 12, 2004 by eubie