Free: The Future of a Radical Price

Fri,03 Jul 2009 10:36 GMT -4:00 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/24431

- Wired Editor Chris Anderson first book, The Long Tail, “has been required reading in our office since day one and today we’re extremely excited to be working with him to bring another first to Spotify,” says, well, Spotify.

Starting today Anderson’s new book, Free: The Future of a Radical Price, will be, “made available,” says Spotify.

But only to UK users. Which is passing strange since Anderson is an American.

“Personally narrated by Anderson, Free considers a brave new world where the old economic certainties are being challenged by a growing flood of free goods – newspapers, DVDs, T-shirts, phones, even holiday flights,” says the story, adding:

“The audiobook supports today’s hardback launch of Free, published by Random House.”

But of course, Free isn’t free. Listed at $26.99, Amazon is flogging it for $17.81 .

Which is also passing strange because it’s all about how companies get rich by charging nothing.

It’s, “essentially an extended elaboration of Stewart Brand’s famous declaration that ‘information wants to be free’,” says a review in The New Yorker.

“This is the first audiobook we’ve ever included in our catalogue,” says Spotify. “We’re going to trial it, see what people think and who knows, maybe this is the start of something new for us.”

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Spotify -  Chris Anderson’s Free, the first audiobook on Spotify, July 2, 2009

The New Yorker - Priced to Sell, July 5, 2009




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