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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b
style="">OPLIN 4Cast #110: <br>
Magazine Delivery, Dying Books?, New Domains, Zoomii<br>
</b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">July 9, 2008<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b>1. Netflicks copycat</b><br>
A new <i>Time Magazine</i> service, based on the Netflicks model, will
be
available in September.<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/02/a-netflix-of-magazines/"
mce_href="http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/02/a-netflix-of-magazines/">A
Netflix of Magazines?</a> (Freakonomics)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://subs.timeinc.net/timeinc/construction.jhtml"
mce_href="http://subs.timeinc.net/timeinc/construction.jhtm">Maghound</a>
(Time)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.lisnews.org/node/30503"
mce_href="http://www.lisnews.org/node/30503">A Netflix for Magazines</a>
(LIS News)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.foliomag.com/2008/maghound-com-set-debut-september"
mce_href="http://www.foliomag.com/2008/maghound-com-set-debut-september">Time
Inc.'s Maghound Set to Debut in September</a> (Folio Mag)<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p><b>2.</b> <b>Are books really dying?</b><br>
Some people still actually like to read the paper form. But for how
long?<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.sedona.biz/keeber7007.htm"
mce_href="http://www.lisnews.org/node/30517">A cyborg at the Sedona
Library</a> (Sedona.biz)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://weblog.infoworld.com/dbunderground/archives/2008/06/are_books_histo.html"
mce_href="http://weblog.infoworld.com/dbunderground/archives/2008/06/are_books_histo.html">Are
books history?</a> (Infoworld)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/95242/page/2"
mce_href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/95242/page/2">A Tangled Info Web</a>
(Newsweek)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://themwordblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/introducing-digital-version-of.html"
mce_href="http://themwordblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/introducing-digital-version-of.html">Introducing
the digital version of the paperback</a> (MWord)<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p>3. <span goog_docs_charindex="2" id="hsxa"><b><span
style="color: black;">New Top
Level Domains allowed.</span></b><span style="color: black;"><br>
Once you find out what's available, don't forget to run a domain name <a
href="http://www.searchenginejournal.com/buy-established-domains/6995/"
mce_href="http://www.searchenginejournal.com/buy-established-domains/6995/">background
check</a> before buying. </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-4-26jun08-en.htm"
mce_href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-4-26jun08-en.htm">Biggest
Expansion in gTLDs Approved for Implementation</a> (ICANN)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121443369987904939.html"
mce_href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121443369987904939.html">Web
Domains Could Expand Broadly Under New Pla</a><a
href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121443369987904939.html"
mce_href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121443369987904939.html">n</a>
(Wall Street Journal)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080626-confusion-icann-opens-up-pandoras-box-of-new-tlds.html"
mce_href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080626-confusion-icann-opens-up-pandoras-box-of-new-tlds.html">.confusion:
ICANN opens up Pandora's Box of new TLDs</a> (Ars Technica)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/icann_proposes_sweeping_change.php"
mce_href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/icann_proposes_sweeping_change.php">ICANN
Proposes Sweeping Changes to TLDs</a> (read Write Web)<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p><b>4. It's like you're actually standing in front of the bookshelf</b><br>
Zoomii is an online "here's what I am reading" tool that also allows
you to browse Amazon "shelves". You get the opinion of the estimated
15 percent of the book-buying public who go to Amazon to get their
reading
material. Go ahead...browse.<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a href="http://zoomii.com/"
mce_href="http://zoomii.com/#">Zoomii</a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080624-hands-on-zoomii-breathes-life-into-amazons-bookshelves.html"
mce_href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080624-hands-on-zoomii-breathes-life-into-amazons-bookshelves.html">Hands
on: Zoomii breathes life into Amazon's bookshelves</a> (Ars Technica)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.techvibes.com/blog/zoomii-a-real-bookstore-online/"
mce_href="http://http://blog.zoomii.com/2008/06/multitude-of-improvements.html">Zoomii
- a real Bookstore Online</a> (Tech Vibes) </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://startupmeme.com/tag/zoomii">Zoomii – A virtual bookshelf</a>
(Startup Meme)<o:p></o:p><br>
</li>
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