[OPLIN 4cast] OPLIN 4Cast #110: Magazine Delivery, Dying Books?, New Domains, Zoomii

[Bobbi Galvin]

*OPLIN 4Cast #110:
Magazine Delivery, Dying Books?, New Domains, Zoomii
*July 9, 2008

*1. Netflicks copycat*
A new /Time Magazine/ service, based on the Netflicks model, will be 
available in September.

    * A Netflix of Magazines?
      <http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/02/a-netflix-of-magazines/>
      (Freakonomics)
    * Maghound <http://subs.timeinc.net/timeinc/construction.jhtml> (Time)
    * A Netflix for Magazines <http://www.lisnews.org/node/30503> (LIS News)
    * Time Inc.'s Maghound Set to Debut in September
      <http://www.foliomag.com/2008/maghound-com-set-debut-september>
      (Folio Mag)

*2.* *Are books really dying?*
Some people still actually like to read the paper form. But for how long?

    * A cyborg at the Sedona Library
      <http://www.sedona.biz/keeber7007.htm> (Sedona.biz)
    * Are books history?
      <http://weblog.infoworld.com/dbunderground/archives/2008/06/are_books_histo.html>
      (Infoworld)
    * A Tangled Info Web <http://www.newsweek.com/id/95242/page/2>
      (Newsweek)
    * Introducing the digital version of the paperback
      <http://themwordblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/introducing-digital-version-of.html>
      (MWord)

3. *New Top Level Domains allowed.*
Once you find out what's available, don't forget to run a domain name 
background check 
<http://www.searchenginejournal.com/buy-established-domains/6995/> 
before buying.

    * Biggest Expansion in gTLDs Approved for Implementation
      <http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-4-26jun08-en.htm>
      (ICANN)
    * Web Domains Could Expand Broadly Under New Pla
      <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121443369987904939.html>n
      <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121443369987904939.html> (Wall
      Street Journal)
    * .confusion: ICANN opens up Pandora's Box of new TLDs
      <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080626-confusion-icann-opens-up-pandoras-box-of-new-tlds.html>
      (Ars Technica)
    * ICANN Proposes Sweeping Changes to TLDs
      <http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/icann_proposes_sweeping_change.php>
      (read Write Web)

*4. It's like you're actually standing in front of the bookshelf*
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.

    * Zoomii <http://zoomii.com/>
    * Hands on: Zoomii breathes life into Amazon's bookshelves
      <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080624-hands-on-zoomii-breathes-life-into-amazons-bookshelves.html>
      (Ars Technica)
    * Zoomii - a real Bookstore Online
      <http://www.techvibes.com/blog/zoomii-a-real-bookstore-online/>
      (Tech Vibes)
    * Zoomii -- A virtual bookshelf <http://startupmeme.com/tag/zoomii>
      (Startup Meme)

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