Comments on: OMG, that’s…Spotifying http://thedigitalist.net/2009/02/omg-thatsspotifying/ a blog by the digital team at Pan Macmillan Tue, 22 May 2012 01:52:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: bathroomed beice benzophthalazine http://thedigitalist.net/2009/02/omg-thatsspotifying/comment-page-1/#comment-6764 bathroomed beice benzophthalazine Sat, 19 May 2012 22:45:34 +0000 http://thedigitalist.net/?p=491#comment-6764 <strong>current state, it is not publishable. however,...</strong> at least the writer is aware enough of this to seek out an editor. yet, he still has moments of doubt; will an editor change the story so it no longer has the meaning the author intended. will his characters lose... current state, it is not publishable. however,…

at least the writer is aware enough of this to seek out an editor. yet, he still has moments of doubt; will an editor change the story so it no longer has the meaning the author intended. will his characters lose…

]]> By: Preston Beauchemin http://thedigitalist.net/2009/02/omg-thatsspotifying/comment-page-1/#comment-6373 Preston Beauchemin Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:11:12 +0000 http://thedigitalist.net/?p=491#comment-6373 Beyonce, who headlined Glastonbury on Sunday evening, was written about on social networking internet websites far more when compared with other performer at the festival this summer, according to Brandwatch Beyonce, who headlined Glastonbury on Sunday evening, was written about on social networking internet websites far more when compared with other performer at the festival this summer, according to Brandwatch

]]> By: lancaster pa personal injury lawyer http://thedigitalist.net/2009/02/omg-thatsspotifying/comment-page-1/#comment-6348 lancaster pa personal injury lawyer Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:11:39 +0000 http://thedigitalist.net/?p=491#comment-6348 Kudos to that! Kudos to that!

]]> By: copper cupolas http://thedigitalist.net/2009/02/omg-thatsspotifying/comment-page-1/#comment-6347 copper cupolas Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:10:05 +0000 http://thedigitalist.net/?p=491#comment-6347 I really like that. You touched my heart! I really like that. You touched my heart!

]]> By: Jane Riffle http://thedigitalist.net/2009/02/omg-thatsspotifying/comment-page-1/#comment-4524 Jane Riffle Thu, 21 May 2009 04:01:50 +0000 http://thedigitalist.net/?p=491#comment-4524 my name is jane and i work at ruby memorial hospital in morgantown, wv. i was driving to work today, 5/20/09, and noticed some type of book in the middle of the road near the morgantown airport. i turned around and stopped traffic to pick it up. it was a yearbook. it has the name Sara E. Lloyd on it, and it is from 1999, James Wood High School in Winchester, VA. I was not sure how i would find the owner of the book, but started googling and discovered this site. i believe this yearbook belongs to you! let me know how i can return it to you. thanks! jane riffle (724)415-9487 yankeejane2000@yahoo.com ps - i felt like i was solving a mystery and it was quite exciting..lol. i also noticed that michael bhaskar spends time looking at eBooks and likes sci-fi (per digitalist blog). my brother is a sci-fi/mystery writer and he has written several eBooks! his name is Matthew L. Schoonover. if you google his name you will find that he is from texas (we were born and raised down there) and his first book listed is titled "Warping the Mind (Arbiter Series Book 1)". looking forward to hearing from you and returning your yearbook! sadly, the back cover is torn off, but i do have it. it appears that part of a page is missing. take care, jane. my name is jane and i work at ruby memorial hospital in morgantown, wv. i was driving to work today, 5/20/09, and noticed some type of book in the middle of the road near the morgantown airport. i turned around and stopped traffic to pick it up. it was a yearbook. it has the name Sara E. Lloyd on it, and it is from 1999, James Wood High School in Winchester, VA. I was not sure how i would find the owner of the book, but started googling and discovered this site. i believe this yearbook belongs to you!
let me know how i can return it to you. thanks!
jane riffle
(724)415-9487
yankeejane2000@yahoo.com

ps – i felt like i was solving a mystery and it was quite exciting..lol. i also noticed that michael bhaskar spends time looking at eBooks and likes sci-fi (per digitalist blog). my brother is a sci-fi/mystery writer and he has written several eBooks! his name is Matthew L. Schoonover. if you google his name you will find that he is from texas (we were born and raised down there) and his first book listed is titled “Warping the Mind (Arbiter Series Book 1)”.
looking forward to hearing from you and returning your yearbook! sadly, the back cover is torn off, but i do have it. it appears that part of a page is missing.
take care,
jane.

]]> By: Oliver Jones http://thedigitalist.net/2009/02/omg-thatsspotifying/comment-page-1/#comment-4474 Oliver Jones Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:11:52 +0000 http://thedigitalist.net/?p=491#comment-4474 We've just started to listen to Spotify in our offices. As far as I'm concerned I could never buy an album again. Everything I've searched for is there. We don't mind the ads (which are rare.) I was going to buy the new PJ Harvey album, but it's not that great, so I won't. Hard to see how this will not hit CD sales (?) I even use it for stuff I've already got on CD as I can't be arsed putting the CD in the machine (and finding it first) We’ve just started to listen to Spotify in our offices. As far as I’m concerned I could never buy an album again.

Everything I’ve searched for is there. We don’t mind the ads (which are rare.)

I was going to buy the new PJ Harvey album, but it’s not that great, so I won’t.

Hard to see how this will not hit CD sales (?)

I even use it for stuff I’ve already got on CD as I can’t be arsed putting the CD in the machine (and finding it first)

]]> By: Sara Lloyd http://thedigitalist.net/2009/02/omg-thatsspotifying/comment-page-1/#comment-4172 Sara Lloyd Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:14:54 +0000 http://thedigitalist.net/?p=491#comment-4172 I don't think Spotify is assuming anything about what *all* music lovers want; nor indeed am I. I think they are simply adding a very intriguing, new, additional way for music lovers to consume music. Any single consumer may enjoy streaming a certain amount of music while at the same time feeling the need to download and 'own' other tracks or even buy the old fashioned CD. I do think many people are beginning to hone at least a two-tier approach to their consumption of media: stuff they just want access to and stuff they want to own. The easier and more accessible the access-only model the more focused I think the need-to-own list becomes. I don’t think Spotify is assuming anything about what *all* music lovers want; nor indeed am I. I think they are simply adding a very intriguing, new, additional way for music lovers to consume music. Any single consumer may enjoy streaming a certain amount of music while at the same time feeling the need to download and ‘own’ other tracks or even buy the old fashioned CD. I do think many people are beginning to hone at least a two-tier approach to their consumption of media: stuff they just want access to and stuff they want to own. The easier and more accessible the access-only model the more focused I think the need-to-own list becomes.

]]> By: Kassia Krozser http://thedigitalist.net/2009/02/omg-thatsspotifying/comment-page-1/#comment-4083 Kassia Krozser Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:34:10 +0000 http://thedigitalist.net/?p=491#comment-4083 I had the same thought Don did (great minds and more!), but also had a rashy-type reaction to the article. It presumed so much about what music lovers want. I'm a radio person and I'm not ashamed to admit it! Other human in the household is an album person. Other friends are mix of this and that, so the suggestion that one service will solve all problems rubbed me the wrong way. For someone like me, if the music they have matches my taste (a problem most radio programming has yet to resolve :) ), this is a great service, but I see it as part of a mix of solutions rather than *a* solution. Ownership matters very much in some instances, not so much in others. I think about the constant drum-beat of "Netflix for books" models. None are, because they don't do what Netflix does, which is to pay both for content and engage in revenue sharing with copyright holders. If done right, this type of thing might very well create that elusive Netflix model in a way that makes readers happy while making sure that publishers/authors get their fair share. (I like how you're looking at this from a book perspective because there's possibility in the model!). I had the same thought Don did (great minds and more!), but also had a rashy-type reaction to the article. It presumed so much about what music lovers want. I’m a radio person and I’m not ashamed to admit it! Other human in the household is an album person. Other friends are mix of this and that, so the suggestion that one service will solve all problems rubbed me the wrong way. For someone like me, if the music they have matches my taste (a problem most radio programming has yet to resolve :) ), this is a great service, but I see it as part of a mix of solutions rather than *a* solution. Ownership matters very much in some instances, not so much in others.

I think about the constant drum-beat of “Netflix for books” models. None are, because they don’t do what Netflix does, which is to pay both for content and engage in revenue sharing with copyright holders. If done right, this type of thing might very well create that elusive Netflix model in a way that makes readers happy while making sure that publishers/authors get their fair share.

(I like how you’re looking at this from a book perspective because there’s possibility in the model!).

]]> By: Don Linn http://thedigitalist.net/2009/02/omg-thatsspotifying/comment-page-1/#comment-4044 Don Linn Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:23:42 +0000 http://thedigitalist.net/?p=491#comment-4044 Anyone know how artists are compensated in the Spotify model? I'm assuming there's a royalty collection point (similar to ASCAP or BMI) for the musicians but maybe they're just looking at it as promotion for gigs, CD's (?!) and t-shirts. Anyone know how artists are compensated in the Spotify model? I’m assuming there’s a royalty collection point (similar to ASCAP or BMI) for the musicians but maybe they’re just looking at it as promotion for gigs, CD’s (?!) and t-shirts.

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