February 2011
8 posts
“Over-investment in music - while this was a big plus for this in the early to mid 90’s, this was a disaster in the long run. This is basically why the stores were too big once the music business cratered. So, stores were sized and modeled to provide a large music CD business which largely disappeared. In addition, infrastructure was sized to support this, including a dedicated warehouse distribution facility. This last part has been addressed over time, but soaked up money, time, and energy. Note that music was also part of what made Borders a destination for many customers, so when music sales tanked, other product categories’ sales suffered as well.”
—One of six reasons why Borders failed, according to Mark Evans, the franchise’s former Director of Merchandise Planning and Analysis.
Push Pop Press to publish interactive e-books for the iPad and iPhone. →
networkeffect.allthingsd.com
You know what’s missing on your website, Push Pop Press? A “We’re hiring people passionate about e-books who can edit text but can’t engineer software like you, author of the Igby tumblelog” link.
New home.
Apologies for the radio silence. In the last six months, I’ve moved from Melbourne, Australia (school) to Ipoh, Malaysia (family) and now, to the Valley of the Silicon in the US (boy). Feeling all jumbly inside, and not just because I arrived four days ago.
In the meantime, I have a forest of paperwork to go through before I can start knocking on doors for a job. I brought my prescription meds with me, the boy has a cabinet full of whiskey, and I finally have an internet connection that doesn’t fizzle out after a tropical thunderstorm.
Let’s go.
