• New York Times adds e-books to its best seller list

    The New York Times is finally ready to add e-books to its best seller list. In addition to the print best seller list, the Times will have a dedicated e-book list, as well as a third list that combines both print and digital sales. The lists will show up on NYTimes.com this Friday, February 11th, and in…

  • Will NFL have a lockout?

    According to The New York Times, commissioner Roger Goodell sent an e-mail on Wednesday to his staff saying he’d take a $1 salary (a pay cut of about $10 million) if a lockout occurred. Naturally, it was leaked to the NFL Network, and spread quickly across Twitter. To counter, DeMaurice Smith, executive director of the players union,…

  • Kindle overtakes books

    Last July we reported that Amazon’s Kindle eReader books had surpassed hardcover books sales, selling 143 Kindle books for every 100 hardcover books. Now the same is true of paperbacks as well with 115 Kindle books being sold for every hundred paperbacks. The hardcover stats for books have doubled, with three times as many Kindle books as sold…