This is wonderful on so many levels. Thank you Kevin Drew, who I didn’t knew.. uh know… 😉
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Used books and money left on the street
I have to get something off my chest that has bothered me for quite some time. To start I have to mention that my cousin wrote the fantastic book “Albtraum Sicherheit – Interessen und Geschäfte hinter der Sicherheitspolitik” (nightmare security – interests and business behind the politics of security). The book was available on Amazon from day one and also from day one there were offers for € 0,99 cents of used copies of the book. Leaving the question aside where those used copies came from I want to focus on a more capitalistic aspect of those used books.
Let’s suppose a book costs € 12.99 on the day it is published. Right next to it, Amazon allows a third party store to sell used books. These used books typically start at € 0.99 + € 3.00 shipping.
Why does the used book seller not operate with the following equation in mind:
€ 12.99 cost of the new book
– € 3.00 shipping
– € 3.90 (30% discount towards the price of the new book, assumed a mint condition)
————
€ 6.09
This means that even with a 30% discount towards the original price of the book the used book seller could have a 5 times higher revenue to the tune of € 6.09 – € 0.99 = € 5.10
Can someone please explain to me, how it makes sense financially to leave this money on the table? You would still undercut the new version of the book. You would not even have to share the extra revenue with the author or the publisher (which I personally think is a shame, but that’s a different story).
Please leave a comment to get me to understand the thinking behind this!
I was supposed to be doing comedy but then this happened
Alcove 1-1
This is just a quick improvisation, but as music sometimes does, this one really touched me.
Please comment!
Mission Backup Earth wins in 4 categories at LA Webfest 2014
I’m so proud of the team behind Mission Backup Earth, a journey that has begun a couple of years ago and developed into an international collaboration success!
The awards go to
Alexander Pfander – outstanding director in a science fiction / fantasy series
Gregor Tallig – outstanding camera in a science fiction / fantasy series
Tony Pinkpank – outstanding special / visual effects in a science fiction / fantasy series
Hannu Hoffren – outstanding editing in a science fiction / fantasy series
Congratulations guys!
Premiere today – “Koslowski + Haferkamp” – ARD
Today (ARD, 18:50) is the premiere of “Koslowski + Haferkamp” a lighthearted weekly crime show featuring three private detectives solving cases before the backdrop of the industrial city of Bochum.
Computing power and processors in reality
Today I was wondering how fast my old MacPro (my main production machine) really is compared to the MacMini that I recently bought. And here are the results:
Now I’m not the biggest hardware geek but I do understand that architectures vary quite a bit and have a substantial influence over computing performance. But a 6 year old machine beating a 2 year old machine by such a big margin may be part of the reason why hardware development feels stalled: We have reached machines that are incredibly powerful.
Granted: for real-time things such as music production we would still like to squeeze every CPU cycle that we can, but hey: at least in my case I still get by with that machine and it doesn’t slow me down too much.
Fabulous iPhone Amplifiers Made From Salvaged Brass Instruments…
Train Casey Jr Making of Foley
How much more lively this is as opposed to the strict digital tempo timelines that we have available today that sound so terribly stiff.
Victory
The morse code for the letter “V” is dot dot dot dash or …-
Morse code was created around 1840.
And now think of Beethovens 5th Symphony, created 1808.
Emmys 2013 – music category winners
Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music – 2013
[table]
,Show, Network, Composer
,Copper,BBC America,Brian A. Keane
Winner,Da Vinci’s Demons,Starz,Bear McCreary
,Elementary,CBS,Sean P. Callery
,Hemlock Grove,Netflix,Nathan W. Barr
,House of Cards,Netflix,Jeff Beal
,The Americans,FX Networks,Nathan W. Barr
[/table]
Congratulations to Bear McCreary and all of the nominees! Listen to the winning theme here:
Bear McCreary – Da Vinci’s Demons Main Title Theme – YouTube.
Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Original Dramatic Score) – 2013
[table]
,Show,Network,Composer
,Arrested Development,Netflix,David Schwartz
Winner,Downton Abbey,PBS,John Lunn
,House of Cards,Netflix,Jeff Beal
,Last Resort,ABC,Robert Duncan
,Mr Selfridge (Masterpiece),PBS,Charlie Mole
,The Borgias,Showtime,Trevor Morris
[/table]
Congratulations to John Lunn and all other nominees!