Selling Digital Content Articles

Selling Digital Content: Articles

http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2007/08/edgeio_vs_freeg.php

"Edgeio vs. Freegeio," by Nicholas Carr. Discusses Edgeio's distributed paid-content platform (a shoppingcart widget), how it works, its affiliate program capabilities, pros and cons of the service, and what features that would enhance the service.

Revenue Assurance for Online Digital Content

http://www.kpmg.com/microsite/kpmgme/downloads/whitep_ora_def_web.pdf

"Revenue Assurance for Online Digital Content," from KPMG. Discusses the impact of digital content on businesses (telecom companies, record companies, publishers and TV stations), what digital content is, expanding possibilities, the growing market; developments in the information, communication and entertainment sector; user generated content, terms and definitions, the revenue assurance model, current popular revenue models, the multichannel market approach, the order-to-cash process, mobile content, issues for each type of content (software, music, mobile entertainment, business information, consumer information and digital TV and streaming media) and KPMG's views.

Tips for Selling Digital Content

http://www.tidwit.com/selltips.aspx

"Tips for Selling Digital Content," from TidWit. Discusses what digital content is, types of content that can be sold on TidWit, what selling digital content means, protecting intellectual property, why people are interested in buying digital content, competing against free digital content, and pricing of digital content.

Protecting Your Original Digital Content

http://www.imedgeartz.com/art10.html

"Protecting Your Original Digital Content From Cyber Thieves," by David Vallieres. Discusses protecting original content, passwords, password protection, Pay2See software, digital right management (DRM), encrypting HTML code, WebCrypt 200, the Active E-book Compiler DRM protection system, Adobe's Content Server2 (TM) for protecting PDF documents, and options for safely delivering e-content.

RSS Feeds Monetization: How To Profit From RSS Fee

http://www.masternewmedia.org/news/2006/12/19/rss_feeds_monetization_how_to.htm

"RSS Feeds Monetization: How To Profit From RSS Feeds," by John Blossom. Discusses XML-based data feeds, making money with RSS feeds, the continuing rise in online feeds, the limits of websites as content services, and free and ad-supported broadcasts.

Adobe and Digital Content for eCommerce

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/webbuy/pdfs/eBookWP2.pdf

“Adobe and Digital Content for eCommerce,” from Adobe. Discusses Adobe Acrobat technology for customized secure transactions, laying the groundwork for online sales of digital documents, the digital content e-commerce chain, details and implications, new business models (college textbooks, marketing, self-publishers, and sneak previews), technology details (document, document locking, PDF title key, seller URL, vouchers, CPU identifier, user name, etc.), and Adobe PDF for e-commerce document delivery.

The High Price of Selling Digital Content

http://www.ecommerce-guide.com/solutions/building/print.php/11833_125451_3

"The High Price of Selling Digital Content," by Don Sussis. Discusses pitfalls and technology snags, intellectual property, micropayment plans, the companies Qpass and Cybergold, selling archived materials, subscription models, types of pricing and incentive programs (e.g., offering free content with the purchase of other services).

Digital Books Start A New Chapter

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_09/b3973111.htm

"Digital Books Start A New Chapter," from BusinessWeek. Discusses digital books, better digital readers, smaller and more appealing portable devices (e.g., the Sony Reader), the popularity of the iPod and other devices, and new literary models (from companies such as Google, Random House and HarperCollins).

Publishers' Dilemma: The Digital Age

http://www.mediabistro.com/articles/cache/a9471.asp

"Publishers' Dilemma: The Book World Confronts The Digital Age," by Sarah Weinman. Discusses Google's UnBound (for book searches), copyright infringement, digital ownership, eBook rental, and First Look (an eBook program where readers sign up to receive copies of new books before they are published).

Digital Stores: Selling Information Online

http://www.planetpdf.com/planetpdf/pdfs/infoecon.pdf

"Digital Stores: Selling Information Online," discusses the information economy, obstacles, access vs. possession, IBM's Cryptolope technology, privacy concerns, the need for content brokers, standards for information exchange, how will providers and brokers make money, and the security of digital documents.

Selling Macromedia Flash Device Content

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/mobile/articles/device_content.html

"Selling Your Macromedia Flash Device Content and Applications to Clients," by Phillip Torrone. Discusses the Macromedia Flash Player, building device solutions, content development kits (CDKs), the Microsoft Enterprise Demo for Pocket PC, and guidelines for selling Flash device solutions )including building credibility, research and prototyping).

Selling E-books

http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/selling-ebooks.html

"Selling E-books," from E-Junkie. Discusses what eBooks are and what they contain (text, sound an images), costs and risks associated with writing eBooks, websites where you can sell an eBook (eBay, Amazon, Lulu.com, BookSurge and iUniverse), eBook formats, the terms under which eBooks are sold, how an eBook is priced, and how customers pay for an eBook (including PayPal, ClickBank, Google Checkout and 2Checkout).

Ten Commandments of Content

http://www.digitalsignagetoday.com/article.php?id=17451

"Ten Commandments of Content," by Nikk Smith. Discusses guidelines for good content for, misusing the timeline, the use of ticking text, using movement, not dismissing audio, using relevant imagery, the use of fonts and typography, engaging the audience and selecting content formats that work best on the target platform.

Selling Digital Content Via Major Retailers

http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/440/quick-query-selling-digital-content-via-major-retailers

"Quick Query: Selling Digital Content Via Major Retailers," by Mitch Bettis. Discusses Protexis, a company that matches digital content sellers (e.g., music, video, e-books, etc.) with retail outlets. Explains what Protexis does, the technology, how the system works, publisher service costs, digital rights and consumer benefits.

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