We had a very busy weekend. On Friday we launched Le Monde Diplomatique (LMD) through the Exact Editions service. LMD did all the right things: they emailed a list of supporters, they had an advertisement on the home page of their English edition (they have many language and regional editions — 57!). Its the same old lesson: if you do the right thing with the web, the right things happen. We had a flood of subscriptions, lots of trial usage, … Keep Reading
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Daryl Rayner, our MD, is quoted as guessing that we will have 150 titles in the Exact Editions shop by the end of 2007.
Our MD is usually right (we need to be careful what we say), but, if she meant exactly 150, the chances are she is wrong about this one. Anybody got a better guess? Please log it as a comment if you think you discern the course of events in the months remaining to 2007.
While we … Keep Reading
Laurie Taylor — who must be one of our funniest writers.
Laurie again, interviewing John Mortimer — the funniest playwright.
This monthly magazine has a circulation of 1,500,000 copies in 26 languages and 67 editions. As yet only the English English language edition is available through Exact Editions.
(later) Need to change the sample links. The trial issue was switched just after we launched. Here are some new links.
The idiocy of 9/11 conspiracists.
But you should really subscribe as the John Berger article on Passolini, now behind the subscription … Keep Reading
The FAQ is now up. We think it will answer most of the most frequently asked questions. If not, it will get longer.
I like the boldness of our claim that we support any current browser which supports images. Could be that will become a hostage to fortune — Oh well we have said it now!
(Any current browser) of course includes, Safari — the default browser on the Mac. Whoah! that means I should be able to read … Keep Reading