Comments on: May Day giveaways – welcome to the new artist’s business model http://futurismic.com/2008/05/05/may-day-giveaways-welcome-to-the-new-artists-business-model/ Presenting the fact and fiction of tomorrow since 2001 Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:51:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Marsha Prescod http://futurismic.com/2008/05/05/may-day-giveaways-welcome-to-the-new-artists-business-model/comment-page-1/#comment-14398 Marsha Prescod Fri, 09 May 2008 09:37:04 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=3263#comment-14398 >it’s not so much a new business model as a new promotional technique.D >it’s not so much a new business model as a new promotional technique.D

]]> By: Paul Raven http://futurismic.com/2008/05/05/may-day-giveaways-welcome-to-the-new-artists-business-model/comment-page-1/#comment-14397 Paul Raven Fri, 09 May 2008 09:05:57 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=3263#comment-14397 Understood, Ben and Dan, but I'd argue that publicity is a huge component of any valid business model these days, especially in the creative markets. The old models are not yet dead; we're getting to watch people fumbling toward the new ones in public. Fascinating stuff, no? :) Understood, Ben and Dan, but I’d argue that publicity is a huge component of any valid business model these days, especially in the creative markets. The old models are not yet dead; we’re getting to watch people fumbling toward the new ones in public. Fascinating stuff, no? :)

]]> By: Dan http://futurismic.com/2008/05/05/may-day-giveaways-welcome-to-the-new-artists-business-model/comment-page-1/#comment-14390 Dan Thu, 08 May 2008 15:03:38 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=3263#comment-14390 also worth noting that the NIN album is coming out as a physical disc in July, and so maybe this can be lumped into the promotional category as well. also worth noting that the NIN album is coming out as a physical disc in July, and so maybe this can be lumped into the promotional category as well.

]]> By: Shira Lipkin http://futurismic.com/2008/05/05/may-day-giveaways-welcome-to-the-new-artists-business-model/comment-page-1/#comment-14363 Shira Lipkin Tue, 06 May 2008 12:20:53 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=3263#comment-14363 Maggie Hogarth and I are... not exactly making a living, but making a decent amount of money (over SFWA rates) by posting stories on our blogs with a PayPal button. Maggie Hogarth and I are… not exactly making a living, but making a decent amount of money (over SFWA rates) by posting stories on our blogs with a PayPal button.

]]> By: Ben http://futurismic.com/2008/05/05/may-day-giveaways-welcome-to-the-new-artists-business-model/comment-page-1/#comment-14362 Ben Tue, 06 May 2008 10:29:20 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=3263#comment-14362 "the sound of old business models crumbling under the weight of change." This doesn't apply to the Doctorow book, because the revenues will still derive from selling the physical book. The point of giving electronic copies away is to promote print sales. So it's not so much a new business model as a new promotional technique. “the sound of old business models crumbling under the weight of change.”

This doesn’t apply to the Doctorow book, because the revenues will still derive from selling the physical book. The point of giving electronic copies away is to promote print sales. So it’s not so much a new business model as a new promotional technique.

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