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Digital books: Free is a very good price
L.A. Times Tech Blog — ... More precisely, he's letting people read the entire book free till Aug. 10 on Scribd, a site that lets authors set their own price for digital copies of their works. The book's title aside, the giveaway is not as radical as it seems. In fact, it's perfectly rational, Anderson said in an interview. ...

'Free' — by Chris Anderson: Read it absolutely free
bookofjoe — ... Right here. Say what you want about his thesis, he puts his book where your wallet is — and then says, "Nah, keep your money." Impressive. But it gets better. You can also get the audiobook in its unabridged form (6 hours) free, right here. Prefer the abridged 3 hour version? No problem: $7.49. Tell you what: There are plenty of people in the publishing and newspaper business with their baggies in a twist about this kind of thing. Note to them: It's still early days, ...

Weekly Wrapup: Tim Berners-Lee Interview, Google Chrome OS, Social Network Stats, And More...
ReadWriteWeb — ... this opportunity to consider what it all really means. You might assume that these most recent platitudes are just about Twitter's celebrated role in Iran - but in fact there's a lot more going on. Twitter is changing the human experience in important ways, for those fortunate enough to experience it. Free: It Works, It Cries, It Bites Chris Anderson's new book, Free: The Future of a Radical Price (available for free in text form and as an audio book), is stirring controversy and a spicy conversation around ...

Libertarian writer dissects Chris Anderson’s ‘Free’
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — “Business strategy…seeks not only to create but to capture value. Free is about a phenomenon in which almost all the new value goes to consumers, not producers. It is false to assume that no price means no value. But it is equally false to argue that value implies profitability.” – Libertarian writer Virginia Postrel in the New York Times—reviewing Free, Wired Editor Chris Anderson’s book, which, yes, is free online. The TeleRead take: So what do you think, gang? Some luminaries within publishing have ...