Category Archives: Marketing

Guerilla Marketing In NYC

Photos taken today Sunday May 13, 2012. Resized and resampled to VGA, click any to enlarge. What do you think is being advertised there? Think before looking at the next photo!

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Book Marketing In The Hood

Photo taken today Saturday, May 5, 2012. Resized and resampled to VGA.

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NFC-Enabled Ad Spotted In NYC

Saw this today, Sunday April 22, 2012 on — of course — Wall Street:

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Amazon Locks Up James Bond For A Decade

That image from Casino Royale illustrates what Amazon has just done: Gone all-in on book publishing. Amazon Publishing to Publish James Bond Backlist Amazon.com, Inc. and Ian Fleming Publications Ltd today announced that Amazon Publishing has acquired a ten-year license … Continue reading

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Ab Phablet

Yeah, boo the post title all you want! Previously here: Tech Fondles: Galaxy Note & Lumia 900 Phones Tech Fondle: Galaxy Note Phone, Again Gee, Were The People Right After All? Samsung’s Galaxy Note Phone Is A Monster Hit

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Tech Fondle: Apple Vs. Nokia Street Ads

All photos taken yesterday Thursday, April 12, 2012. Resampled and resized to VGA; click any to enlarge. The new street ad campaign for the new iPad is finally appearing:

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Samsung’s Galaxy Note Phone Is A Monster Hit

All photos taken today Saturday, April 7, 2012. Photos resampled and resized to VGA, click any to enlarge. Samsung has gone high-tech in marketing its Galaxy Note phone. No more printed ads, as they had for the original 7″ Galaxy … Continue reading

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Indie Print Bookstores: You’re All Gonna Die

Google: No more e-books for indie booksellers Google says “looking at the results to-date, it’s clear that the reseller program has not met the needs of many readers or booksellers.” That could be translated as “the sales weren’t what we … Continue reading

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1940 Life Magazine: Maugham, Books

Via the magic of Google Books, from this December 1940 issue of Life magazine, we have a glimpse of W. Somerset Maugham, a book ad, and an ad for the writer’s modern tool: a typewriter. This would be the final … Continue reading

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1939 Life Magazine: Book Ads

Via the magic of Google Books, from this issue of Life magazine (which was half devoted to war and half to domestic diversions), two classic book ads.

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