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...that you're enchanted by books and ink and paper - you seem to place a premium on the printed word, the actual product. Have you given much thought to how that might all change with e-books? That's all about distribution. I don't think it has to do with books or with literature or storytelling. The history of publishing has had this evolution, where even if we go back to the 19th century, when some of the greatest novels of all time were written, publishing was very different. People were not necessarily buying books, they were reading stories...
...sell a feminine-hygiene product nobody wants to talk about? By making...
...that if you're looking at an image of a woman in white shorts, a white skirt or a bathing suit, and if she's displaying particular athleticism or confidence or doing any kind of water sport, you're in the middle of an advertisement for a lady product. Enjoy...
...Arizona FDA Crackdown The Food and Drug Administration warned consumers to stop using three Zicam cold and allergy products, after receiving more than 130 complaints that the popular sprays and swabs can permanently damage or destroy users' sense of smell. The announcement highlights the FDA's attempt to regulate drug companies more aggressively and underscores the agency's lack of power--it cannot order product recalls and does not consistently monitor "homeopathic" remedies like Zicam. Matrixx Initiatives, the product's manufacturer, refused to stop selling the medications and called the alert "unwarranted." In 2006 the company, based in Scottsdale, Ariz...
...managing director of Tamarind Management, a hospitality firm in Kenya and South Africa: "There's a chain of services that depend on our industry." Adds Lipman of the UNWTO: "Tourism is a good development agent because poor countries don't have to manufacture it." Developing nations already have their product--nature, culture, tradition--and all that's required to profit is a bit of investment in infrastructure and marketing. "The market comes to these countries then wanders around depositing foreign-exchange income wherever it's directed, including poor rural areas," Lipman adds. That's a handsome return on investment...