Guardian releases phone hacking e-single
Laura Hazard Owen writing at paidContent:
The Guardian is the latest news outlet to get into e-singles publishing with “Guardian Shorts,” a series of “detailed guides to topical news stories, public policy, sports and cultural events” for sale on iTunes and Kindle. Several e-singles will be published each month. Not surprisingly, the first title in the series is Phone Hacking: How the Guardian Broke the Story.
Fascinating that major news-folk are now adopting the Kindle e-singles format as a way to make a little moolah.
It seems like a pretty sensible idea to me. A bit like how us regular bloggers give away loads of free content then publish something paid-for, typically an ebook.
I’m not sure why they haven’t done this sort of thing before.
