Worth reading the next paragraph too:
" The album, the first in four years from the closely
watched
British rock act, sold 122,000 copies in the United States,
according to Nielsen SoundScan. That represents a mixed
result
for the band. It's a sharp drop compared with the debut of
Radiohead's previous album, 2003's "Hail to the
Thief," but it's
far from a flop, considering the steep decline in music
sales in
the last four years and the typically weak sales in the
post-Christmas period. "Thief" sold about 300,000
in its first
week in 2003."
To put it in context with one of our own experiences. One of
our
best-selling book series published a new edition in
December.
This time around we received funding to assist in covering
the
publishing costs so we put the e-book out for free (as
opposed to
Radiohead's pay-what-you-like system). Print sales are
running at
about 66% of the previous edition's sales.
Toby Green
OECD Publishing
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Subject: Follow-up on rock band's interesting IP experiment
>From today's NY Times:
"In a twist for the music industry's digital
revolution, 'In
Rainbows,' the new Radiohead album that attracted wide
attention
when it was made available three months ago as a digital
download
for whatever price fans chose to pay, ranked as the
top-selling
album in the country this week after the CD version hit
record
shops and other retailers."
Full article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/10/arts/music/10radio.ht
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Bernie Sloan
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