Reading list
Connected Marketing: The Viral, Buzz and Word of Mouth RevolutionPlayback: From the Victrola to MP3, 100 Years of Music, Machines, and MoneyThe Long Tail: How Endless Choice is Creating Unlimited Demand
Connected Marketing: The Viral, Buzz and Wo...
£21.23
Covers the practice and ethics of building word-of-mouth buzz for your products, including blogs and viral approaches.
Playback: From the Victrola to MP3, 100 Yea...
by Mark Coleman

A thematic book that moves from format wars to culture (the role of the DJ) and the issues surrounding the growth of piracy.
The Long Tail: How Endless Choice is Creati...
by Chris Anderson
£12.15
An influential account of the economics of niche products and unlimited choice, even if it over-generalises occasionally.
Darknet: Hollywood's War Against the Digital GenerationThe Recording Angel: Explorations in PhonographyThe Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few
Darknet: Hollywood's War Against the Digita...
by J. D. Lasica
£11.89
Politics and practice in the struggle between big media and a broad range of entertainment fans. A rich set of case studies.
The Recording Angel: Explorations in Phonog...
by E Eisenberg
£11.38
A bit of an academic curio, but I don't know of any richer study of the enjoyment and collection of recorded music.
The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smar...
by James Surowiecki
£5.98
An overview of different circumstances in which opinions can usefully be aggregated. These turn out to be fairly limited.
The Future of Music: Manifesto for the Digital Music RevolutionSocial Life of Information, TheAmbient Findability: What We Find Changes Who We Become
The Future of Music: Manifesto for the Digi...
by David Kusek
£7.99
Manifesto for a scenario where all the world's music is available on tap for a regular fee. Very critical of recording industry.
Social Life of Information, The
by John Seely Brown
£15.29
Clear-headed analysis of how people share information through, or sometimes despite, new technologies.
Ambient Findability: What We Find Changes W...
by Peter Morville
£13.84
An interesting take on how to find what you want, and how to be found, when so much information is available.