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Amazon + Audible.com = Amazing: A Marketing Story
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Jana Riess
Last week I succumbed to the “lure of the free.” I saw on Twitter that Audible.com was offering Kindle users a limited-time promotion, in which Samuel L. Jackson‘s 6-minute audio rendition of the new sensation “Go the F**k to Sleep” would be available free of charge. (It’s now $4.99.) According to CNN, more than 160,000…
Netflix and the Burden of Too Much Choice
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Jana Riess
I’ve got a post up today at Gathering Voices on how Netflix is complicating my life. According to psychological research, too much choice can actually paralyze us from making any choices at all. Hmmm. So it would seem . . . . –JKR
Mormon Women, Twilight, and Internalized Sexism
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Jana Riess
A couple of years ago, I published a BYU Studies article about Mormon themes in Twilight that was picked up by Meridian, an LDS website. I received some feedback on the piece, mostly positive, though several readers took issue with one criticism I made about Stephenie Meyer’s series: “I find myself concerned about the retrogressive…
Cruising in Alaska, Part 1: The Sapphire Princess
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Jana Riess
Home from Alaska! (I know I didn’t actually tell you all that I was going on vacation. I was going to do this, and let you know where the valuables and the spare key are kept, but then I had second thoughts.) So here’s a rundown, minus all the photographs that I haven’t yet uploaded.…
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