The Long Tail - Couverture souple

Anderson, Chris

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1844138518 ISBN 13 : 9781844138517

Editeur : Random House Business Books, 2007

Synopsis

Unusual book

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

With his brilliant theory of the Long Tail - a powerful new economic force in a world where the internet allows access to almost unlimited choice - Chris Anderson has identified an important truth about our economy and culture: that the future does not lie in hits - the high-volume end of a traditional demand curve - but in what used to be regarded as misses - the curve's endlessly long tail.

In this expanded and updated edition, published for the first time in paperback, he examines how niche interests, which make up the millions of misses, have come together in a global network, stimulating innovation on an unprecedented scale. The result, he argues, is a cultural richness in which enthusiasms previously dismissed as 'minority' thrive and everybody everywhere can find something to their taste.

'A smart, timely and oddly inspiring book.' - Time Out

'It's the Big Idea of 2006.' - GQ

'The Long Tail is an eloquent exposition of a simple idea, but one that has huge ramifications for our media and culture if followed to its logical conclusions.' - Guardian Media

'Each year produces a book that captures the Zeitgeist... This year Chris Anderson's The Long Tail has helped to reinterpret our world.' - The Times

'...snappily argued and thought-provoking.' - New Yorker

Présentation de l'éditeur

What happens when there is almost unlimited choice? When everything becomes available to everyone? And when the combined value of the millions of items that only sell in small quantities equals or even exceeds the value of a handful of best-sellers?

In this ground-breaking book, Chris Anderson shows that the future of business does not lie in hits - the high-volume end of a traditional demand curve - but in what used to be regarded as misses - the endlessly long tail of that same curve. As our world is transformed by the Internet and the near infinite choice it offers consumers, so traditional business models are being overturned and new truths revealed about what consumers want and how they want to get it.

Chris Anderson first explored the Long Tail in an article in Wired magazine that has become one of the most influential business essays of our time. Now, in this eagerly anticipated book, he takes a closer look at the new economics of the Internet age, showing where business is going and exploring the huge opportunities that exist: for new producers, new e-tailers, and new tastemakers. He demonstrates how long tail economics apply to industries ranging from the toy business to advertising to kitchen appliances. He sets down the rules for operating in a long tail economy. And he provides a glimpse of a future that's already here.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Random House Business Books
• Date d'édition: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1844138518
• ISBN 13: 9781844138517
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 256