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		<title>Chris Anderson&#8217;s book &#8220;Free&#8221; is of course free &#8211; read it here</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chief editor of Wired magazine, Chris Anderson, is out with his new and already much discussed book: "Free - the future of a radical price". In the book he describes the radical model of freemium and how the most effective price on a product can be no price at all. Read it here.]]></description>
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<p>Chief editor of Wired magazine, <a href="http://www.longtail.com">Chris Anderson</a>, is out with his new and already much discussed book: &#8220;Free &#8211; the future of a radical price&#8221;. In the book he describes the radical model of freemium and how the most effective price on a product can be no price at all.</p>
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<p>You can of course buy the book in the book store (shipped this week) if you prefer it in the old paper format, but in accordance with the topic of his book, Anderson is also making it <a href="http://www.longtail.com/the_long_tail/2009/07/free-for-free-first-ebook-and-audiobook-versions-released.html">available for free in a number of different formats</a>. One version is embedded in this blog posting. Read, enjoy and discuss.</p>
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<strong>More to read about &#8220;Free&#8221;</strong></p>
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<li><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/06/books/06maslin.html?_r=5&amp;partner=rss&amp;amp;emc=rss">New York Times: Absolutely, positively free &#8230; if you think you can afford it</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2009/07/freemium-and-freeconomics.html">A VC: Freemium and freeconomics</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/SAAS/?p=810">Zdnet: The costs of free</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/free_it_works_it_cries_it_bites.php">ReadWriteWeb:  Free: It Works, It Cries, It Bites</a></li>
<li><a href="http://techdirt.com/articles/20090701/0422125421.shtml">TechDirt: Chris Anderson, Malcolm Gladwell and a look at Free</a></li>
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