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Entry Posted December 30, 2007

http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/002538.php New versions of Adobe Acrobat apparently support adwords-style context-sensitive ads (!), and so Kevin Kelly has released a version of his book True Films as a free download as an experiment. This method of paying producers for content may work for some content, if the ads are either difficult to get rid of, or very well-targetted (if you only see ads you’re genuinely interested in, you don’d need to opt-out of anything). 12:07

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Hieronymus (trifle.vox.com):
… True Films - 200 Documentaries you must see before you die" …

Usable Help (www.g2meyer.com):
… to PDF documents. It works similar to Google's AdWords, in that Adobe inserts the ads based on the nearby content of your PDF. You're paid every time a reader clicks an ad. Whee! It's like free money falling from the sky. It might sound wacky, butKevin Kelly is using it tooffset the costs of distributing his True Films ebook. See also: …

LinkMachineGo | neo-maxi zoom linky | a weblog (www.timemachinego.com):
… February 14, 2008 [doco]True Films - 200 Documentaries You Must See Before You Die— a PDF E-Book on documentaries written by Kevin Kelly now available as a free download. …

Ads for Adobe PDF (blogs.adobe.com):
… help pay the bills and if the ads are relevant, they can even be interesting and helpful to your readers. I've run across a few great examples of how publishers have communicated this to their readerbase: 1) Kevin Kelly's ebook on True Filmshttp://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/002538.phpThis is a great ebook that reviews the best 200 documentaries. The link to his ebook includes a blog post that iterates why he is including ads with the ebook: "I hope you get the updated version of the Reader and click to see the ads. Why? Because …

Adobe Blogs (blogs.adobe.com):
… help pay the bills and if the ads are relevant, they can even be interesting and helpful to your readers. I've run across a few great examples of how publishers have communicated this to their readerbase: 1) Kevin Kelly's ebook on True Filmshttp://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/002538.phpThis is a great ebook that reviews the best 200 documentaries. The link to his ebook includes a blog post that iterates why he is including ads with the ebook: "I hope you get the updated version of the Reader and click to see the ads. Why? Because …

Usable Help (www.g2meyer.com):
… to PDF documents. It works similar to Google's AdWords, in that Adobe inserts the ads based on the nearby content of your PDF. You're paid every time a reader clicks an ad. Whee! It's like free money falling from the sky. It might sound wacky, butKevin Kelly is using it tooffset the costs of distributing his True Films ebook. See also: …

LinkMachineGo | neo-maxi zoom linky | a weblog (www.timemachinego.com):
… True Films - 200 Documentaries You Must See Before You Die …

As Above : This Machine Kills Time (kevan.org):
… Glanced at: YouTube - Surfin' on the Web • Five Situations Where You SHOULD Use NoFollow for Linking •Cool Tool: True Films eBook• GIZMO • Ghillie suit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia • New PC Team Fortress 2 map today News // PC /// Eurogamer …

medienlese.com (medienlese.com):
… Das Buch gibt es als PDFauf der Seite des Autors …

Wortfeld » Medien Netz Politik Weblog (www.wortfeld.de):
… Auswege lauten Unmittelbarkeit, Personalisierung, Interpretation, Authentizität, Verfügbarkeit, Verkörperung, Mäzenatentum, Auffindbarkeit. (Kevin Kelly hat übrigens vor kurzem Rezensionen der seiner Ansicht nach 200 besten Dokumentarfilme im BuchTrue Filmsveröffentlicht, als kostenlose PDF-Datei mit kontextabhängiger Werbung.) Alfred Hermida hat versucht, diese acht Lösungsansätze auf den Journalismus anzuwenden: »The challenge for the news industry is adopting a new way of seeing the value of …

外部記憶 (masayuki.boo.jp):
… Kelly は、以前、電子書籍についてのとても刺激的なエッセイ「Scan This Book!」を読んで以来、その言動を気にしている一人なのですね)。Cool Tool: True Films eBookで、面白いのは、これがコンテンツマッチ広告付きのPDFで配布されているところ。 少し前に↓こんなニュース 「Yahoo、内容連動広告をPDFで提供―PDFだって? …

Movies on appliedthinking by billhr - Spout (www.spout.com):
… True Films eBookTrue Films is a list of 200 documentaries compiled by Kevin Kelly and is currently free to download at his site. If you are a fan of documentaries, I highly recommend this list. Docs in the list I am looking forward to seeing?: …

Adobe Blogs' Journal (www.greatestjournal.com):
… The mysterious network connection dialog http://blogs.adobe.com/AdsforAdobePDF/2008/01/the_mysterious_network_connect.html There have been a number of blog posts related to Kevin Kelly's great e-book entitled "True Films":http://kk.org/cooltools/archives/002538.php. Those posts also talk about a network connection dialog that sometimes appears when opening a PDF. I thought it would be helpful to clarify exactly what this dialog is and under what conditions it will appear: …

Adobe Blogs (blogs.adobe.com):
… There have been a number of blog posts related to Kevin Kelly's great e-book entitled "True Films":http://kk.org/cooltools/archives/002538.php. Those posts also talk about a network connection dialog that sometimes appears when opening a PDF. I thought it would be helpful to clarify exactly what this dialog is and under what conditions it will appear: …

aisopis’ blog (www.aisopis.de):
… True Films 3.0 …

infobong.com (www.infobong.com):
… True Films: 200 Documentaries You Must See Before You Die eBookFormer WiReD editor Kevin Kelly is offering the latest edition of his documentary guide as a free pdf download - with contextual advertising. (del.icio.us tags: distribution publishing film advertising …

infobong.com (www.infobong.com):
… True Films: 200 Documentaries You Must See Before You Die eBookFormer WiReD editor Kevin Kelly is offering the latest edition of his documentary guide as a free pdf download - with contextual advertising. (del.icio.us tags: distribution publishing film advertising …

Burned (www.mtgblogs.de):
… shizz es auch ist) ist nicht nur für Porn und Fun zu haben. Das Quartett vollendend existieren noch die Adverbialkonstruktionen “cool” und “wissenswert”. Beginnen wir mit Letzterem. Ein Buch über200 Dokumentationen, die man gesehen haben muss, 100 Dinge, die wir letztes Jahr noch nicht wussten, eine Seite mit Faustregeln (denkt weniger Mohammed Ali denn mehr “bei Treppenaufgängen sollten zwischen zwei Plattformen nicht mehr als 18 Stufen sein …

OJObuscador (www.ojobuscador.com):
… y Adobe para ofrecer anuncios en PDF las compañías han lanzado un libro para que los usuarios interesados lo descarguen y aprendan como funciona el sistema en acción. Según el libro, titulado “True Films 3,0: 200 Documentales que usted debe ver antes de morir“, de descarga gratuita, los anuncios son opcionales,a sí que si el usuario está totalmente en contra de ver publicidad en sus documentos, puede optar por tener sus documentos libres de publicidad. Asimismo, los anuncios aparecerán sólo en …

maliavale.com (maliavale.com):
… More "retro" from your lazy blogger (that'd be me): The best links of 2007. Suburban family finds hidden room filled with toxic mold and a creepy note.200 documentaries to see before you die.A wallet made of a very, very long zipper. The quest to have a 5-month-old kissed by every presidential candidate. Except for Alaska Sen. Mike Gravel. …

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