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Chris Anderson was named in April 2007 to the "Time 100," the newsmagazine's list of the 100 men and women whose power, talent or moral example is transforming the world. He is Editor-in-Chief of Wired magazine, a position he took in 2001, and he has led the magazine to six National Magazine Award nominations, winning the prestigious top prize for General Excellence in 2005 and 2007. He is the author of the New York Times best-seller The Long Tail, which is based on an influential 2004 article published in Wired, and runs a blog on the subject at www.thelongtail.com. Previously, he was at The Economist, where he served as US Business Editor, Asia Business Editor; and Technology Editor. He started The Economist's Internet coverage in 1994 an ...more

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This blog is on hiatus, but you can follow me on Twitter and at DIY Drones, where I'm posting daily. I'll use this blog for occasional longer pieces that don't fit either of those two other spots.

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	The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More 3.83 avg rating — 30,189 ratings — published 2006 — 117 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Free: The Future of a Radical Price 3.88 avg rating — 17,628 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Makers: The New Industrial Revolution 3.88 avg rating — 3,977 ratings — published 2012 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best American Magazine Writing 2009 by Chris Anderson (Goodreads Author) (Compiler), The American Society of Magazine Editors (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zero Gravity: The Story of Astronaut Jeff Williams and His 534 Days in Space 4.42 avg rating — 33 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Scandal of Schism: A Journey from Sinful Division to Biblical Fidelity 4.89 avg rating — 19 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Generosidad contagiosa: La idea definitiva que vale la pena difundir (Deusto) by Chris Anderson (Goodreads Author), Javier Guerrero Gimeno (translator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 20 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sundown to Sundown: Meditations on the Twenty-Four Hours Preceding Jesus' Death it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fiverr Traffic Plan: Your Guide To Ensuring Real Website Traffic From The Fiverr Platform 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“as Joe Kraue, CEA of JotSpot ... puts it, "Up until now, the focus has been on dozens of markets of millions, instead of millions of markets of dozens.”
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“When the tools of production are available to everyone, everyone becomes a producer.”
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