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Patreon has announced it will be taking a cut (2.9 % + $0.35) from every donation made on the site.
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There are lots of things blockchain can do that decentralise control of processes and can place that control firmly back in the hands of content creators. And that’s why something like Ethereum, a general blockchain on top of which you can build all kinds of stuff (not a complete metaphor but think of it like the World Wide Web, the architecture that supports the internet, or Linux), is exiting. And this month Ethereum’s founder has outlined potential new directions for this generalised blockchain – in particular a path to solving blockchain’s biggest problem – scalability.
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European Union vote to introduce thresholds, coming into force in January 2019, below which its complicated VAT structure for sales to other EU companies will not apply (10,000 Euro).
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a new report suggests the ebook rental market for textbooks is set to grow 21% by 2021. This comes hot on the heels of the announcement of a new “competitive” subscription service from Cengage.

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