Niche markets - from Wired Magazine

[andyb]

A long, but interesting, read from Wired The Long Tail (http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.10/tail.html) which seems to apply very well to indie life...

[oNyx]

A good read. Thanks for the link.

[andyb]

welcome :)

[Badman]

"In a Long Tail economy, it's more expensive to evaluate than to release."

This may be the most insightful thing I've read in a long, long time. Especially when you can continue evaluating after release, like you can with software (to fix bugs, add more content, etc). Just put it out there!

[Anthony Flack]

Very positive and encouraging! Not so much as a developer (I'd still hope to claw my way as far up the tail as I can), but as a consumer (will the day finally arrive when I can actually get hold of the stuff I want?)

There'd be no need to pull a shifty with anyone's IP rights if all old, obscure and out-of-print material was made accessible and available for a small fee.