The Long Tail is a good book but the idea is facing some criticism http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08%2F12%2F23%2F1745248&from=rss
Thankfully Chris Anderson is embracing the doubts and it could just be down to a general oversimplification of the primary concept. http://www.longtail.com/the_long_tail/2008/06/excellent-hbr-p.html Robin Doran bbc.co.uk -----Original Message----- From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Fearghas McKay Sent: 09 January 2009 09:52 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] [Fsuk-manchester] Free for All On 8 Jan 2009, at 21:55, Tim Dobson wrote: > Interesting thing to hear.. and the Chris Anderson book on the Long Tail is well worth a read. f - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/