Everything Is Bullshit: A Book by Priceonomics • Hacker News Board

Re: Everything Is Bullshit: A Book by Priceonomics

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Post by aluhut » Wed, Jun 25, 2014, 6:22 PM UTC

bfwi wrote: post #3

Can you buy it in an ebook format other than Kindle?

You can get Calibre for free and convert it there.

Re: Everything Is Bullshit: A Book by Priceonomics

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Post by ebspelman » Wed, Jun 25, 2014, 6:25 PM UTC

Go Priceonomics! I really enjoy their approach to journalism.

Re: Everything Is Bullshit: A Book by Priceonomics

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Post by Kiro » Wed, Jun 25, 2014, 6:26 PM UTC

vinceguidry wrote: post #5

beggi wrote: post #4

I've enjoyed Priceonomics blog posts and will probably get the book. Anyone remember when this was a pricing service startup though? Did they pivot to writing?

Did you even read the OP? They explain it.

No, they don't. Their data crawling business is a pivot as well so it explains nothing about the former pricing service.

Re: Everything Is Bullshit: A Book by Priceonomics

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Post by pgrote » Wed, Jun 25, 2014, 6:26 PM UTC

The fake praise at the top is a great touch. All the reviews on amazon are 5 stars, too.

Re: Everything Is Bullshit: A Book by Priceonomics

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Post by alexmayyasi » Wed, Jun 25, 2014, 6:29 PM UTC

beggi wrote: post #4

I've enjoyed Priceonomics blog posts and will probably get the book. Anyone remember when this was a pricing service startup though? Did they pivot to writing?

Here's an explanation of the move to data services and writing articles and blog posts.

http://priceonomics.com/introducing-the-priceonomics-busines...

Re: Everything Is Bullshit: A Book by Priceonomics

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Post by alaskamiller » Wed, Jun 25, 2014, 6:29 PM UTC

talles wrote: post #6

Kinda off topic, but still: anyone besides me noticed how the logo and the favicon looks a lot like PayPal's? https://www.paypalobjects.com/webstatic/i/logo/rebrand/ppcom... http://priceonomics.com/static/images/logo/front.png

Pricenomics actually has the same aesthetics as the city parking signs in San Francisco.

Re: Everything Is Bullshit: A Book by Priceonomics

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Post by drpgq » Wed, Jun 25, 2014, 6:44 PM UTC

beggi wrote: post #4

I've enjoyed Priceonomics blog posts and will probably get the book. Anyone remember when this was a pricing service startup though? Did they pivot to writing?

Has anyone jumped into the pricing service niche? I liked the pricing as well.

Re: Everything Is Bullshit: A Book by Priceonomics

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Post by rondon2 » Wed, Jun 25, 2014, 6:48 PM UTC

Thanks for explaining that you get $6 either way (Hardcopy or Kindle) I would have assumed you get more with the hard copy.

Re: Everything Is Bullshit: A Book by Priceonomics

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Post by marban » Wed, Jun 25, 2014, 6:50 PM UTC

No iBook?

Re: Everything Is Bullshit: A Book by Priceonomics

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Post by ironicman » Wed, Jun 25, 2014, 6:52 PM UTC

It made me chuckle that trying to share the book on Amazon using the email share option on the page is blocked. I suspect due to the word Bullshit in the title