Radiohead: Band of the Year

I’m not sure I’ve ever heard one of their songs but in my world these guys are the band of the year.

They just released their latest album without the help of a record company and all they asked was for their fans to pay what they want for it, no strings attached. Start at free and go from there.

Here are the early results:

How this applies to the book world?

Clearly the publishing industry has not experienced the upheaval taking place in the music industry but it’s coming. Remember we have been printing books alot longer than we have been recording music and old habits die pretty hard

You get it free but you buy the ones you love. It’s essential a library mentality. You let them have it free and if its good you have to trust the

looking ahead feels good too.

Let’s say they tour for the album and play a few new singles that are available to download from their website. How many thousands will leave the venue and go home (or in their car, or on the phone) and download it.