Magazine publishers plan digital store

"Time Inc is leading an industry-wide joint venture to create a digital store for magazines as a way for publishers to avoid surrendering their digital future to the likes of Amazon.com or Apple.

The new service, as yet unnamed, would serve as a digital storefront for magazines, possibly newspapers and other publications and is expected to be announced in about a month. The launch is planned for 2010, people familiar with the plan said..."

This is very interesting. I would not be surprised if you go to the blog store and buy access to blogs like this one at some point.

Let me be clear, it is not my intention to charge for this blog - that is not my business model but I would not be surprised at a blog store or if like they say, you could (or will have to) buy access to someone's blog on Amazon at some point .

You can't blame the writer or the creative person. They have got to be paid to survive.

so many ways around that

i think they will find a way.  They've got people paying for music again, thank God.