I’m currently in the middle of reading Chris Anderson’s book “The Long Tail”, which speaks of the endless opportunities the internet is providing online retailers to cater to niche markets, and the resulting increases in sales that are possible. Within the book, there is a particular example that stood out to me.
Anderson speaks of the example of two mountain-climbing books, one released in the 80’s and one just a few years ago. Although it did not originally see large sales, the book from the 80’s suddenly exploded following the successful release of the newer book. How could this have happened?





