- Quamut
Infobox Website
name =Quamut
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url =http://www.quamut.com/
commercial = Free, but with ads by Google AdSense
type = Informational with some user generated content
language =English
registration =Not required
owner =Barnes & Noble
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launch date = March 2008
current status =Active
revenue =Quamut is a collection of how-to guides launched in March 2008 by the bookstore chain
Barnes & Noble . The core line of guides are all editorially written but there is also a section of user-contributedwiki guides. Quamut is theLatin for "how-to" and is pronounced kwómut.The publisher and managing director of Quamut.com is Dan Weiss.
Like its competitors
Google Knol ,Squidoo , andWikiAnswers , it generates revenue by the placement of relevant advertisement using Google'sAdSense program. Additionally, Quamut guides are sold online as PDFs, and a selection are available for purchase as laminated charts in Barnes & Noble stores and from bn.com.References
* [http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2008/03/31/wikipedia-vs-the-world.aspx Wikipedia vs. the World] By Rick Aristotle Munarriz, March 31, 2008, The Motley Fool. Accessed April 2008
* [http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6544149.html B&N Launches How-To Site Quamut.com] By Lynn Andriani, Publishers Weekly, March 24, 2008External links
* http://www.quamut.com/ Quamut.com
* http://wiki.quamut.com/ Quamut Wiki
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
