Quamut

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Quamut

URL	http://www.quamut.com/
Commercial?	Free, but with ads by Google AdSense
Type of site	Informational with some user generated content
Registration	Not required
Available language(s)	English
Owner	Barnes & Noble
Launched	March 2008
Current status	Active

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-contributed wiki guides. Quamut is the Latin for how-to and is pronounced kwómut.

The publisher and managing director of Quamut.com is Dan Weiss.

Like its competitors Google Knol, Squidoo, and WikiAnswers, it generates revenue by the placement of relevant advertisement using Google's AdSense 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.

[edit] References

Wikipedia vs. the World By Rick Aristotle Munarriz, March 31, 2008, The Motley Fool. Accessed April 2008
B&N Launches How-To Site Quamut.com By Lynn Andriani, Publishers Weekly, March 24, 2008