By Mitch Lipka

(Reuters) – Sonia Bovio, tired but unable to sleep after her long journey from Phoenix to London last week, settled into her hotel room and was fiddling around on her laptop. One inadvertent click later, a file downloaded and she realized she had made a big mistake.

“It was terrifying,” said the 43-year-old senior vice president with communications firm Brodeur Partners. “I had a pit in my stomach. My biggest concern was that I didn’t want to be presenting to a roomful of executives and have something pop up on my screen.”

May 17 (Reuters) – Sonia Bovio, tired but unable to sleep
after her long journey from Phoenix to London last week, settled
into her hotel room and was fiddling around on her laptop. One
inadvertent click later, a file downloaded and she realized she
had made a big mistake.

“It was terrifying,” said the 43-year-old senior vice
president with communications firm Brodeur Partners. “I had a
pit in my stomach. My biggest concern was that I didn’t want to
be presenting to a roomful of executives and have something pop
up on my screen.”

By Mitch Lipka

(Reuters) – Joan Fee is just the kind of customer the online photo industry is hoping for when it offers free prints and photo books. The 55-year-old personal assistant from Morro Bay, California, saw an email a couple of weeks ago offering a photo book for just the price of shipping, and she bit.

She uploaded photographs of a friend’s bachelorette wine-tasting event and made a book on Shutterfly as a gift. With the $20 regular price eliminated and a $7.99 shipping charge, it seemed worth a try to her. And she was so happy with the results that she’s now planning all sorts of projects. “I would pay full price if it was for a special occasion,” she said. “Otherwise, I’d wait for a discount because I’d probably make several.”