“Printed by Johann Gutenberg in Mainz, c.1455, the first book printed from movable types in the western world. Forty-eight copies survive; only thirty-one are perfect. A single leaf sells for £50,000; a complete version would be worth tens of millions of pounds.”
Month: January 2013
The Secret To Your Success
“The successful people we spoke with — in business, entertainment, sports and the arts — all had similar responses when faced with obstacles: they subjected themselves to fairly merciless self-examination that prompted reinvention of their goals and the methods by which they endeavored to achieve them.”
On Amazon, The Literary Pile-On Claims Victims
“Attack reviews are hard to police. It is difficult, if not impossible, to detect the difference between an authentic critical review and an author malevolently trying to bring down a colleague, or organized assaults by fans.”
‘My Job Is About Building Stuff:’ #UpgoerFive Challenges Jargon
“Enforced avoidance of jargon brings benefits, and some of the authors who have tried the ‘ten hundred words’ approach have delivered some beautiful, clear prose which would definitely have Big Brother rethinking his strategy. Double plus good.”
British Writers Who Get Pubs Wrong Deserve The Opprobrium They Get
“Any false note in a pub scene (pints of bitter served in the wrong kind of glass, the publican calling time an hour too soon) may be fatally damaging to the reader’s suspension of disbelief.”
Kickstarter Loves Games And Movies, The Numbers Say
Want to get funded on crowdsource big name Kickstarter? Your best chance comes if you’re making a game – and second best is making a movie. (Dance … er. Maybe you could try funding a movie about dance?)
Behind The Acid Attack At The Bolshoi
“The looming neoclassical theater across the street from the jagged Kremlin wall has often served as the backdrop to dark conspiracies and malfeasance.”
Yes, Drive-In Movie Theatres Still Exist – But Digital Is Killing Them
“The vast majority of indoor theaters — hardtops, in drive-in lingo — have already converted to digital projectors, but 90% of drive-ins have not, according to an industry trade group.”
The Cloisters, Under Ambience Attack, Fights Back
“The gist of the Met’s letters is ‘we wish they would reconsider the design and perhaps come up with a plan that doesn’t pierce the treetops on the Palisades,’ Harold Holzer, a museum spokesman, said.”
Porn And Romcoms Are Ruining Heterosexual Love
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Julianne Moore slam the kind of media most people consume – and claim porn and the romantic comedy are murdering love lives.