“Here is a brief honor roll of bookshops now vanished: the Seven Gables Bookshop; House of Books Ltd.; Scribner’s; the Gotham Book Mart; the Carnegie Book Shop; Dauber & Pine; the Eberstadt Brothers; University Place Book Shop; Ursus Books; House of El Dieff; and Parnassus Books.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
What Eurovision Means To (And For) The World
“Framed as a sort of cross between the Olympics and a battle of the bands, part of what makes Eurovision so different is the way its entries play with ideas about national pride (and sometimes international shame). On top of the free-wheeling approach to performer nationality that can give Celine Dion to Switzerland, language requirements for the contest mean that a country can sing (and lose, miserably) in an entirely non-native language.”
The Green Bay Symphony Appreciates Your Support, But It’s Still Quitting Time
“We appreciate the level of concern and support that has been shown by all those folks, but we’ve watched all the posts. There’s nothing new that isn’t something we haven’t done, tried or at least thought about in any way shape or form.”
Tips For Being A Literary Agent In An Era Of Electronic Everything
“You need to be confident, very decisive and opinionated, I’m afraid. Authors expect you to have the expertise, experience and instinct to tell them what to do and then they can decide whether they agree with you or not.”
How Did Portland Get So Successful On TV (And In Film – Yes, Film)?
Tax credits, the personal touch – and talent.
Executive Director Unexpectedly Quits Ballet San José
Stephanie Ziesel “oversaw the troupe through a turbulent stretch during which it dismissed its founding artistic director, Dennis Nahat, and reshuffled its board of directors. Ballet officials sang her praises but would not comment on the specifics behind this parting of the ways.”
Amazon Argues With A Publisher, And Writers Get Hurt
“Among Amazon’s tactics against Hachette, some of which it has been employing for months, are charging more for its books and suggesting that readers might enjoy instead a book from another author. If customers for some reason persist and buy a Hachette book anyway, Amazon is saying it will take weeks to deliver it.”
What Happens When A Young Publisher Decides To Create A Beautiful Online Magazine (Called ‘Sex’)
“After doing 10 publications that made very little money, I realized I really didn’t want to be a book publisher. I didn’t want to deal with stock anymore. I didn’t want deal with inventory.”
Amazon Is Telling Some Customers Their Mainstream Publishers’ Books Won’t Be Available For Five Weeks
So much for instant drone delivery: “The affected books are a mixture of new and old. A just-published memoir, ‘Everybody’s Got Something,’ by the ‘Good Morning America’ anchor Robin Roberts, is taking as long as three weeks to ship, customers were told. So is Stephen Colbert’s ‘America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren’t.'”
Time For Documentaries To Get Their Own Channel – And Get Seen
“In 2013, ‘Iron Man 3’ sold about as many theater tickets in one day as all of their documentaries did all year. Combined.”