“Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo are planning to join a coalition of nonprofit groups, individuals and library associations to oppose a proposed class-action settlement giving Google the rights to commercialize digital copies of millions of books.”
Tag: 08.21.09
Dancer And Choreographer André Prokovsky Dead At 70
A principal of New York City Ballet and London Festival Ballet during the 1960s, he co-founded the New London Ballet and later worked as a freelance choreographer. “He was especially known for evening-long productions that choreographically retold familiar stories from literature or opera” such as Anna Karenina, The Three Musketeers and Dr. Zhivago.
A Dubious Honor: The Author Most Donated To Oxfam’s Used Book Shops
“[Dan] Brown, who has sold more than 81m copies of The Da Vinci Code worldwide, has been revealed as the most donated author to Oxfam’s 700 high street shops. With just four books to his name … Brown did well to see off competition from John Grisham, author of more than 20 and the second-most likely writer to be ditched in a charity shop by readers.”