“Suddenly, an increasing number of independent presses are going into the retail book business, morphing into full-service community hubs for book browsing and expanded literary programming. Some see retail floor space as an opportunity to bring more customers and supporters to their front doors. Others see it as an important source of income to support the publishing. All say it fulfills their missions as the literary hearts of their communities.”
Category: AUDIENCE
Study: How Dependant Is Our Taste In Art On Social Pressures?
“What if our partiality to particular artists is, consciously or unconsciously, calibrated to line up with the preferences of our peers — and/or to distinguish ourselves from people we’d rather not be associated with?”
How Hollywood Blockbusters Can Explain The Rise Of Donald Trump And Bernie Sanders
“The summer blockbuster [in 2016] has gone from something to be enjoyed with popcorn and a Coke to something that may possibly shatter your existential reality. Needless to say, all these blockbusters made for consumption here and abroad have a common theme: the world is ending and (almost) no one can save us, except for an unlikely anti-hero.”
Dating App Data: Readers Find It Easier To Get Dates
“Out of all our matches, 21% had related reading tags in common. This is much stronger than the average of 15% for all other matches that similar matches with music, films, or TV,” says MyBae, adding that “users spent longer in general” on the profiles of people with reading tags.
Elon Musk Says We Might All Be Living In A Simulation. Really?
“Wouldn’t it, I mean, be a remarkable coincidence to find ourselves alive at just the moment where technology finally shows itself to be adequate to reveal to us the true nature of reality? And how are we supposed to interpret the equally certain claims of people in other times and places, who believed that reality in fact reflected some device or artifice of central importance to their own culture (e.g., horologia, mirrors, puppets, tjurungas…)?”
This Is How Big Online Gaming Has Become
With gamers watching 144 billion minutes of gaming videos and live streams every month, content creators known as “YouTubers” and “Twitchers” not only have huge social followings, but are also making a lot of money.
Researchers Discover An Instagram Of Medieval Times
“Medieval Scots used to give each other postcard-sized artworks to forge social bonds, in the same way we post pictures on social media today, according to new research.”
Uncovering The Bits Of Video Games The Developers Hid From You
“As anyone who has ever used a Game Genie could tell you, there are things that developers don’t want you to see … Recently, I discovered that many of these discarded concepts and ideas not only remain on the cartridge or disc after their release, but that there’s a fairly significant community working to find these missing items, with the goal of bringing them to life.”
Grand Rapids Has Lost Its Arts Coverage. Now What To Do…
“Without that review and without a reliable reviewer people have come to trust, a lot of the performing arts groups are saying that their second weekend of shows aren’t getting that big bump they used to when someone would come to review the dress rehearsal or reviewed their opening night.”
Facebook Exec: FB Will Likely Be All-Video Within Five Years
“I just think if we look already, we’re seeing a year-on-year decline on text. We’re seeing a massive increase, as I’ve said, on both pictures and video. If I was having a bet, I would say: video, video, video.”