“Amazon’s share of all unit book sales rose to 27% at the end of September 2012 from 21% during the previous year, while the share of e-bookstores and digital audio sites jumped from 1% to 6%.”
Tag: 02.08.13
Macmillan Is Last Publisher To Settle E-Book Price-Fixing Case
“The U.S. Department of Justice has reached a settlement with Macmillan in an antitrust case related to e-book pricing, leaving only Apple to battle the suit.”
Rupert Goold To Head London’s Almeida Theatre
“The appointment is a major coup for the Islington theatre. Goold has become one of the biggest names in British theatre following a string of bold and inventive productions. He was frequently tipped as a potential successor to both Nicholas Hytner at the National Theatre and, until Gregory Doran’s appointment last year, Michael Boyd at the Royal Shakespeare Company.”
Steering Through Troubled Waters At Vancouver Opera
“In 2010-11, VO reported a budget shortfall of $1.4-million, resulting in an accumulated deficit of $831,000 and the elimination of four positions. A surplus in 2011-12 of more than $500,000 helped counter that, but the company was still running a deficit.” Maintaining corporate contributions is a particular challenge as headquarters move out of Vancouver.
Can Music Be Truly Dangerous?
“Can any kind of music actually be dangerous? This rhetorical question has an obvious answer: it cannot kill you, but something in it scares enough people…”
Bolshoi Threatens To Sue Ex-Bolshoi Dancer
“The Bolshoi Ballet administration threatened to file a lawsuit against the dancer Nikolai Tsiskaridze on Friday, after he called for the theater’s top executives to be dismissed over its response to the Jan. 17 acid attack on the ballet’s artistic director, Sergei Filin.”
If You Really, Really Love A Play, You’ll Never Let It Go
This 30-year-old woman has seen the Broadway musical ‘Once’ 95 times – but that’s far from her record for a Broadway show.
Shakespeare – And Sendak
Are the Wild Things in the Forest of Arden – or perhaps on Prospero’s island?
Canadian Art Dealer’s Lawyer Says His Client Didn’t Sell Fake Morrisseau Painting
“The legal battle is just one more instalment in a series of often bitter skirmishes over Mr. Morrisseau’s artistic legacy that began before his death, at 75 in late 2007, and continue today, if anything more intensely. “
The Weirdest Thing About This Dance Is That It’s In A Theatre
“Camping along the way, Ms. Monson and a few colleagues danced on beaches and in parks. They danced in front of school groups and people just passing by. They gave workshops embodying ideas about animal perception and flocking through improvisational exercises and held panel discussions with zoologists and environmental scientists.”