“Publishing is not evolving. Publishing is going away. Because the word ‘publishing’ means a cadre of professionals who are taking on the incredible difficulty and complexity and expense of making something public. That’s not a job anymore. That’s a button. There’s a button that says ‘publish,’ and when you press it, it’s done.”
Tag: 04.05.12
What’s The Difference Between A Foreword, A Preface And An Introduction?
“The terms foreword, preface (from Latin praefatio, ‘speech before’), and introduction (from Latin introducere, ‘to lead in’) all seem to be saying ‘Me first.’ But each has a particular meaning in book publishing – allowing for a fair bit of overlap – and there is a traditional order for presenting them.”
Ballerina Dreams Of Dancing In A Soccer Stadium
South Africa Ballet Theatre principal dancer Burnise Silvius: “In 2010, South Africa hosted the FIFA World Cup. The FNB Stadium, now renamed Soccer City, hosted several big matches there. … Presenting classical ballet in such a venue would do a lot to expose our art form to those who have not had the opportunity to enjoy it.”
No More Performing, But Plenty Of Entertaining: A Q&A With Thomas Quasthoff
The baritone singer has retired from performing, but that doesn’t mean he’s lost what even he calls his big mouth. “Believing in God? Well, you know, too many bad things happen in the world for that to be possible. I believe that man is a faulty design. Human beings have truly misunderstood that sentence in the Bible, the one about man subduing the world. But I do believe in art.”
Amazon UK Criticized For Paying No Corporate Taxes
“Amazon.co.uk, Britain’s biggest online retailer, generated sales of more than £3.3bn in the country last year but paid no corporation tax on any of the profits from that income – and is under investigation by the UK tax authorities.”
A Year After Jenin Freedom Theatre Director’s Murder…
In an era where artist-celebrities assume the role of human rights icons through stints as UN “good will ambassadors”, photo-op tours of disaster stricken areas and pronouncements of disgust with the war criminal of the week, Mer-Khamis was an artist in the truest sense of the word. He used his considerable gifts as an actor, filmmaker and theatre director both to represent suffering and injustice in unique ways and to offer a glimpse of a different future. He was, in fact, a cultural terrorist. And the world needs more of them.”
Philosophy Is Philosophy (Not A Science)
“Numerous philosophers have come to believe, in concert with the prejudices of our age, that only science holds the potential to solve persistent philosophical mysteries as the nature of truth, life, mind, meaning, justice, the good and the beautiful. Thus, myriad contemporary philosophers are perfectly willing to offer themselves up as intellectual servants or ushers of scientific progress.”
Sotheby’s Gets To Keep Cambodian Antiquity (For Now)
“Ruling against the immediate seizure of a 1,000-year-old Cambodian statue the United States and Cambodian governments say was looted from its temple site, a federal judge in Manhattan on Thursday gave Sotheby’s continued custody of the antiquity and called a hearing for April 12.”
California Arts Council Could Lose Right To Fund-Raise Via Tax Returns
“Beginning last year, filers could donate to the state’s chronically underfunded arts grant-making agency by checking off a box on their tax return, then adding the amount they wanted to contribute to their payment or subtracting it from their refund.” That box could disappear if the CAC raises less than $250,000 with it this year.
‘Cellist Of Sarajevo’ Plays Again In City 20 Years After Siege
“Twenty years ago, as mortar shells began raining down on Sarajevo, killing his friends and neighbors, Vedran Smajlovic did what he knew best to help the city: he played his cello at funerals, in bomb shelters and in the streets.” This week, to mark the 20th anniversary of the Serbs’ siege of the city, Smajlovic performed there for the first time since the end of the war.