“Across rock and pop, the use of elaborate packaging and content is growing. A plastic case costs only a few pence but with increasing numbers of fans eschewing physical albums for their digital equivalents, bands and record labels have figured out that people will spend money on music if they see it as a product of worth or a collector’s item.”
Tag: 05.03.11
Arab Spring For Modern Dance
“The up-and-coming wave of contemporary dancers has paid close attention to issues of identity as they seek to break away from definitions of dance set by icons such as Martha Graham and Merce Cunningham. For them, contemporary dance is the only true universal language.”
Inside Norman Mailer’s Apartment
“It’s a tough thing to sell a family apartment because there are so many memories. A lot of us are not eager to sell it at all. It’s an unusual place and only someone with a particular sensitivity and style would buy it. If you’re a family it’s probably not very practical. It’s a dangerous place.”
UK E-Book Sales Quadrupled In 2010
in 2010 sales of e-books and audio book downloads in the ‘general titles’ category, which includes novels and consumer titles, shot up from £4m to £16m. Academic and professional books still dominated overall digital sales, which reached £180m last year.”