Laura Miller: “It’s easy to understand their impulse to defend Amazon’s e-book publishing programs, given that many had tried in vain to publish their books with traditional houses before opting for, say, Kindle Direct Publishing. However, the dispute with Hachette has nothing to do with Amazon’s publishing programs and everything to do with the way traditionally published books are retailed, a distinction that self-published authors ignore at their peril.”
Tag: 06.07.14
The Art Market Bubble – How Long Can It Continue?
Those of us who have worked in the art market for many years find this new world almost unrecognisable.
Wallace Shawn Is A Walking Bundle Of Conflicts
He’s a playwright who’s known as a movie actor, a pop culture figure who knows little about pop culture and describes himself as “a very pretentious person”, a son of privilege who’s “aware pretty much all of the hours that I’m awake that we’re living in a very, very unjust world.”
What’s The Difference Between Being a Woman Writer And Being A Man Writer?
“Obviously you want the writer to feel good when they leave workshop, but it’s not even about that. It’s about teaching writers about how to see the good and the promise and the potential in something. Because if you can’t see that in your own work you’re so lost.”
How Shakespeare – Via Montaigne – Created The Self
“We know that the playwright repeatedly made forays into the essays to seize upon things he thought he could use.”
The Day That Bill Watterson, Creator Of Calvin and Hobbes, Returned To The Comics Page
“He said he knew that in my strip, I frequently make fun of my own art skills. And that he thought it would be funny to have me get hit on the head or something and suddenly be able to draw. Then he’d step in and draw my comic strip for a few days.”
Why Would A Scientist Diss The Power Of Fairytales?
“The material is super-rich: the stories crystallise the accumulated knowledge of the past into brilliantly coloured, sharply outlined, yet often baffling motifs.”
When Your Company Gets So Successful That You Have To Kill It Off
“Instead of luxuriating in a slower-paced life and working deeply on his dances, McIntyre grew immersed in administrative tasks: fundraising, crafting fliers and videos, designing the troupe’s Web site, speaking at events throughout the community, leading activities at hospitals and myriad other duties that took him away from the studio.”
What Is Art – And Who Is An Artist – Now?
“This yields a fascinating, 288-page public meditation by one artist on the profound significance of another artist — one he has known, if rather casually, since they were studio-neighbors in Pasadena more than 40 years ago, back when Old Town was a crumbling wasteland.”
An Internet Horror Meme Shows The Power Of Story (But Let’s Not Freak Out About It)
“The web takes oral traditions — jokes, rumors, legends — and transmits them with a speed that far surpasses the word-of-mouth circulation of most pre-Internet folklore.”