Amazon has begun “discounting many best-selling hardcover titles between 50 percent and 65 percent, levels we’ve never seen in the history of Amazon or in the bricks-and-mortar price wars of the past.”
Tag: 07.29.13
If You’re Happier Are You Healthier? Researchers Weigh In
“They have found a strong link between living one’s life with a sense of purpose and enjoying a robust immune system. However, shallower forms of happiness such as “simple self-gratification” produce the opposite result, weakening the body’s immune response.”
Booksellers Criticize Obama For Speaking At Amazon Distribution Center
“On the heels of press reports that Amazon has drastically lowered the price on many hardcover titles, on Monday, July 29, the Board of Directors of the American Booksellers Association and CEO Oren Teicher criticized President Obama’s decision to hold his jobs speech this week at an Amazon facility in Tennessee.”
NYPD Tried To Censor Park Avenue Tunnel Installation
“Rafael Lozano-Hemmer is turning the Park Avenue tunnel in New York into a reverberating sound and light installation that celebrates free speech. … The NYPD asked the artist to install a time delay so messages could be regulated.” (He balked.)
Johnny Depp Says He’s Ready To Retire From Acting
“I wouldn’t say I’m dropping out any second, but I would say it’s probably not too far away. When you add up the amount of dialogue that you say per year and you realise that you’ve said written words more than you’ve had a chance to say your own words, you start thinking about that as an insane option for a human being.”
Pantages Theatre In L.A. Looks To Sell Naming Rights
The Nederlander Organization, owner of the landmark venue “which has served as a movie palace, hosted the Academy Awards and is now a plush venue for touring Broadway shows … is offering naming rights for sale.”
New Owners For Australian Orchestra
“Orchestra Victoria will be transferred to new ownership as funding bodies and user companies grapple with the cost of maintaining a pit orchestra in the state.”
Detroit’s Extraordinary Buildings
“Even though Detroit is shrinking and structures are being destroyed almost daily, it still has one of the country’s best collections of late 19th- and early 20th century buildings.”
Fans Buy Up “Sound of Music” Costumes
“Costumes from classic film, The Sound of Music, have sold for $1.3m (£845,000) at a Hollywood memorabilia auction.”
New Bolshoi Chief Admits Big Challenges
“Every theatre sometimes goes through difficult times – it’s a normal process of the human life.”