Editors matter. More to the point, “Those of us who tweet self-publish daily. Our screeds and scowls and sorrows arrive without an editor’s filter. Perhaps I am a purist, but a book is a wondrous object—worthy of more discernment. Does everyone have a book in them? I’m not sure.” – LitHub
Tag: 09.09.19
The Plan To Turn Spotify Into The Ultimate Podcast Hub
Spotify already has listeners; now it wants to expand its market share through podcasts. But can it compete with the undisputed podcast provider champion, Apple? Says the woman in charge of Spotify’s podcast empire, “The amount of content that we can make is endless.” – Los Angeles Times
Public Statues Aren’t Used To Commemorate History. They’re Used To Craft It. Consider The Age Of Statuomania.
Dozens of statues went up in western European cities in the decades between the revolutions of 1848 and the outbreak of World War I. Nowhere were they used more deliberately to craft a national history and identity than in Belgium, which had become an independent country only in 1830. – History Today