http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/06/01/090601fa_fact_wright
ABSTRACT: PROFILE of Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/26/business/26road.html
In-Flight Entertainment That Begins With Wi-Fi
http://www.homemediamagazine.com/streaming/streaming-phenomenon-isnt-survey-says-only-8-teens-watch-tv-online-15827
Streaming, the Phenomenon That Isn’t: Survey Says Only 8% of Teens Watch TV Online
http://adage.com/mediaworks/article?article_id=136843
Magazine, Newspaper Readers Aging at Accelerated Rate
Hard cover books got really expensive, I’ve decided that I can wait a year for the paperback to come out for many series that I had been following.
Speaking of Capt. Phillips, I am so surprised we haven’t seen him on the talk show circuit. His acts truly were heroic; he put his life on the line to save those of his crew. And he endured five days or so with those murderous thugs.
Not at all to disparage Capt. Sullenberger (the pilot who landed his plane in the Hudson), but Sully’s heroics did not put his own life in danger, and lasted mere minutes. I don’t understand why what Phillips did was not a bigger deal - why the media doesn’t see that much glory in what he did, which I think was extremely brave!
We have a friend whose book is/was published by Amazon.com.
She was ignored or abused by the so called established book publishers. Her book is scheduled for release the middle of next month.
Amazon people treated her very well from the beginning to the upcoming publication.
The left’s control of the book stores and publishing is being decimated monthly due to their arrogance and now the economic meltdown. I haven’t bought a book from a lefty books store for over a decade. I had no tears when two local left wing books stores closed their doors and a national outfit closed their local. They never carried conservative books and sometimes laughed when we asked for a Limbaugh or Thomas Sowell book.
The biggest problem for books is simply this:
Paperback $8 ti $9, hardback $25 or more.
Your prices are to the point where picking up a book, even a paperback requires a second thought. While I’m willing to spend it on a known and proven author, I’m not dropping a ten spot on someone I’ve never heard of before “to give it a try”.
They need to lower the retail prices, at least for the paperbacks.. they’ve jumped rediculously in past few years.
Has arrived if this -- "In February, the William Morris Agency failed to find any takers for a Britney Spears memoir." -- occurred. ;^)
Just curious, but does anyone know what’s happened to Tom Clancy?
Why buy books when there is so much to read online?