Publishing NewsAudible / Dream Daddy / Game of Thrones / George R.R. Martin / music video / podcast / Stan Lee / television adaptation / video games2 Comments
Book Purists, It’s Finally Time to Give Up and Start Watching Game of Thrones – It’s interesting to see that as GoT the television show chugs on, while the book series crawls toward a new book, we are seeing more arguments for the usurpation of the books by the show. Not ... more >
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The Marvel Chairman, a Hate-Mail Feud and Claims of Stolen DNA – This case is almost impossible to summarize, but it basically boils down to a feud between Marvel Entertainment Chairman Isaac “Ike” Perlmutter and Toronto’s Mandrake Management founder Harold Peerenboom over the contract to maintain a Florida neighborhood’s tennis courts. And that feud has ... more >
Letters of OpinionAudible / audiobooks / Books / digital / format / genres / Harlequin Audio / readers / story28 Comments
Audiobooks are my new object of affection. Now that I have a commute, I can make the ride feel more productive when I listen to a book on the way to my office. And I already have my favorite narrators. Barbara Rosenblat is Amelia Peabody in my mind’s ear, and ... more >
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The ‘Blurred Lines’ Verdict Could Be Bad for Music – So a Los Angeles jury ruled that Robin Thick and Pharrell Williams engaged in unintentional copyright infringement of Marvin Gaye’s ‘Got to Give it Up,” to the tune of $7.4M. I think this is a disastrous verdict, and hope that ... more >
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Welcome to Googletown – This is a pretty eye-opening piece about the relationship between Google and the city-like compound (in Mountain View, California) Google has created and continues to grow, spilling over into and even consuming a substantial portion of the surrounding communities. The company has even leased Moffett Field, ... more >
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Can You Hear Me Now? The New Explosion in Audio Books – WSJ.com – “The digital revolution may have dealt a heavy blow to print, but it is boosting literacy in other unexpected ways by fueling the explosive growth of audio books.” That’s what the Wall Street Journal says. Max ... more >