A linear city in the desert is a provocative vision of the city of the future—but it’s been tried before. Saudi Arabia’s proposal for a 105-mile-long building called the Line has all the stuff of a science fiction paperback. The stark desert setting. The kingdom in control of vast amounts of one... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2022-08-04 04:30:19 UTC ]
In choreography, the gray areas of copyright law make it difficult to determine what constitutes copyright infringement or plagiarism. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Conversation | 2021-07-23 12:13:47 UTC ]
The UK, like many other parts of the world, has a long history of banning books for "obscenity". The last time it happened in the UK, at least officially, was in 1990, when Lord Horror by David Britton was censored up until 1992. But if "obscenity" was the main reason for censorship before,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-12-04 11:31:35 UTC ]
Mainstream economics is suffering an identity crisis, which began with The Great Recession and has reemerged during the current pandemic. In response, a growing collection of voices has advocated looking beyond the field—in particular, to science fiction—as a way to imagine it anew. Although... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-10-05 08:48:01 UTC ]
Interviews Veronica Esposito Photo by Camila Valdés Megan McDowell has translated many contemporary authors from Latin America and Spain, including Alejandro Zambra, Samanta Schweblin, and Lina Meruane. Shortlisted for the Man Booker... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2020-06-22 15:20:00 UTC ]
James Patterson has a long history of helping independent bookstores. In in 2014, he donated $1 million to indie bookstores, and staring in 2015, his Holiday Bonus program has given payments between $500 and $5,000 to bookstore employees each year. Now, as bookstores struggle to keep afloat... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-04-03 14:23:07 UTC ]
Ted Gioia's latest book is a fresh, cogent journey through the long history of personal expression through musical rebellion. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2020-03-13 18:21:36 UTC ]
Ted Gioia's latest book is a fresh, cogent journey through the long history of personal expression through musical rebellion. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2020-03-13 18:21:36 UTC ]
Ted Gioia's latest book is a fresh, cogent journey through the long history of personal expression through musical rebellion. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2020-03-13 18:21:36 UTC ]
On May 17, 1973, the first witness to testify in the Senate’s Watergate hearings took the stand. It wasn’t former White House Counsel John Dean, or former Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman, or the burglar James McCord, but Robert C. Odle, Jr., a “baby-faced” 29-year-old who had been the office... Continue reading >> [ Source: Columbia Journalism Review | 2019-11-13 13:14:35 UTC ]
His latest book looks at society’s long history of getting it wrong when it comes to judging people. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2019-09-10 09:00:11 UTC ]
In 2017, after a long history of running BookExpo as a three-day show, Reed Exhibitions shortened the period when the exhibit floor was open to two days. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
International ebook retailer Rakuten Kobo has a long history of partnering with retailers to deliver ebooks, but Kobo its new partnership with Walmart is on a whole different level. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
New book charts the remarkable history of Britain’s best-selling newspaperThe ignominy of the News of the World’s closure in 2011, itself preceded by years of hacked celebrity gossip and sleazy scandals, has tended to obscure the newspaper’s social and cultural significance in previous eras.It... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers may print many thousands of black and white books each year, but that does not mean our thinking about this sector needs to be so binary. The book business is a messy enterprise, with a long history and a changing future. There are no guarantees, with failure still a very likely... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
A longtime print magazine sales executive may not be the obvious choice to run ad sales for a digital video network aimed at millennial women. But that's the choice StyleHaul has made with the appointment of former Meredith exec Dick Porter as its cheif revenue officer. He fills a position... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2015-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
One reason for the strong publishing presence in the Bay Area is the long history of leadership and vision provided by men and women who rose to become prominent publishing figures across the nation. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The future of digital publishing is increasingly borrowing from the long history of newspapers' political cartoons. The post Digital publishers turn to cartoons to cover the news appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2015-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nancy Weber, a dynamic publishing industry marketing veteran, has a long history of creating results-oriented initiatives for Me Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2014-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Reintje Gianotten of the Dutch Foundation for Literature discusses the symbiotic relationship between German and Dutch publishing and its long history. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]