Morning Roundup: Venetian art exhibit explores the spaces between Art and Sound
This morning sees art and music combine, potential new markets for self-publishing houses, and advice on securing a literary agent –all below the jump! Image courtesy Artlog “Art or Sound” is a...
View ArticleMorning Roundup: Amazon moves into the Cell Phone Business
Amazon unveils a brand-new smartphone, the winner of the PEN/Printer Prize is announced, publishers submit to voluntary imprisonment –all below the jump! Image courtesy AndroidCentral.com In a rather...
View ArticleMorning Roundup: German Trade Group Claims Amazon “Abused its Market Power”
This morning sees yet more accusations against Amazon, book-donation programs, and more –all below the jump! Börsenverein, a German trade association, has accused Amazon.com of abusing its market...
View ArticleMorning Roundup: Germany’s Top Art Adviser Arrested for Fraud
This morning sees controversy in the art world, algebraic sculptures, and more –all below the jump! Helge Achenbach, courtesy ArtNet Helge Achenbach, the top art adviser in Germany, has been arrested...
View ArticleMorning Roundup: Does Technology Spell the Death of the Novel?
Image courtesy of TeleRead.com This morning’s news sees debate on the implications of rising e-book popularity, a spacesuit fit for Mars, stratospheric sales at Sotheby’s, and more –all below the jump!...
View ArticleMorning Roundup: Oxford Brookes University Launches New Creative Industries...
Oxford Brookes University (image courtesy internationalquest.com) This morning sees a mysterious shipping container of contemporary art, innovation in astronaut’s radiation shielding, a massive...
View ArticleMorning Roundup: Did Banksy Open a Twitter Account?
Spy Booth, by Banksy (photo courtesy Street Art News) This morning sees famed pseudonymous street artist Banksy (possibly) opening a Twitter account, HarperCollins selling books direct to customers,...
View ArticleMorning Roundup: For Sale -Marriage Certificate of Josephine and Napoleon
The marriage certificate of Josephine and Napoleon is to be auctioned off in Paris. As more and more antibiotics become impotent in the face of “superbugs”, scientists worry about the future treatment...
View ArticleMorning Roundup: Society of Authors Claims UK Authors Are Not Paid Enough
This morning sees debates on author compensation, advances in quantum computing, Princeton’s backlist made available again, and more –all below the jump! In the UK, the Society of Authors claims that...
View ArticleMorning Roundup: Frozen Screenwriter to tackle A Wrinkle in Time film
Jennifer Lee (image courtesy Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times) Jennifer Lee, co-writer and director of Frozen, has stated that her next film project is an adaption of Madeleine L’Engle’s classic A...
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