The aftermath of the Boston Marathon tragedy was, understandably enough, a frantic time for the media. You had an unspeakable incident and a public desperate to know who would possibly do this, and why. Complicating this was the fact that … Continue reading
We’ve heard and heard and heard some more about the war between the Kindle and the Nook, how Barnes and Noble’s E-reader is either what kept it afloat against Borders or what’s currently sinking it. If you’re a self-published author, … Continue reading
It’s pretty conventional thought nowadays that traditional print books are going the way of the dinosaur – right? Kindles are becoming as common as cell phones, and those who don’t have the standalone device usually have the Kindle software on, … Continue reading
Our brave new web media frontier is seen as a promised land for creative types of all stripes, where writers, artists and video makers of all sorts can get their work out before the public without facing the difficulty of … Continue reading
Back in the early ’80s, long before you could just call up YouTube and see the latest from your favorite musical artists on demand, televised music lived on cable television – specifically, on MTV. Sure, there were music shows here … Continue reading
This is a story of a self-published novelist who decided he was going to do a good, noble and charitable thing – publish a special edition of a young adult book as a fundraiser for a children’s hospice. But a … Continue reading
In supermarkets and shopping malls, on soccer fields and in offices – basically, everywhere that mainstream North Americans gather – you’re hearing talk of something that a lot of people thought would never crack the mainstream – an Asian music … Continue reading
So it seems that both the TV and movie genres have decided that everything old is new again, and remakes, re-dos and revamps of all sorts are the hot thing. Plus, people seem to be zeroing in on the ’60s … Continue reading
When Barnes and Noble went down, it took a number of things with it – like a huge chunk of manga distribution in the U.S. and the Kobo E-reader. Now, the Kobo wasn’t designed by and for Borders like the … Continue reading
Once upon a time, way back in the late ’60s, there was a group of writers for New York Newsday who got a little sick of seeing trash fiction at the top of the bestseller lists. And so, they concocted … Continue reading