Yesturday, Smith posted that there would be big news breaking. Today there were stories in the trades that Smith will direct and write a new Fletch film. Now he's posted A Brief History of Fletch.
Inside.com has an article on how New Line is using the web to promote the Lord of the Rings movies. Peter Jackson who is directing the films wrote to Ain't It Cool News that he would answer questions. He answered questions back in August of 98, sent in an update and answered more questions in January of last year.
New Line president Michael DeLucca who sometimes posts on fan sites and answers email wrote Why does everyone hate Hollywood for Roughcut's new Voices Pro series.
posted by steve rhodes on 6/29/2000 2:37:18 PM |
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This week, Slate's Breakfast Table email exchange is between Marissa Bowe of Word and Ken Kurson of Green.
This week's This Modern World is on the death penalty and Al Gore. There also was an earlier TMW on the death penalty. Last November, the Atlantic Monthly had a story, The Wrong Man. There are links along the side to
previous converage of the death penalty. There also is a link to their excellent article from 1998 on the Prison-Industrial Complex which examines private prison in Texas on the second page.
posted by steve rhodes on 6/26/2000 2:59:43 PM |
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A column I wrote on digital distribution of audio books for the July/August issue of Book Magazine is the second item in Inside.com's Friday Daily Digest (links added):
The Internet Is Alive With The Sound Of BooksAudiobooks, "the fastest-growing part of the book publishing industry," have made the smooth transition to the digital world, according to the July/August issue of Book (not yet available online). Credit is due to Donald Katz, the journalist who created Audible Inc. back in 1995. With fast turnaround -- a digital audiobook can be made available for download within a week after recording is completed -- and relatively low cost (Po Bronson's The Nudist on the Late Shift is $14.95 for the unabridged version), a large number of audiobooks are being made available in digital form only. Audible has struck deals with Amazon.com (which has a 5 percent stake in the company) and Random House, the better to ensure its place among competition that includes the MP3lit.com spinoff LoudBooks.com, which launches in August. Mary Beth Roche of Random House has high expectations for the new Random House Audible imprint, which will use the technology for breaking news as well as publishing books: "If we had been up and running when the Microsoft antitrust decision was issued," she says, "we could have asked five experts to write about it and have released it as an audiobook."
I wouldn't exactly say audio books have made a smooth transition to the digital world, but it is possible to download audio that is as good as what you'd hear on a cassette while it may be years before you can buy a electronic book reader that is anywhere near the quality of a paper book. And audio books are starting to be made available in digital form only. There probably won't be a large number until at least this fall. But it is nice to see someone noticed the piece. I'll link to the article when it goes online.
posted by steve rhodes on 6/26/2000 3:08:14 AM |
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