Colin Robinson, co-publisher of OR Books, has written a piece for the latest issue The Nation titled The Trouble With Amazon. In it he effectively laments the real and potential consequences for both the publisher and the reader in an Amazon-led book universe. Remember Amazon's early tagline "The Earth's Biggest Bookstore"? The tagline disappeared as Amazon branched out into product markets and today books comprise about 25% of their total revenue but their stranglehold on the book world seems only to be increasing. And as they continue on their quest to give, as Jeff Bezos told his shareholders, "the customers...
The New Typography Collection at MoMA
Model Z, zoo duidelijk zoo klein, elke streep 5 gram Paul (Geert Paul Hendrikus) Schuitema (Dutch, 1897-1973) One would be hard-pressed to find a more sumptuous visual feast then the online exhibit, The New Typography, at MoMA http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?criteria=O%3ATA%3AE%3Aex4672&page_number=32&template_id=1&sort_order=4
Audio/Visual
Here are a few recent podcasts and videos Hitchens and Packer on OrwellSilverblatt talks with Patti SmithThe making of a book cover Barnes & Noble on Saturday Night Live
Books on Canvas: The Paintings of Xiazoe Xie
Emerson on the small screen
Over at the New York Times blog, Paper Cuts, Mick Sussman shares his thoughts on reading the complete works of Ralph Waldo Emerson on his Kindle