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It’s a typical Houstonian experience. Run home by the torrential flooding on my way to work.
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Archive for the tag “Book Business”
Life Without Borders
Much ado has been made about the demise of Borders.
For many a book aficionado the saga is appealing.
Why not?
It can even be summarized in terms of Smith Magazine’s”Six World Memoirs”:
Once a giant, now no longer.
Kindle…Lighting a Revolutionary Fire?
The BBC reports that the Kindle facilitates Firewall climbing in China.
Firewall evasion by Kindle in China (Photo: National Geographic)
Back in Action
After taking a bit of a vacation, I’m back in action.
So many things happened in the book world while I was away. Among them:
Bringing Quidditch Back. (Courtesy of Huffington Post)
Franz Kafka (Courtesy of: Getty Images via the Guardian)
- E-books have been taking over the world….
or so it seems. The jury is still out on whether they can kill the book. First, it takes longer to read a book on an eReader. Secondly, licensing and multi-million dollar deals may limit eBook activity.
- People fell in love with Stieg Larsson’s Girl series…
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Courtesy of WSJ)
and Hollywood decided to ‘remake’ the Swedish movie.
With Daniel Craig cast as one of the leads.
Craig as Blomkvist?
Odd, Odder, Oddest
The winner of the oddest book title (the Diagram Prize) has finally been announced by Bookseller.com . Sadly, neither What Kind of Bean is this Chihuahua? nor Collectible Spoons of the Third Reich won. Better luck to Chihuahua and spoon- collecting writers next year….
The winner?
Check it.
Dear Abercrombie, Your Beefcakes Are Stale!
Reports among the fashion community have been circulating that Abercrombie and Fitch is beginning to lose its appeal. According to Women’s Wear Daily (WWD), the fashion Bible, the company has experienced percent losses in the double digits since 2008. Analysts say that the brand has become less relevant in the United States and that in a strained economy teens can no longer buy clothing from scantily clad salespeople.
To tell you the truth, I always felt uncomfortable around these stores. A) Because I don’t like to be followed by sales people; B) I don’t want to (in the words of Janis from Mean Girls) come out smelling like baby prostitue; C) my ears prefer not to be assaulted by loud music. I only just recently walked into one of them…to return something my cousin (visiting from Mexico) had bought during the holidays.[NOTE]
On an additional note, I have also seen reports that A&F is not well-liked abroad. Japan, specifically, is a place where the famous beefcakes are not tempting. As it turns out, women in Japan are not into the chiseled body. Understandable. To add insult to injury, prices in Japan are double those in the States.
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