Book Wars: The Digital Revolution in Publishing

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BookWars garnered generally positive reviews, starting with its first review by New York Film Critics Circle reviewer Matt Zoller Seitz in the New York Press.

Yet he doesn’t — he is honest and introspective and gives us one of the most unique documents of combat and the mind of war ever written. BookWars has screened at festivals, theatrical venues, and broadcast outlets including: NHK (Japan), SVT (Sweden) Sveriges Television, PBS, (US), Metrochannels (US) MSG Metro Channels, Book Television (Canada), Arte/ZDF Arte (France and Germany), The Florida Film Festival, The Kansas City Film Jubilee, Facets, the Museum of Modern Art (New York), the Danish National Film Institute, Brotfabrik (Berlin), the 911 Media Arts Center in Seattle, amongst others.On the one hand our military selects and then subjects a certain segment of our population to unimaginable stresses — and then expects them to navigate and deal with it on their own. My favorite little tidbit, Thucydides fought in the war, but was apparently disgraced and missed much of it because he caught the plague. Among them: “Slick” Rick Sherman, a semi-professional magician; Al Mappo, so named because he only sells maps and atlases; Emil, who says only he "escaped”, though we do not know from where; and Pete Whitney: King of the booksellers, toad collector, and collage artist.

In fact, most soldiers don’t ever fire their guns in battle (and this is pretty convincing evidence of that). While ebooks were at the heart of many of these conflicts, Thompson argues that the most fundamental consequences lie elsewhere. Developing an author/publisher relationship with readers is a key factor, something not addressed by the “informational capital” data gatherers. The author draws on nearly 300 interviews from a previous book about trade publishing, Merchants of Culture.When Winter comes, and the streets are too snow-filled and cold to hawk books, the booksellers are shown in their various off-season modes and occupations. His third and highly anticipated book with Penguin/Portfolio — The Obstacle is the Way — will be about practical philosophy and stoicism. Thompson also weaves in the stories of wildly successful and initially self-published authors (including Andy Weir’s The Martian, first released on a self-published blog, and E.

That criticism aside, it was a hearty and worthwhile book that I highly recommend for anyone wanting to understand the complex publishing business landscape.Despite the author claiming that physical books are easier to read, this book, I believe, would be easier to read as an e-book where the font size could be increased. With a documentary concept in place, he began to bring a video camera daily to document the sights and sounds of the city of New York as seen from the perspective of a sidewalk bookseller.

Much of the history cited are well-known and unnecessary, like how books were published, oral tradition of stories, founding of tech giants, ebooks, audiobooks, iTunes. Or we may experience them by proxy or feel the impact of those drives sublimated through some other means. A British soldier turned journalist who craves combat like a drug addict is sent to report on the exploding crisis and genocide in Bosnia. In 400 BC, 10,000 Greeks are hired as mercenaries by Cyrus the Younger in his attempt to steal the Persian throne.One is the home guard, which patrolled for deserters and draft dodgers (on both sides) with brutal effectiveness. Hedges, a former divinity student, shows the effects of war on the men who fight it, on the countries they fight it for, and the politics and people who fall as collateral damage.