Equally at home with drama and comedy, live action and animation, farce and realism, Jessie Eisenberg may very well be the next Tom Hanks. He first came to the attention of critics and the public in the dark comedy, Roger Dodger, in which embittered adman Roger (played by Campbell Scott) receives an unexpected visit from his … Read more
As fans of music and new media can tell you, the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, TX is to music and new media what the Sundance Festival is to film. SXSW began life as an indie music festival way back in 1987, but in subsequent years it became a gathering place for techies, indie … Read more
Do you have a struggling reader at home? If so, listening to the audiobook being read aloud while following along in the print version may give her just the boost she needs. A principal in California has launched a pilot program using iPods and audiobooks downloaded from iTunes, but the same concept and approach would … Read more
Yesterday, season 1 of the HBO series Game of Thrones was finally released on DVD, Blu-Ray and for digital streaming and download. On Collider.com, Andre Dellamorte reviews season one: HBO’s Game of Thrones comes at an interesting time in geekdom, and its success speaks to the barriers that have been broken. Though fantasy and science fiction have … Read more
Free App of the Day Today’s Amazon Free App of the Day is Fantastic Four in a Row HD, rated an average of 4/5 stars across 56 reviews. If you like Connect Four or Pente, you’ll like this digital version of the same basic concept: first to get four tokens in a row wins. But … Read more
Amazon is already operating its own publishing house, under the imprints AmazonEncore, Amazon Crossing, Montlake Romance and formerly, The Domino Project (in collaboration with Seth Godin). It’s also well-known that Amazon has branched out into film production, with its Amazon Studios program. Could it be that Amazon is now interested in producing television shows as well? On … Read more
Director Tarsem Singh is known for his stunning, epic, gorgeous visuals. In a Tarsem Singh film, every frame is like a painting, many of them surrealist masterpieces. Singh’s most recent release, Immortals, was released on DVD, Blu-Ray and for digital streaming today. While critics didn’t have a lot of positive things to say about this … Read more
Mike Shatzkin, of The Idea Logical Company, has been a publishing professional for nearly 50 years, and in that time he’s seen major upheavals and technology impacts in the trade publishing business. In a recent blog post, Shatzkin has this to say about the future of ebooks versus print, and online versus brick-and-mortar store sales … Read more