E-book revolution: Breaking through in the digital age. 21 August 2013Last updated at 20:18 ET By Richard Anderson Business reporter, BBC News A new wave of authors is looking to make a living from publishing e-books "It's impossible to sell animal stories in the US.
" So said one American publisher after rejecting the manuscript of George Orwell's Animal Farm. He was spectacularly wrong, but not alone among the literary establishment in rejecting some of the world's best-known and most-loved books. For centuries, agents and publishers have acted as gatekeeper of the printed word that gives authors access to a potential audience of millions.
But a growing army of writers, emboldened by new technology and the proliferation of e-readers, are rejecting the traditional publishing model. Continue reading the main story Books rejected by publishers Some write for enjoyment, some for creative fulfilment, while others simply write to make money. E-book revolution: Breaking through in the digital age.
Printed book sales fall £98m in 2013. 6 January 2014Last updated at 07:44 ET The size of the printed book market slumped to an 11-year low in both volume and value terms Sales of printed books fell by £98m last year - a drop of 6.5% from 2012.
A total of £1.416bn was spent on paperbacks and hardbacks in the 52-week period up to 28 December, according to Nielsen BookScan data. The total number of printed books sold dropped even further - falling 9.8% to 183.9 million. A rise in the average price partly made up for the shortfall. The continued growth of the digital e-book market is in part responsible for the large drop in sales. Recent consumer data figures showed more than two million UK users joined the digital book market in the first nine months of 2013. Challenges facing the UK book industry - Kingston University. Instagram: je-suis-là? - Kingston University. Instagram: je-suis-là?: EBSCOhost.
Top 15 Most Popular Photo Sharing Sites. Here are the top 15 Most Popular Photo Sharing Websites as derived from our eBizMBA Rank which is a continually updated average of each website's Alexa Global Traffic Rank, and U.S.
Top 15 Most Popular Photo Sharing Sites. 100+ Amazing Instagram Statistics (December 2014) In my latest installment of social media statistics, I am taking a look at the photo-sharing social network Instagram.
Instagram has quickly gone from a trendy iOS-only app, to a massive social network with Android and web presence. Instagram hasn’t shown any sign of slowing down, and with Facebook’s pocketbook behind it now, its growth will surly continue. Anyways, here is what I have been able to dig up. 10 fast facts about Instagram – SeeMyCity. Instagram has published some new statistics about their app, stating they now have over 200 million active users.
The Steve McCurry Interview, part 1. Interview: Steve McCurry on Street Photography and Change. Over the course of his 30-year career, Steve McCurry has traveled to a laundry list of places, creating some truly iconic images along the way.
His most famous photo, "The Afghan Girl," is one of the most recognizable photographs on the planet. Now, he has a new book (Untold: The Stories Behind the Photographs) looking back across his career. He was also recently named as a member of SanDisk's Extreme Team Legends. Despite his busy travel schedule, Mr. McCurry took some time to talk to us about how photography -- and the world around us -- has changed over the years. You have been putting out books for years. When talking about change, many photographers allude to the fact that we're all inundated with images now thanks to Instagram and the web in general.
Instagram is debasing real photography. It may seem odd to start a piece for a ranting slot by saying how much I love something, but I love photography and I particularly love the way social networking means I can share my photographs and the way I can keep up with friends through their shared images.
But I deeply dislike Instagram, which is the sharing app that millions of people seem to prefer. Indeed, Facebook loves Instagram so much that it is bidding $1bn (£637m) to buy it (assuming the UK's Office of Fair Trading doesn't block it, of course). Every day my Twitter stream and my Facebook newsfeed are full of Instagram images, all sporting the cutesy faux-Polaroid filters and ragged white borders added by the iPhone or Android app.
Real Life Instagram: Street Views Framed with Colored Filters. Nan Goldin: Goldin eye. Above: Self-portrait, 1989 During a cool spring gloaming, on the banks of the Regent’s Canal, Nan Goldin is pottering about in her publisher’s office, muttering to herself and sometimes to me.
She wanders from room to room with a Sharpie, signing copies of her new book Eden and After, nipping out to smoke, nipping back in past me in the waiting area, throwing out sort-of-helpful suggestions about what I should ask her. “Nobody’s asked me what my favourite colour is,” she says, her eyes glinting, “or which writers I like, what countries I’ve been to. Nobody’s asked me what’s my favourite animal…” She’s at the tail end of a busy day of book promotion and it kinda shows. At 60, Goldin is still incorrigibly herself: direct, a bit difficult, a bit mischievous, dead smart, dead self-possessed and terribly beautiful. If Eden and After is anything to go by, this last is a completely disingenuous statement. A Record Of Real Life: Nan Goldin. INTERVIEWS - Olly Lang. Interview with Oliver Lang, Street Photographer & Co-founder of the Mobile Photo Group (MPG)
“I believe that, more than ever before, photography is about a community and a culture, rather than the camera.” – Oliver Lang I had the chance to interview Oliver Lang, one of the founding members of the Mobile Photo Group.
Oliver shoots street photography in the sun-drenched streets of Sydney with his iPhone, using the Pro Camera application and capturing phenomenal light and moments in his images. He makes it a point to shoot every single day and even post-processes his images in the iPhone with the Snapseed application. Make sure to follow him on Twitter @oggsie, on Flickr, and follow him on Instagram @oggsie. Photographs by Oliver Lang Links Make sure to also check out the Mobile Photo Group Blog, where they talk about street photography, mobile devices, Instagram, and much more. Do you shoot street photography with an iPhone or mobile device? Log In - The New York Times. Why we love Instagram, Hipstamatic, and the lo-fi photo trend. By now you’ve probably encountered or taken some pictures taken with lo-fi iPhone camera apps like Hipstamatic or Instagram.
These are the small, grungy-looking, toy camera-like images popping up all over Twitter and Facebook. The trend has even spread to OS X with filter-centric editing apps like Flare and Photo Effect Studio. Olivier Du Tré Photography Blog: Why I hate Instagram/Hipstamatic 'photography' A few months ago the iPhone became the most used camera on Flickr. Why Is Instagram So Popular? If you’re an active social-media user, you can’t deny the phenomenon of Instagram--its trendy derivatives were a hit with PCWorld readers in 2011--and now the app, already popular among iOS gadget owners, is available for Android users as well. Instagram is a mobile photo-sharing app, but it is also a social network. It's like Twitter with followers, only instead of real-time text updates, you provide photo updates. The app enables you to alter the photos you take with your phone by adding filtered layers that imitate the look of low-end film cameras.
How selfies became a global phenomenon. It starts with a certain angle: a smartphone tilted at 45 degrees just above your eyeline is generally deemed the most forgiving. Then a light source: the flattering beam of a backlit window or a bursting supernova of flash reflected in a bathroom mirror, as preparations are under way for a night out. Copy / Paste Instagram Hashtags for Art and Artists. Tip of the day: Keep a list of useful hashtags on your phone (either in your notes or in an email). Just pick the ones that best relate to your pictures. Copy and paste any of the sets below into the comments after uploading your image to help get traffic from hashtag search and click results in Instagram.
This will make it easier for a larger amount of people to organically happen upon your images. General Art Tags (30): Bloggerati, Twitterati How Blogs and Twitter are Transforming Popular Culture - Kingston University. The Social Media Reader - Kingston University.