Amazon Signs Up Authors, Writing Publishers Out of Deal
By DAVID STREITFELD
Published: October 16, 2011
SEATTLE — Amazon.com has taught readers that they do not need bookstores. Now it is encouraging writers to cast aside their publishers.
Lorraine Audubon
Video created for Lorraine Audubon. Recited by Anthony Pearson for Written Against Cultural Stagnation.
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Quotations and Reactions: Entry 2
"We live in a culture that in many ways grows more stupid and graceless by the moment. Sports, both reflects and influences that trend. So on playing fields everywhere, true style is in decline while mindless exhibitionism abounds."
Bob Costas
Sunday Night Football
November 27, 2011
This was a most profound statement that I didn’t expect to hear on a football broadcast, and that in and of itself, is the beauty of journalism. He was talking about touchdown celebrations, but the essence of the statement reigned true for society as a whole.
You see it everywhere from reality TV, to music, to political debates. Everyone is out here fighting and scrapping for an imaginary “top spot”. Ego is on full display. Things are said and done for shock value. Style heavily outweighs the substance. Controversy is manufactured for the sake of “staying relevant”. All to keep attention paid.
This influences a younger generation already struggling with finding themselves. If what they see and hear on TV, radio, and movies is accepted as true representatives of reality, how can we truly expect the future to be any different? So whether the playing field is sports, entertainment, or real life, if thoughtless acts, melodrama, and self-indulgence is the norm; I’m all for the atypical. Though at times it can all be entertaining, its effect on minds unable and/or unwilling to separate the real from the celebrated is where the ultimate problem lies.
Bob Costas
Sunday Night Football
November 27, 2011
This was a most profound statement that I didn’t expect to hear on a football broadcast, and that in and of itself, is the beauty of journalism. He was talking about touchdown celebrations, but the essence of the statement reigned true for society as a whole.
You see it everywhere from reality TV, to music, to political debates. Everyone is out here fighting and scrapping for an imaginary “top spot”. Ego is on full display. Things are said and done for shock value. Style heavily outweighs the substance. Controversy is manufactured for the sake of “staying relevant”. All to keep attention paid.
This influences a younger generation already struggling with finding themselves. If what they see and hear on TV, radio, and movies is accepted as true representatives of reality, how can we truly expect the future to be any different? So whether the playing field is sports, entertainment, or real life, if thoughtless acts, melodrama, and self-indulgence is the norm; I’m all for the atypical. Though at times it can all be entertaining, its effect on minds unable and/or unwilling to separate the real from the celebrated is where the ultimate problem lies.
Random Thoughts: Set 7
So much propaganda
Questions with no answers
Webs woven with semantics
Controlled damage
The people in trances
Racing in mazes
Occupying set stages
In labs like rats
Like dogs in cages
Birds with clipped wings
Constrained by the ages.
Anthony Pearson ©2011
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Quotations and Reactions: Entry 1
"A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting."
Henry David Thoreau
This quote reflects the way I view The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. The lessons within the pages of this book truly make you examine your own life and journey. This book gave me a greater sense of purpose the more I read. By the time I had completed it, it had fully awakened a spirit within me that has proven to be greatly beneficial to my growth as a man. The way Coelho tells this story is sure to keep the reader looking forward to the next the next step in the journey. I highly recommend this book for anyone in search of a good read that will definitely leave you inspired.
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