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BuzzFeed Decides Criticizing Awful Books Is Too Mean | The Atlantic
Put away the hatchets, BuzzFeed book reviewers. The Internet’s foremost listicle-maker will now be taking its ‘No Haters’ policy over to its rising books section, as BuzzFeed’s new books editor said…that he will only accept warm and cuddly book reviews.

Music & Film

Why Video Games Succeed Where The Movie And Music Industries Fail | FastCompany
The video-game industry is projected to grow from $67 billion in 2013 to $82 billion in 2017. At the same time, global movie revenue, both DVD and ticket sales, hit an estimated $94 billion in 2010, down 17% after inflation from 2001. Why is the video-game industry on the ascendance? And are there any lessons that the movie (and to a lesser extent, the music) industry can take from its success?

Just Released: First Trailer for “Yves Saint Laurent,” The Film: Dressed | glamour.com

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Back in August, we brought you the news that two dueling biopics about the late, great designer Yves Saint Laurent were on schedule to be released over the course of the next few years—and today we have the trailer for the first, Yves Saint Laurent. It’s an authorized (by Saint Laurent’s partner Pierre Berge) film starring French actor Pierre Niney (in fact, the entire film is in French).

via Just Released: First Trailer for “Yves Saint Laurent,” The Film: Dressed | glamour.com.

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Amazon signs up for ‘future of streaming’ ORBX | CNET – Amazon becomes the first major partner to agree to use lightweight new technology from Mozilla and OTOY for streaming games, video, and software. More Amazon news: Amazon employee rebukes wife over Jeff Bezos biography | the guardian. Also: Amazon Offers Kindles, Cut of E-Book Sales to Indie Bookstores | PCMag – another take: Amazon’s New Kindle Offer Rejected by Indie Bookstores | WIRED.

Confessions of a Booker Prize Judge | BookRiot
Stuart Kelly…offers Book Riot some insights into the pressures and the joys of choosing a Booker winner, why a graphic novel should win it one day, why The Luminaries changes what the novel can do, and what impact the Americans will have under the redrawn eligibility criteria for the prize.

Agatha Christie and Poirot scoop best ever status from Crime Writers | Telegraph
The Crime Writers Association crowned Agatha Christie best ever author and The Murder of Roger Ackroyd best ever novel, while Scandinavian crime missed out

Music & Film

Swedish Theaters Now Using Bechdel Test To Rate Films On Gender Bias
A group of four movie theaters in Sweden have adopted a new rating system to expose gender bias–if a film passes the Bechdel Test, it gets an A rating. Qualifying films must a.) have at least two women with names, who b.) talk to each other and c.) talk about something other than a man. The paradox of this test is that it seems simple enough to meet these requirements, and yet countless films fail to do so each year.

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Forgotten Books, Discovered | HuffPost
Pacing through the website of Forgotten Books, an online library with hundreds of thousands of titles, is like walking through the aisles of a favorite bookstore.

The Library Vending Machine | BookRiot
Changing demographics and difficulty securing new funds for new libraries, The Pioneer Library System in Norman, Oklahoma decided to to use technology to meet its patrons needs. So last week, it opened the first 24-hour library vending machine in the United States. Built by EnvisionWare, this fully automated machine will be able to to dispense more than 400 pieces of media (books/DVDs/audiobooks) and store more than 1000 returned items.

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Jeff Bezos’ Wife And Co-Workers Call Out Brad Stone’s Amazon Book As Inaccurate…On Amazon | TechCrunch
In what can only be seen as a moment of delicious cyclical irony, a new fairly negative review of the book has been posted by none other than Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos’ wife, MacKenzie Bezos. We’ve confirmed the identity of the reviewer, the only peson to leave a one-star reaction so far.

Readmill is my new Favorite eBook Reading App [Review] | Beautiful Pixels
One of the biggest problems faced while upgrading to the paperless world — at least when it comes to reading ebooks — is that the system is horribly fragmented. Some ebooks are available on one platform while some on others. Keeping track of all your purchases and syncing them with different devices is always a pain. Readmill wants to take some of that pain away from you.

New E-Book Services Borrow a Page From Netflix [Review] | AllThingsD
Review of Oyster and Scribd e-book subscription services.

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Two Gaimen stories: Author Neil Gaiman to join Bard College faculty | The Wall Street Journal and Recurring Dream: Morpheus Returns In Gaiman’s ‘Sandman’ Prequel | NPR

What Do I Tell My Daughter About Ender’s Game? | HuffPost
A gay father’s perspective on Orson Scott Card’s homophobia, the book and the new film.

Amazon First Provides Early Access to New E-Books | PCMag
“Amazon [launches] Kindle First, a new program that offers customers access to books a month before their official launch — and serves as another tactic to encourage Prime memberships.”

A library of classics, edited for the teething set | Julie Bosman (The New York Times) | Manila Bulletin
“…[T]oday’s babies and toddlers are treated to board books that are miniature works of literary art: classics like “Romeo and Juliet,” “Sense and Sensibility” and “Les Misérables;” luxuriously produced counting primers with complex graphic elements; and even an “Art for Baby” book featuring images by the contemporary artists Damien Hirst and Paul Morrison.”

Facebook Drives the Most Traffic to Publishers, Beating Twitter and Reddit | Mashable. See the original report from Sharaholic.

Source: Statista (http://www.statista.com/topics/1164/social-networks/chart/1549/social-traffic-sources/)

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“The Book Thief” Wants You To Imagine A World Without Words, Starting With The New York Times | Co.Create

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As visuals go, it’s not the most mind-blowing advertisement you’ve ever seen–but the image of two consecutive blank pages of the New York Times, purchased to promote Fox’s upcoming film The Book Thief, is striking nonetheless.

Read:  “The Book Thief” Wants You To Imagine A World Without Words, Starting With The New York Times | Co.Create | creativity + culture + commerce.

How Can I Make Quality Videos and Short Films on a Budget? | LifeHacker

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Dear Lifehacker,

I want to get started making some YouTube videos, and maybe even a short film, but I’m not sure what I need to get. I also don’t want to spend a ton of money. How can I get started on a budget?P

Sincerely,
Aspiring Auteur

Post discusses 6 steps for making videos and short films on a budget.

via How Can I Make Quality Videos and Short Films on a Budget? | LifeHacker.

Love Horror Films and Fiction? These Links Are For You

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Fun and/or informative links for the horror lovers. I don’t mind a good thriller or gothic fiction (horror light?) but horror is a genre at another level of scary, which is too much for me. Guaranteed I will have nightmares.

FILM

Five great zombie short films you can watch online | CNET

The Greatest Horror Movies You Haven’t Seen | Flavorwire. 15 films are discussed.

Top 100 Horror Movie Recommendations | IMDb

Browse free Sci-Fi / Horror Films available at the Internet Archive | Archive.org

A history of horror movies since their origins in the 19th century. | Karina Wilson | Horror Film History

Libraries and Librarians in Horror Movies | Ellyssa Kroski | OEDb

21 Free Hitchcock Movies Online | open culture

Time Out London Presents The 100 Best Horror Films: Start by Watching Four Horror Classics Free Online | open culture

FICTION

HWA Bram Stoker Award™ 2013 Reading List and What is Horror Fiction? | Horror Writers Association | Horror.org

9 Books Scarier Than Any Horror Movie | Mashable

Horror comics to get you in the Halloween mood | USA Today

Scary & Horror Book Recommendations (some even have romance!) | Maryse’s Book Blog

Links to Horror web resources and book recommendations. | The Monster Librarian

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