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Book, Movie, Audience: Bringing Forces Together

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So it follows the course of human events that popular (and not-so-popular) novels are made into movies (prompting the ever-after statement, “The book was better.”). Once upon a time, books and movies, rightly, occupied different spheres. How would they meet? It’s not like they sold books in movie theaters or screened films in bookstores.

Ah, to return to those innocent times. The joy…

Seriously gang, it’s 2007. Nearly 2008. A new age has dawned and all that. So it makes perfect sense that one key way to promote books-made-into-movies is to, well, you know, work both sides of the media spectrum. Cross-promote, build on the audience of one for the other. Use modern technology the way the Internet gods intended it.
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The Daily Loper – September 14, 2007

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Clear Eyes! Full Hearts! Can’t Lose! Edition

Todays links of interest:

  • California Bans In-Car Teenage Cell Phone Use
    Well, that oughta make everybody safer. Actually, had this been passed when some of your ‘Lopers were teenagers (assuming there were, you know, cell phones back then), it would have just been added to the panoply of car-related laws we broke on a daily basis. The suspicion here is that it will be duly ignored by our successors.
  • And the Buffy goes to …
    Salon’s award for the most underappreciated show goes to "Friday Night Lights." Haven’t actually read the article, because we’re about halfway through the DVDs right now (just like we said we’d do) and don’t want spoilers. But we know enough to point out that Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton absolutely rock.
  • Prince Plans Battle Royal Against YouTube
    Mr. Nelson wants to "reclaim his art on the internet." Hey Prince, you want to reclaim your art? You might think about starting with your songwriting.

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The Daily Loper – September 13, 2007

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A Noble Spirit Embiggens The Smallest Man Edition

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Print-On-Demand: What Happens when Book Publishing Becomes a Commodity?

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It’s no secret that Medialoper loves disruptive media technologies. One of our favorites happens to be one that most consumers aren’t aware of — Print-On-Demand.

As the name implies, Print-On-Demand is a technology that allows publishers to print books as they’re needed. Imagine a world where books never go out of print, no matter how obscure they might be. That’s the promise of Print-On-Demand.

Print-On-Demand also provides authors with a relatively low-risk means of self-publishing. While self-publishing may or may not be a good idea for an unknown author, it could prove be a very profitable move for established authors or individuals who are well known in some other medium.

Today we use the occasion of our first ever Medialoper podcast to take deeper look at Print-On-Demand and the implications that it has for the publishing industry, as well as authors.

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The Daily Loper – September 12, 2007

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The Universe is Indifferent Edition

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Joan Rivers, Blogger

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I am all for crossovers. Convergence, whatever you want to call it. I love things like the Heroes Comic books, or well-written blogs in the voice my favorite TV and movie characters. I love it that I can watch Rocketboom on my TiVo, or listen to Tim Goodman’s latest podcast when I’m running.

But sometimes, the crossover is so heinous, the crossoverer (crossoveree?) is so obviously slumming (in his or her mind, since Blogging is a noble calling), so desperately clinging to some kind of relevance, that I don’t want any part of it.

For example, Joan Rivers blogging the Emmy Red Carpet.

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The Daily Loper – September 11, 2007

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Pining For The Fjords Edition

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The Future, As I See It

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I admit it — I’m still way excited about the new iPods. Not only for the usual selfish reasons but also because I see them as the dawning of a new age. Specifically, the age of free, ubiquitous WiFi and — yes — better short-form video.

Let’s start with the first. There has a been an ongoing struggle when it comes to wireless. On one side, there are those who want WiFi to be free. Or, if not free, extremely low cost. Some cities, for example, are trying to blanket their communities in wireless, treating it as a low-fee utility. Think of it like electricity, only, well, better.
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The Bi-Weekly ‘Loper – September 9, 2007

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While you were busy hanging on Steve Jobs’ every word . . . ok, so were we. But this is what else we were doing: