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American Labor on Stage: Dramatic Interpretations of the Steel and Textile Industries in the 1930s (Contributions in Drama and
 | author: Susan Duffy asin: 0313298610 binding: Hardcover list price: $110.95 USD amazon price: $110.95 USD |
This study reclaims a lost body of theatrical work by focusing on four labor plays of the 1930s. These works dramatize union organizing efforts in American industry, using documentary detail in the dialogue and plot. To date, little attention has been given to the use of documentary detail in American scripts. Placing the labor plays in a social and historical context, Duffy raises interesting questions about the depiction of women as labor leaders and the overlooked role of women playwrights in the 1920s and 30s. read more »
Variables of Composition: Process and Product in a Business Setting (Studies in Writing and Rhetoric)
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Writing is written within and for discourse communities, whose values, traditions, and beliefs condition the writer’s own values and influence both the process of composition and the products issuing from that process. read more »
Workplace Communication: Process and Product
 | author: Steven M. Gerson Sharon J. Gerson asin: 0132288087 binding: Paperback list price: $60.60 USD amazon price: $60.60 USD |
Emphasizes the writing process and gives readers a sound introduction to workplace communication. Unique in approach, the book is shorter than most, devoting coverage to all major topics of professional communication in an accessible and flexible style. Each chapter opens with real-life scenarios, offers before and after writing samples, includes writer's reflections and ends with application and learning exercises. Emphasizes how to transform thoughts and ideas into meaningful communications. read more »
Eat the Rich: A Treatise on Economics
 | author: P. J. O'Rourke asin: 0871137194 binding: Hardcover list price: $24.00 USD amazon price: $24.00 |
2 cassettes / 3 hoursRead by the AuthorIn P.J. O'Rourke's classic bestseller Parliament of Whores, he attempted to explain the entire United States government. In Eat the Rich, he takes on an even broader subject, but one that is dear to us all - wealth.What is it? How do you get it? Or, as P.J. says, "Why do some places prosper and thrive, while others just suck?" read more »
The Musical Theatre Writer's Survival Guide
 | author: David Spencer asin: 0325007861 binding: Paperback list price: $19.95 USD amazon price: $17.96 USD |
David Spencer has written a book full of truths a young writer will not find articulated anywhere else. Most of us in the theatre gained our "experience" by making mistakes and learning from them. David's book lets you gain the "experience" and skip the mistakes part. Anyone maneuvering the treacherous waters of musicals will find it not nearly so lonely or baffling with this remarkable volume as a companion. - Richard Maltby, Jr., Director/Lyricist, Miss Saigon, Ain't Misbehavin', Baby read more »
You Must Be Joking!: Lots of Cool Jokes, Plus 17 1/2 Tips for Remembering, Telling, and Making Up Your Own Jokes
 | author: Paul Brewer asin: 0812626613 binding: Hardcover list price: $16.95 USD amazon price: $11.53 USD |
Children love to be funny and to swap cool jokes. All of the classic joke formats — jump jokes, knock-knocks, riddles, visual puns, and many more — are included and grouped by themes that reflect childrens's interests and lives including technology, monsters, aliens, families, school, and silly book, movie, and song titles. Each chapter ends with a “half-joke,” so that readers can test their growing skills by making up a punch line. Full-page drawings by Paul Brewer accompany each section, and spot art throughout the book punctuates the jokes with visual humor. read more »
Fishing for the Moon and Other Zen Stories: A Pop-Up
 | author: Lulu Hansen asin: 0789308169 binding: Hardcover list price: $22.50 USD amazon price: $17.55 USD |
Fishing for the Moon Long ago, several monkeys lived in a quiet wood. While playing one day, they discovered a well and saw in its depths a reflection of the moon. They immediately reported the wondrous sight to their king: "Something terrible has happened! read more »
The Book Publishing Wars... Amazon/Booksurge vs Everyone Else
Amazon's Buy Button
If you are a writer or someone interested in publishing, either through a vanity press or a print-on-demand publishing house, this is something which might be of interest to you. It certainly is, to me.
Amazon, a company that is nearly synonymous with online books sales, has recently decided to pull the trigger on a business strategy, which has writers and publishing houses getting twisted in private places. Their own POD(Print on Demand) fulfillment printing service, BookSurge. The issue at hand?
This quote from Writer's Weekly best describes the situation:
Reports have been trickling in from the POD underground that Amazon/BookSurge representatives have been approaching some Lightning Source customers, first by email introduction and then by phone (nobody at BookSurge seems to want to put anything in writing). When Lightning Source customers speak with the BookSurge representative, the reports say, they are basically told they can either have BookSurge start printing their books or the "buy" button on their Amazon.com book pages will be "turned off."
- Writers Weekly
Yes, it is somewhat problematic, when you consider that it takes quite a bit of time and effort to convert books. That Amazon's BookSurge might cost more and present less options than other POD(s). There is also the issue of this being a monopolistic move, which some industry groups may not be too happy about.
In either case, it is definitely something that has many small/mid-sized publishing houses in a stir, and the larger publishing houses, quietly considering their legal options: read more »
