Prolific author Donald Westlake dies at 75. Published more than 100 books, all on a manual typewriter.
Westlake's official website.
Friday, January 2, 2009
As the economy goes down, traffic at the library goes up
Link to January 1 Wisconsin State Journal article.
Includes quotes from Tracy Herold, Sun Prairie Public Library Director; Phyllis Davis, South Central Library System Director; Tana Elias, Web Resources Coordinator at the Madison Public Library, Bryan McCormack, Hedberg Public Library Director (Janesville); David Weinhold, Eastern Shores Library System Director; Jessica MacPhail, Racine Public Library Director
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Album sales continue to slide in '08
Link to January 1 Variety post.The downlow:
1. Sales of albums, CDs and downloads combined, totaled 428.4 million, down 14% from 2007.
2. As a point of comparison, 618.9 million albums were sold in 2005.
3. Sales of digital tracks increased by 27% to 1.07 billion. Downloads comprised 32% of all music purchases.
4. Sales of vinyl album nearly doubled to 1.88 million. (Call it a "bubbling under the hot 100" phenomenon.)
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