The revolution that made music more marketable, more personal and easier to pirate began ... at the dawn of the 19th century. José Bowen outlines how new printing technology and an improved piano gave rise to the first music industry.

Here on It’s Lit!, we spend a lot of time pontificating on the high canon of books: Your Shakespeares, your Tolstoys, your… erotic beast wars fanfiction. But today we’re craving something a little lighter, a little fluffier… you know,...

AP Television

Shanghai, China - October, 15th,
2014
1. Wide shot of the Shanghai Angry Birds Playground building
and street
2. Close-up of entrance logo of Angry...

William Shakespeare died 400 years ago, but his stock has never been higher. To coincide with the anniversary of the Bard's death, auction house Christie's is selling copies of the first four editions of his plays - a collection the...

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Associated Press Telev
ision
New York 18
June 2007

1. Wide theatre
2. Wide Michael
Moore on red carpet
3. SOUNDBITE:...

E-Books and self-publishing are making their mark at this year's Frankfurt Book Show.

Digital platforms have transformed the way we consume information, and books are now so much...

HARRY POTTER EXHIBITION OPENS AT NEW-YORK

Jaipur, Jan 22 , 2012

1. People reading
books
2. Close of open bo
ok in hand
3. Young boy lo
oking at a book
4. Two girls reading from
a...

Natural Sound

A controversial new book that lays blame for the Holocaust firmly at the door of the German public has finally gone on sale around Ger
many.
"Hitler's Willing Executioners",...

SHOTLISTAP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYBuenos Aires - 17 April 20151. Tilt down interior of El Ateneo bookstore, most well-known and largest book store in Buenos Aires housed in converted theatre2. Group of tourists walking into...

1. Mercer Street between Prince and Spring Streets in lower Manhattan's Soho neighbourhood, block is closed off, banner over block reads "Harry Potter Place"

2. Armoured truck driving down s
treet
3. Guards...

English/Nat

The former British governor of Hong Kong Chris Patten says he believes Hong Kong officials are discovering what he always knew - that it is a mature, responsible moderate...

1. Wide shot Tom.com CEO Sing Wang and PC Home CEO and Cite Chairman Jan Hung-tze shake hands

2. Close up and pull out hand
shake
3. Mid shot pan from Tom.com logo to PC
Home logo
4. Wide shot Sing...

Eng/Portu/Nat

The largest book fair in South America opened in Rio de Janeiro on Wedne
sday.
There are more than 500 exhibitors, approximately 15-hundred book releases and an ...

German/Eng/Nat

The author of a book banned in Germany is insisting that it be allowed to go on sale - even though it claims Jews ran internment camps for German prisoners after World War
II.
The...

Spanish/Nat

Tens of thousands of Cubans flocked to Havana's international book fair this week to buy the latest titles and reprints from publishers world
wide.
The fair has become a...

Frankfurt, October 14, 2009

1. Exterior shot of Frankfurt Book Fair building, book stands and banner with Chinese signs in f
ront
2. Mid of booksellers and...

English/Nat

The United State's largest book publisher has been bought buy the German media conglomerate Bertelsmann A-G in a deal that will bring some of the world's most ...

Goettingen - 15 October 2009

1. Close up of writer Gunter Grass with pipe, reading p
apers
2. Close of Grass's hand ma
king notes
3. Grass sorting papers
with colleague
4. Close tilt...

1. Mid of comic book biography of the prophet Muhammad's life

2. Close up of comic book biography of Muhammad's l
ife
3. SOUNDBITE (French) Stephane Charbonnier (known as Charb), Charlie Hebdo...

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FILE: London, UK - 30 May
2004
1. Rowling talking to media at Harry Potter film
premiere
2. Rowling with Harry Potter stars and director
Alfonso...

The Italian journalist who claims to have exposed the identity of best-selling author Elena Ferrante defended his investigation on Friday as having debunked "lies" about Ferrante's background and contributed to knowledge about her...

Milo Yiannopoulos has resigned as editor of Breitbart Tech after coming under fire from other conservatives over comments on sexual relationships between boys and older men.On Monday, he was disinvited from the Conservative Political...

1. Wide of "Hachette Livre" building entrance

2. Close of "Hachette Livre"
logo
3. Pan of confe
rence room
4. Mid of Dan Clancy, Google Books Director, and Arnaud Nourry, CEO of
Hachette...