Best Music Writing Series of Books Update
There's good news and bad news and then good news again regarding Da Capo's long-running Best Music Writing books. The 2011 edition is now out. That's the good news. This is the 12th edition.
Now the bad news: this is the last one Da Capo is putting out. I guess costs or lack of copies sold got to 'em.
Now back to the good news. Series editor Daphne Carr is putting together a fund raising campaign to self-publish the series for 2012.
This link Best Music Writing Fundraising Campaign | funboring.com takes you to the page to donate. Try and help if you can.
The 2011 edition is once again superb. Covering all kinds of genres, and taking its material from the Internet, magazines, lectures.
One reason to keep the print edition going is to get it in as many libraries as possible. An internet only version just won't have the same impact as people scour the libraries music section years and decades down the road.
Let's keep the series going!
Now the bad news: this is the last one Da Capo is putting out. I guess costs or lack of copies sold got to 'em.
Now back to the good news. Series editor Daphne Carr is putting together a fund raising campaign to self-publish the series for 2012.
This link Best Music Writing Fundraising Campaign | funboring.com takes you to the page to donate. Try and help if you can.
The 2011 edition is once again superb. Covering all kinds of genres, and taking its material from the Internet, magazines, lectures.
One reason to keep the print edition going is to get it in as many libraries as possible. An internet only version just won't have the same impact as people scour the libraries music section years and decades down the road.
Let's keep the series going!
posted by Tom Lane at 4:09 AM
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