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This is the fifth edition and twentieth anniversary of this groundbreaking book, which is referred to by many in the music industry as the ultimate musician's "bible."
The book features a foreword written by internationally renowned recording artist Loreena McKennitt, who, with the guidance of Ms. Rapaport's book, started her own Quinlan Road label in 1985.
How To Make and Sell Your Own Recording addresses the important technological changes that have occurred in the nineties, including the impact of the Internet and how it is being used as an effective sales, marketing, and promotional tool by indie labels and musicians.
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This Book is no joke.......2000-12-22
I originally purchased the second addition of this book. It inspired me to Open my own record store back in 1989. The record store, called Locals Only was based on thing I learned from reading the book and using that knowledge. Here we are almost in 2001 and those principles still stand. We operate a website...that has been vibrant since its launch in 1995. This book is a great starting point for anyone serious about making it as an independent artist.
What a joke!.......2000-02-20
I read one of the original versions of this book. The updated version just took the word "vinyl" out and copied sections of other books I have been using! (Sweeney, Kashif). Buy the books of these two guys. I have seen results with their books. I couldn't even unload this book at a used book store! they already had other copies.
Fate Management: "If you want the $ , buy this book .".......1998-11-25
I received this book at The Art Institute of Philadelpphia as a text book, while I studied Music and Video Business. Before I entered school, I had always been an artist manager. I learned a lot about the industry over the years. "How To Make And Sell Your Own Recordings" became one of my most important guide books. It helped me to aquire the skills to do everything myself. "How To Make And Sell Your Own Recordings" has a lot of valuable information for any artist manager or independent musician. It helps to ensure that you present yourself in a professional way without the need to hire out.
personally its very informatived.......1998-06-06
SHANKSPHERE;Im what most would call in the HIP HOP circle [the curb pope].I'm a poet with a cause. I've been rapping and rhyming since clocks been timing ,but for most recent couple of years I,ve decided to get paid for my GOD's given gift of gab.So I found this book to be most informative.
Excellent resource for the Hip Hop Entrepreneur.......1998-04-06
This book is one that we at nichemarket recommend highly in our Booklist for any Hip Hop Entrepreneur serious about a career in the music industry! --Walt Goodridge, President, Hip Hop Entrepreneur Association
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They were the odd couple of broadcast news, destined to alter global communications forever -- to free-for-all of a saga that's larger than life and more engaging than a major business book has any right to be.
1979. Down in Atlanta, Ted Turner was fighting his battles with the networks. Up in New York, Reese Schonfeld was warring with the network journalists. Then they joined forces in a magnificent experiment and, for the next three years, stood shoulder to shoulder and back to back -- until the allies became antagonists, and the unraveling of CNN began.
Turner was cable before cable was cool. Schonfeld was in the TV news business before there was a TV news business was tile best advertising salesman TV has ever known. Schonfeld had invented the first independent news agency that worked. Turner got cable companies to put CNN -- thefirst twenty-four-hour news network -- on the air. Schonfeld got newsmen to bet their lives on CNN. Turner brought in the money. Schonfeld brought in the news. Turner had been thrown out of Brown, Schonfeld, out of Harvard Law. Neither could tolerate authority. Both were control freaks. CNN was their baby.
1982. With CNN's ratings at an all-time high. Turner fired Schonfeld and gained control of CNN. Now it was totally his baby. Schonfeld went oil to, create News 12 and the Food Network. Ted went on to create TNT, the Cartoon Network, and Turner Movie Classics: become a legend; and sell his empire to Time Warner.
2000. Now Ted looks at news from the outside. Schonfeld plays one more long shot, trying to get back in. CNN is Time Warner's now. In the beginning, it was me and Ted against the world, but has the world finally won?
Me and Ted Against the World recounts tile no-holds-barred triumphs of CNN's beginnings, the tribulations of its middle age, and the tragedy of its current moment in the wake of Time Warner's projected sale to AOL. As broadly entertaining as it is enlightening about the brave universe of telecommunications and crammed with unforgettable characters and highly revealing anecdotes, Me and Ted Against the World is eye-opening in every sense of the word.
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A very interesting look at the founding of an important company.......2006-12-20
CNN has become a dominant force in new and politics in the 21st century. The story of its founding and the battle between the author and Ted Turner is outlined here. Once you get past Schonfeld's bias there is a great story here that shows how the network grew from the ground up. The government regulators, competition and airwave rules that helped to form the network are covered in detail. This is a must read for anyone interested in the television industry.
Story of the Founding of CNN.......2005-09-27
Reese Schonfeld wrote the book Me and Ted Against the World, (HarperCollins Publisher, 2001) which is described as the unauthorized story of the founding of CNN. Schonfeld writes that the time in which he was writing his book was a great period in the history of CNN because everything was in a mess. Ted Turner's deal with AOL/Time Warner was not working out the way he had planned. The numbers of viewers for CNN shows had declined. Everyone was nervous. But Schonfeld says this is a great time to be writing a book!
Reese Schonfeld was one Turner's partner for the first three years of the life of CNN. He was in the news business, and Ted turner was described as the best advertising salesman that TV had ever known. Together they worked to develop CNN. Both Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld were thrown out of their universities because they did not like authority, Schonfeld out of Harvard Law and Turner out of Brown University.
The reviewer says, "both were control freaks. CNN was their baby" (cover). However, in 1982, when CNN's ratings were at its highest, Turner fired Schonfeld and gained control of CNN. This story is told from Schonfeld's point of view. In the beginning, he writes that he will be cynical and tough when writing this book. Schonfeld says that although he did not invent 24 hour news, he did invent the idea of fluid news. This is the style he says that differentiates CNN from others. Fluid news is described as being spontaneous.
Schonfeld says that it took some time for the people he hired to understand this right away because they were used to perfect half-hour shows. Some learned and adjusted and some did not. Before he could fire the ones that did not learn, Mr. Turner fired him.
Over the years, he says that the network has become "constipated and sluggish." When CNN first started, Schonfeld says the audience was enthused about watching world news, but times have changed. He explains that people watch news that has relevance in their lives; they are turning back to watching local news more than cable news. Another problem, according to Schonfeld, is that CNN does not go into depth about any subject, and it spends more time reporting about international news than American events. The highest ratings, and the ones that made CNN the most famous, was the coverage of the Gulf War. The ratings at that time almost doubled.
There was another peak during the OJ Simpson Trial, and then a minor increase during Monica Lewinsky and the impeachment proceedings. Interestingly, although Schonfeld reports that the numbers are way down, he says that at the anniversary celebration, he was hearing over and over how much CNN had improved. He says, "This is a dangerous myth because it reverses the truth" (xvi). For those people who might want to learn about a 24 hour news station, they need to know what works and what doesn't, so the truth is good.
One of the ideas regarding CNN that made it different than other news networks was that the founders wanted to show the entire news making process, not just what appeared like magic on NBC. You could see much of the control room. The first set of CNN looked like the newsroom of a newspaper but with lights and cameras. Other television news was "romantic and mystical." But CNN wanted to show the nuts and bolts of the news. Schonfeld describes the style of CNN as deconstructionist. The philosophy of the news at CNN was bottom up news. There were 24 hours that had to be filled, and they wanted people from all bureaus to send them stories. There would be the big stories that everyone would cover, but they wanted to have some extra attractions. Schonfeld says that CNN was developed to "bear witness." It was created to make sure that all the sorrows of the world are told, and that all joys are celebrated. Of course, it was also created to make money, but the way was to present information so that people could understand current events, and place the events in historical context. It was also created so that viewers could call in and talk with commentators on CNN.
His philosophy is in order to sell news, the news has to be the best in the world. That would mean doing the news live as much as possible. It would also be to seek out the stories that everyone else is ignoring, and show why they are significant. In originality the network would find its strength. He quotes William Randolph Hearst who used to say, "there are no bad news stories, only bad reporters" (p. 12). Schonfeld says, "there are no slow news periods, only slow editors, slow producers" (p. 12). I guess this is an attitude you would have to have for 24 hour news.
Schonfeld said that it was his dream of having enough airtime and money so that stories could be told that would be seen around the world. His dream had the element that if you told the truth about what was happening, the world would be a better place. It took 23 years for technology to catch his dream. The development of satellite and cable allowed that. He learned in that time that everyone has an angle, and if you come to understand the angle, you could understand their story. Schonfeld criticized the major networks because he believed their main concern became making money, not presenting in-depth news. The networks were not in the news business; they were in the entertainment business. And all three presented the news in about the same way. Most of the stories came off the Associated Press wires or the mornings New York Times. The structure of the network was from the top down . Everybody did what they were told, and there were orders to follow that came from the top.
In 1979, Ted Turner called him as the news expert to help Turner start a new network of news. This was the first time that live news was the purpose of the network, not the obligation to fill in the news slot in between entertainment. No one was sure how it would work. Schonfeld says that he had a plan for CNN that had a lot of holes, but he knew that it would developed and be shaped into what it could become. "CNN would form itself as it found itself" (p. 15). One thing the network was going to do was tap into the news sources in cities all over the world. Then they could create a world news that was different from the conventional found in the New York Times or London Times. If they guessed about the right spot to put their cameras, Schonfeld knew the whole world would watch. They would help to set the news agenda for the world.
The book is a very interesting one to read. It is not just that the story of CNN is interesting as the first 24 all news network. That part of the book is interesting, of course. However, I think the real value of the book, especially for students of communication and journalism, is that it gives you so much detail about the life inside a news station. It describes the dynamics of this industry, the weaknesses, the strengths. It describes the lives of the personalities that are a part of the industry. It describes what the industry is, and what it could be. It is a fascinating book in this regard. It is bigger than the story of CNN, in my opinion. It is the story of news broadcasting, and Schonfeld tells it well.
I would recommend this book to anyone, but especially to those people who are interested in learning more about news and broadcast journalism. The last few years have been difficult for CNN, and you have to wonder if Schonfeld is not correct in his evaluation that the network has not reached its potential, but has become slowed down. Schonfeld did not end his career with CNN, of course. As described, he co-founded CNN, and then CNN Headline News. But he also created the first all-local news channel in 1985, News 12. And he created the Food Network in 1993. He is an interesting writer, and this was a fun book to read.
Mixed but worth reading..........2004-09-19
The book is decently written though not consistently chronological throughout or organized in logical chapters. On the other hand, Reese doesn't claim it is his best but a rapidly developed version of his side of the story.
The behind-the-scenes stories, econmimc rationales, lucky breaks, clever ploys, hiring realities and nitty gritty outweigh the sometimes annoying themes: liberal-leaning Jewish boomer from New Jersey ("wrong-side of the tracks?"), occassional gratuitous name-droppping and way too much info about his own life story (not relevant in many places so it sometimes rambles). Reese doesn't take advantage of the many character assasination opportunities and shows restraint. Clearly, the man is a talented and visionary doer albeit narcissistic at times.
From a "Gen-X" business person's standpoint, mixed opinion but worth reading especially if you can get a used copy like I did.
Great account of what went into CNN.......2004-07-18
Overall I enjoyed this book a lot, there were many great behind-the-scenes stories that were quite intriguing. The only flaw is that the author uses the book to take a jab at Ted and pat himself on the back. But, he makes no qualms about that in the book's introduction. But, I can't really blame Reese. If I worked as hard as he did creating this network and nobody knows who he is, I'd be rather bitter too.
Still, a very good read - I would recommend to anyone in the media.
i got lost in another mans fantasies.......2003-10-27
It is rare that people actually truely find what they want to do. Dick Schofield did. This book recites all of the excitement of a new upstart idea turning into reality.
As quircky as Ted Turner was, the new staff was nothing short of a creative miracle. This book tracks the rise and fall of CNN. Some of the best stories were how with a smaller budget and less assets that CNN endlessly found workarounds which screwed over the larger networks.
I actually read this while I was in a makeshift navy jail, and it did more than just pass the time.
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Smart organizations recognize that Web design is more than just creating clean code and sharp graphics. A site that really works fulfills your strategic objectives while meeting the needs of your users. Even the best content and the most sophisticated technology won't help you balance those goals without a cohesive, consistent user experience to support it.
But creating the user experience can seem overwhelmingly complex. With so many issues involved-usability, brand identity, information architecture, interaction design-it can seem as if the only way to build a successful site is to spend a fortune on specialists who understand all the details.
The Elements of User Experience cuts through the complexity of user-centered design for the Web with clear explanations and vivid illustrations that focus on ideas rather than tools or techniques. Jesse James Garrett gives readers the big picture of Web user experience development, from strategy and requirements to information architecture and visual design. This accessible introduction helps any Web development team, large or small, to create a successful user experience.
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Wasn't helpful with a large web matrixed project.......2007-06-22
I found this approach confusing, especially the separation of structural and skeleton planes. I relied heavily on Information Architecture for the World Wide Web: Designing Large-Scale Web Sitesand Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition.
Essential concepts presented clearly.......2007-05-31
I wish I'd bought this book when it came out, as it serves well as a foundation for those new to the field. Garrett presents key organizing concepts of user-centered design in a quick, pleasurable read. A visually clean, balanced layout with lots of white space embodies parallel print design principles. My one critique is that the graphics occasionally miss the mark by oversimplifying or confusing textually-articulated concepts. In a world of many words, this book trims the fat and gets the concepts across as well as any I have seen. I recommend it not only for newcomers, but for seasoned practitioners, who may find, as I did, a concise summary worth its place on the bookshelf.
A guide with the best practices for user-centered design for the web.......2007-03-18
Garrett has made a reputation in the Web world through his time at the helm of Adaptive Path, which he founded several years ago. Back in 2002, he published this book, aimed at providing a framework for designing for the Web (and arguably for other media) with the user in mind. His proposed methodology is so effective that, even five years after the publishing date, the book still is valuable and relevant. The only parts in the book where time has made it less useful are the sections at the end of each chapter, where Garrett proposes Further Reading resources, many of which have already been superseded with more recent publications.
As for the framework, Garrett proposes an approach that goes from general to specific, laying out the groundwork first by getting the strategy plane solidified with clear site objectives based on user needs. Once the strategy is clear, the scope of the project can be defined, through functional specifications and a description of content requirements. The next layer up corresponds to the structure plane, where interaction design and information architecture take place. Next up, in the skeleton plane the interface, navigation and information design (in the form of the familiar wireframes) can be designed, leaving for last the visual design at the surface plane.
As a web project manager and product manager for many years, I found Garrett's "Elements of User Experience" a confirmation of the best practices that anybody wanting to succeed at creating successful web products should take into account throughout the pre-production and production phases.
Good book to develop a user-centered website.......2007-01-24
I bought this book to write one chapter of my thesis about Experience Design. I didn't find it very useful (but my objective was academic). Basically this is a book about one process of making webdesign using an user-centered approach (a very good process in my point of view). Another interesting aspect is how the author situates the discipline "Experience Design" in relation to other disciplines like Interaction Design, Information Arquitecture, Usability, etc...
I give it three stars because there are better books available about Experience Design. Someones are not about Experience Design itself but they're about this notion of creating "user experience".
Start by seeing Nathan Shedroff's website (The father of Experience Design - www.nathan.com) and then explore the creation of meaning with books like "Semiotics: the basics", Daniel Chandler. Semiotic is the base to create a significant user experience...
(sorry about my "not so good" english ;)
Insightful, but short for the price.......2006-08-26
This book is a well-written look at, like the title says, the elements of user experience. While I think the $30 price tag (retail price) is a bit high for a 180 page book, and I think the topic would have been better covered in an eBook or long article (or series of articles), the author succeeds in communicating his vision of the pieces that comprise a user experience.
The author breaks these pieces down into 5 "planes":
The Strategy Plane, which defines site objectives and user needs.
The Scope Plane, which looks at functional specifications and content requirements (the nuts and bolts of building a site).
The Structure Plane, which covers Information Architecture.
The Skeleton Plane, which covers interface, navigation and information design.
And, finally, the Surface Plane, which covers the look and feel of the site.
While I wish there were more case studies in the book, I did appreciate the author's obvious expertise on the subject. If the book were cheaper I would rate it higher, but if you can get your hands on a used or discounted copy this is a good, fast read.
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- for the novice really
- Focuses on "Desktop", not "Web" UIs
- Excellent resource for UI professionals or layperson
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A total introduction to user interface (UI) design, Elements of User Interface Design covers theory and application with easy language and real world examples. Author Theo Mandel achieves an effective blend of theoretical consideration and practical utilization without leaving the less experienced user by the wayside. At the same time, even the most hardened applications developer will find abundant value in the discussions of user psychology and the analyses of popular UIs of the past and present.
Chapter topics include UI models, computer standards and UI guidelines, usability testing, command-line and menu driven interfaces, and graphical user interfaces (GUIs). The book also discusses intelligent agents and Internet interfaces at length. Each chapter contains examples from some of the most popular applications and operating systems complete with analysis and historical background.
The book itself has a fairly friendly UI; Mandel's writing is conversational and easy to follow, even when discussing complex topics. Throughout each chapter, "Key Ideas," such as tool tips, are broken out for clarification and quick reference on the current topic. Quotes at the beginning of each group of chapters are both topical and entertaining.
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". . . a book that should be forced on every developer working today.
If only half the rules in this book were followed, the quality of most programs would increase tenfold." -Kevin Bachus, praising Theo Mandel's The GUI-OOUI War
A total guide to mastering the art and science of user interface design
For most computer users, the user interface is the software, and in today's ultracompetitive software markets, developers can't afford to provide users and clients with anything less than optimal software ease, usability, and appeal.
The Elements of User Interface Design is written by a cognitive psychologist and interface design specialist with more than a decade's research and design experience. Writing for novices and veteran developers and designers alike, Dr. Mandel takes you from command-line interfaces and graphical-user interfaces (GUIs) to object-oriented user interfaces (OOUIs) and cutting-edge interface technologies and techniques. Throughout, coverage is liberally supplemented with screen shots, real-life case studies, and vignettes that bring interface design principles to life.
Destined to become the bible for a new generation of designers and developers, The Elements of User Interface Design
Arms you with a "tested-in-the-trenches," four-phase, iterative design process
* Analyzes well-known interfaces, including Windows 95, Windows NT, OS/2 Warp, Microsoft Bob, Visual Basic, Macintosh, and the World Wide Web
* Schools you in object-oriented interface (OOUI) design principles and techniques
* Offers practical coverage of interface agents, wizards, voice interaction, social user interfaces, Web design, and other new and emerging technologies
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Ironically All Show and No Substance.......2005-01-07
Some books can trick you into thinking that there is going to be something to say when there really isn't. Sadly, this book falls into that category. Bound between the covers are 400-plus pages of common sense, rants about Windows, praises for OS/2, and constantly repeated philosophies that are never truly demonstrated.
There is an interesting section on memory and the way people learn, which are important considerations for designing UIs, so it's not a complete loss, but when the book actually got down to putting something together, it doesn't really have much you can look to for guidance. The iceberg analogies and the perspective models weren't very helpful either.
At the start of every chapter, the author cites numerous quotes from people no one has ever heard of and doesn't give any context as to why we should listen to them.
The most ironic aspect, however, is that the book, at times, is poorly structured. The sections don't seem to have any logical ordering to them making whole portions sound like a rambling of loosely connected topics, and of the text will cite a table or figure and then display it in a completely different section or even two pages down the line from where it was cited, making the examples seemingly irrelevant to the text.
All-in-all, this is one you can easily avoid.
for the novice really.......2001-01-05
the book isn't a bad book but it's more of a reference and a little on the novice side. If you haven't already, check out "The Human Interface" by Jef Raskin. That is a far superior book.
Focuses on "Desktop", not "Web" UIs.......2000-11-14
Mandel's book was one of several UI books I got when I was trying to implement a process for designing Web user interfaces at my workplace. Mandel has an entire chapter on it, "The User Interface Design Process", which on flipping through the pages seems quite comprehensive.
It turns out, however, that Mandel's intention in this book is to introduce the theory and practice of Object Oriented User Interfaces (OOUIs), through a brilliant "foundations" part that covers the concepts and evolution of user interfaces, two OOUI parts that profile and detail OOUIs, and an "Advanced" part that looks at evolving user interface concepts and issues.
Unfortunately, not only are Web interfaces covered in but a single chapter in the last part of the book, but the chapter merely explores, without a conclusion, how the Web interface is strikingly different from the traditional PC desktop interface. OOUI principles are in no way applicable to building Web applications (Consider what impact the OOUI tenet "Users must Understand Direct Manipulation (Drag and Drop)" would have on download time and cross-browser development costs in a Web project).
Overall, the book is a great read, a necessary reference for any UI designer, but avoid it if you're looking for solutions, especially for Web-based applications.
Excellent resource for UI professionals or layperson.......2000-05-20
I'm a usability / human factors / HCI professional, and I thought I'd already read all the standard UI design books I'd ever need. After reading Mandel, I realized this book was an excellent standard reference. It belongs on the desk of anyone who is currently doing UI design, is planning to do UI design, or is merely curious about how good user interfaces can be created. This work has a good balance of friendly, accessible readability, and pointers to the basic scholarly research upon which the principles are based. Highly recommended.
Great book and great presenter!.......2000-02-17
I've just seen the author present a full-day tutorial at Seybold Seminars and I've read his books. Dr. Mandel offers practical, easy-to-understand advice and insight about interface design and usability.
In his books and tutorial, he uses examples to highlight the many principles of good design. Dr. Mandel's web site also provides valuable presentations and links on web design and usability.
I would recommend this book for anyone needing to gain an understanding and appreciation for the art and science of interface design.
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I Don't Need a Record Deal!: Your Survival Guide for the Indie Music Revolution
The Craft and Business of Songwriting (2nd Edition)
Music Business Primer
The Recording Industry: 2nd Edition
