| 1. |  | The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law
from Basic Books
Price: $12.89
Customer Review:
Nice book for a journalism class. It got me through the course alive : ) | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 2. |  | The Future of the Internet--And How to Stop It
from Yale University Press
Price: $19.80
Customer Review:
I read this book on my Amazon Kindle. Ironically this book describes why my Amazon Kindle (and for that matter your iPhone) may represent a problem for the information technology industry (and for all of us as individuals).
Zittrain describes how open devices and software platforms can... more info | 3.5 / 5.0
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| 3. |  | The Independent Film Producer's Survival Guide: A Business and Legal Sourcebook
from Schirmer Trade Books
Price: $16.47
Customer Review:
I purchased this expecting some advice on legal issues, but this book is so much more. It talks you through the whole process of producing a film from start to finish, including valuable information on finding investors, attaching stars, behind the scene terminology, production advice, sample legal... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 4. |  | Infotopia: How Many Minds Produce Knowledge
from Oxford University Press, USA
Price: $10.85
Customer Review:
The book provides an excellent overview of various methods for knowledge aggregation and group collaboration, particularly statistical averaging, deliberation, prediction markets, wikis, open source projects, and blogs.
Sunstein provides a penetrating and balanced analysis of both the potential... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 5. |  | Free Culture: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity
from Penguin Press HC, The
Customer Review:
our culture is becoming increasingly digitized and intellectual property is an oft-disputed domain. this book is absolutely essential if you have any concern towards media and policy regarding said media. | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 6. |  | Fundamentals of Corporate Finance Alternate Value 8th Edition
from McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Price: $139.11
Customer Review:
It's really very interesting and useful book for corporate finance and you can find many good and usful things in this book! | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 7. |  | Hollywood Dealmaking : Negotiating Talent Agreements
from Allworth Press
Price: $13.57
Customer Review:
This is a great resource for dealmaking, but most actors and writers that I know aren't negotiating their own deals. The trick is to get your agent to work harder at creating opportunities, so that they actually have deals to make. Yes, your agent should read this book ... but for myself, as an... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 8. |  | Cases in Communications Law
from Wadsworth Publishing
Price: $59.73
Customer Review:
This book is a great example of the passive exploitation of the college textbook market. Publishers have perfected the art of having an expert slap together material that is not elaborated upon enough for advanced students, or which repackages information that can be obtained cheaply (or freely)... more info | 3.5 / 5.0
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| 9. |  | This Business of Television
from Billboard Books
Price: $23.10
Customer Review:
When I was in film school there was a lot of film history and film theory, and no one talked about television often enough for us to learn anything worth while about it. I now work as a television director, and it was this book that taught me the "business" aspects of the industry. Without this book... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 10. |  | The Biz: The Basic Business, Legal and Financial Aspects of the Film Industry (Biz: The Basic Business, Legal & Financial Aspects of the Film)
from Silman-James Press
Price: $17.79
Customer Review:
I was afraid when I picked up _The Biz_ that it was going to be a dry read-- legal aspects of any business are not known for being a scintillating read. However, I am happy to report that it was not only a quick and interesting read, it was a genuinely funny one. Moore had me laughing out loud on... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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