Tag Archives: Spotify

How relevant is the singles chart these days? [*Note: The numbers used in this article refer to UK sales/streams only.] Now that streaming is counted along with sales (which is currently 150 streams to equal one ‘sale’), the charts have ...

I am one of these rare beasts that still buys CDs. It’s true that I don’t buy nearly as many as I used to, but if an artist I love comes out with a new album, I’ll usually have it ...

Film and TV Breaking Bad is over people. It’s finished. No more. It is time to move on (get a therapist if you need one, there’s no shame in it). The new television season kicked off with a bang. My ...

The latest furor surrounding big bad Amazon has erupted on The Bookseller today, in an article by independent retailer Keith Smith. Smith has done some digging and unearthed a list of bestselling authors who have links from their websites direct ...

It seems like in the past few weeks, Amazon has constantly been in the news. It certainly begs the question whether ‘all publicity is good publicity’. Especially in the publishing industry, Amazon has become a dirty word. For the last ...