Comments on: Inside Classic Films

By: Shell Sherree

Shell Sherree — Tue, 01 May 2012 08:34:19 +0000

PS: I’ll bring protective glasses if we’re ever in a fight together. That uncooked rice smarts!

By: Shell Sherree

Shell Sherree — Tue, 01 May 2012 08:33:29 +0000

This is the kind of thing I’d love in coffee table book format, especially An American in Paris. That said, I think it’s very exciting that they are putting these together, regardless of format. For the buffs, it’s great that they can access what went on behind the scenes to learn and be inspired. Thanks for letting us know, PCN!

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Tue, 01 May 2012 03:14:45 +0000

Just click on the titles in my post. They'll lead you to different booksellers. N by NW will take you to Amazon, but if you want to buy the Casablanca book instead from Amazon, just click on "the editors of Warner Bros. Digital Publishing" where it says "author" at the top. That will take you to the list of all the Inside the Script titles avail there. The American in Paris link will take you to iBooks. You'll see a list on the left that says "More from the editors of Warner Bros. Digital Publishing" and you can click on the title you want if you don't want An American. Does that make sense? The only site where this doesn't work is B&N. The Ben-Hur link will take you there, but if you click on "the editors of Warner Bros. Digital Publishing," it'll say there are no other titles from that author so you'll have to do a manual search.

By: EIREGO

EIREGO — Tue, 01 May 2012 02:41:23 +0000

It would make a cool coffee table book, but I’ve no interest in an E-book version.

Does that make me ornery as well?

By: Lauren

Lauren — Tue, 01 May 2012 01:40:30 +0000

I’m ornery, I’m not stupid. The link about the editor that you said took you to the bookseller sites. Ok, the page issue is a good one, you’ve got me there, that would obviously up the price of the book. And I’m guessing on a touch-screen device they might be kinda nifty, but I’m with Jenn, I want to be able to leaf through it. Books like that are just not something I see in e-format. Totally personal and subjective. But I will reserve judgment until I see one on my iPad.

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:11:27 +0000

You’re lucky you’re only picking a fight with me online and not in person, because I bite, kick, AND throw uncooked rice in people’s eyes.

The graphic book you mentioned is only 184 pages. BEN-HUR, as an example, is estimated at 797 pgs. Of course, that’s Kindle pages and I don’t know how it translates into paper-book-sized pages, but it seems these books are considerably longer. And they’re $7.99 for Kindle, $8.39 for Nook, and $9.99 for iBooks. I think that’s quite reasonable.

Which links were you looking for that you couldn’t find?

By: Lauren

Lauren — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:52:10 +0000

Disagree (FIGHT!). I, too, picture them as handsome hardbound books. But that can and has been done economically these days. I harken to a book Jen Forbus put on my radar when it was nominated for an Anthony – Beasts of Burden. It’s hardbound, more graphic style, but still only $13 on Amazon. And in these days when ebooks are oftentimes even more expensive than hardbacks (a pricepoint I will NEVER understand, even if you explained it like you would to a small child or golden retriever – “Margin Call”), are you sure about the $10 price? (I tried to find the link you mention, but again, note the above reference to not being as smart as a small child or golden retriever).

Not sure I would check these out in e-format.

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:43:49 +0000

I agree that these would be better as physical books (I picture them as handsome coffee-table books), especially since I seldom read eBooks. But I’m guessing that Warner Bros. is looking for the most economic way to publish them, and for people to own them. Physical reproductions of these artifacts would be costly, and fans would have to fork out maybe $40 per book. These are all going for under $10 each.

If WB doesn’t want to spend the money to publish these in any other format, and I have to choose between getting a glimpse of these materials and not, I’ll take the eBooks.

By: jenn aka the picky girl

jenn aka the picky girl — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:19:24 +0000

I totally agree with Lauren. You really want to be able to pore over these. I was just mentioning elsewhere last week that I absolutely love seeing the process in artistic work, whether it’s contact sheets from a photographer, research notes from a novelist, etc.

I think this could be really cool and interesting, but I want it in my hot little hands.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:07:34 +0000

While Ithink this is a nifty idea, I would be MUCH more interested if they were going to be something other than e-books. And you know me, I’m all for ereading and have my own (and several others’) share of ereaders, but if you’re going to include things like storyboards and journal entries, this seems like something that would be best produced in a graphic novel or some such form. Especially in the e-ink format, not sure how such items would translate or if they would shine as they should.