For tour income, the typical deductions would be for the cost of sound and lights, opening acts or musicians, some tour personnel, promoter commissions, sometimes booking agency commissions. 20 questions for new artists artist education managment agreementsThis weeks topic deals with artist management agreements. MORE >>

From the Chronicle of Higher Education's New Books of Interest List: Joshua D. Atkinson, Alternative Media and Politics of Resistance: A Communication Perspective (Peter Lang Publishing), $99.95; $32.95 paper. Robin D. Barnes, Outrageous Invasions: Celebrities' Private Libes, Media and the MORE >>

From the Chronicle of Higher Education; from the American Library Association; from the ABA Journal's Law News Now Coverage of the news that Judge Denny Chin has rejected the proposed settlement between Google and the Authors Guild and other plaintiffs. MORE >>

The Times Higher Education reports that a dispute between two scholars will proceed to trial after one has refused to remove a negative review of the other's book. Dr. Joseph Weiler published a review of Dr. Karin Calvo-Goller's work The MORE >>

April 23 has been designated by United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO’s ),  as World Book and Copyright Day. What is the significance of April 23, 1616? Literary greats Cervantes, Shakespeare and Inca Garcilasco de la Vega all died on this date.  MORE >>