The Business, Technology & Art of Animation

In this issue:

Frame-by-Frame. June Animation Planner…Free eBooks we Love…Remembering Andy Knight (1962-2008)

Graceful Pandamonium. Dreamworks gets a head start on the summer animated feature derby with finely
crafted Kung Fu Panda [by Michael Mallory]

WALL-E: The Final Frontier. Why the animators at Pixar were dying to work on the studio’s ninth
animated feature which centers on a silent metallic hero on an Earth deserted by humans.
[by Charles Solomon]

A Stunning Scare. Six very grown-up tales by international comic-book artists come yo animated life
in the new French anthology, Fear(s) of the Dark. [by Christopher Panzner]

How to make a perfect French Western. Producer Marc du Pontavice chats about Go West: A Lucky Luke
Adventure, Xilam’s delightful throwback to old comedy classics. [by Ramin Zahed]

A Simian Space Odyssey. Space Chimps. Vanguard Animation’s high-flying summer pic, promises memorable
characters and lot’s  of CG-animated intergalactic fun. [by Ramin Zahed]

Early Summer Spins. Anime-inspired adventures and so-so ’80s Hanna-Barbera offerings arrive on DVD
this months. [by Mersedes Miligan]

The Samurai Critic. Reviews of the latest anime titles on Dvd. [by Charles Solomon]

Fresh Marker Wrap: MIPTV 2008. Quick bytes on some of the market’s promising new animated shows.
[by Ramin Zahed]

Rising Stars of Animation and VFX: Class of 2008. Our annual look at some of the talented men and
woman who are raising the bar in the animation and visual effects landscape.

Anime Maxes Out. How the media savants at Sony are taking the World by storm with ANIMAX.
[by Mersedes Milligan]

Tech Reviews. Side Effects Houdini’s 9. SynthEyes, Movie Forms Pro. [by Todd Sheridan Perry]

Sweet Suit of Armor. For this months’s much-anticipated Iron Man movie, ILM rethinks a classic superhero’s
magnificent armor three stages. [by Ron Magid]

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Business Outlook by Jim Cooper: nonfinancial earnings will worsen

How Wall Street Ate the economy…and What happens Now

The College Credit-card Hustle

Entertainmnt - The buzz about weinstien Co.

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Thinking about buying or selling items on eBay? Whether you want to use eBay to make smart bids and win auctions or turn household clutter into cash, eBay for Dummies, Fifth Edition is your passport to the most successful trading community on the planet. Beginning with an overview of what eBay is and how to become a registered user, eBay for Dummies helps you discover how you can:

* Search for items to buy and list items to sell on eBay
* Place a bid—and determine how much you should spend
* Use pictures and basic HTML to make your eBay listings more appealing
* Communicate well and close deals without a problem
* Identify auction terms (reserve price, starting bid, Buy It Now, etc.)
* Organize your transactions and interactions using the My eBay page
* Resolve buying and selling issues with eBay’s Trust & Safety program
* And much more!

Registering at eBay makes you part of a really unique community of people who like to collect, buy, and sell items of just about every kind! So if you’re ready to join the millions of people who use their home computers to make great deals, buy cool stuff, and turn a profit, eBay for Dummies does all the legwork so you can sit back and let the bidding begin!

Marsha Collier spends a good deal of time on eBay. She loves buying and selling (she’s a PowerSeller with her own eBay store) as well as meeting eBay users from around the world. As columnist, author of three best-selling books on eBay, and guest lecturer at eBay University, she shares her knowledge of eBay with millions of online sellers. Thousands of eBay fans also read her monthly newsletter, Cool eBay Tools, to keep up with the changes on the site. eBay For Dummies is published in special versions for the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, and Australia. Currently, she has 15 books in print on her favorite subject — eBay.
Out of college, Marsha worked in Fashion Advertising for the Miami Herald and then as Special Projects Manager for the Los Angeles Daily News. In 1984, she founded a home-based advertising and marketing business. Her successful business, the Collier Company, Inc., was featured by Entrepreneur magazine in 1985 (today she’s Entrepreneur.com’s eBay columnist). Marsha’s company later received the Small Business of the Year award from her California State Assemblyman and the Northridge Chamber of Commerce.
Most of all, Marsha loves a great deal — that’s what drew her to eBay in 1996, and that’s partially what keeps her busy on the site now. She buys everything from replacement toothbrush heads to parts for pool equipment to designer dresses. Marsha knows how to work and profit from eBay, and in this book, she shares that knowledge with you. Read the rest of this entry »

In this issue

Wind: The Power and the Promise
A partial answer to America’s energy crisis is springing up.
But the struggle to harness the winds of Kansas
reveals just how difficult it is to build a new industry.

The Home Price Abyss
Why the threat of a free fall is growing.

Subprime Sanity
HSBC is saving billions’ worth of troubled loans.

Doctors under the Influence?
Their role in promoting drugs is fueling debate about corporate ties.

Stocks
Where to find the companies that can tough it out in tough times.

Goodbye, Good Luck, See Ya Next Week
BusinessWeek talks to Bill Gates
as his “final” day at Microsoft approaches. Read the rest of this entry »