Authorship Guidelines. President and Fellows of Harvard College. December 17, 1999. Web. February 15, 2010.
This is basically an article about authorship guidelines. It gives a brief overview of how authorship works.
This is important because to understand authorship, one should know how to obtain it. This article is really just meant to inform. It doesn’t give too much extra information, so it is more for a scholarly purpose.
This is helpful to my project because I can use it to describe how some things can have authorships that overlap. For example, J.K. Rowling has authorship over the Harry Potter books, but does she necessarily have authorship over the movies?
Best Sellers. New York Times. February 15, 2010. Web. February 15, 2010.
This is the New York Times Bestseller book list. This includes all different genres of books, and even has a separate category for each.
This is an important website because it helps to generate buzz about new and upcoming books. It also shows how one form of media can help another. People of all ages can access this site to find books that they may want to purchase for themselves or others.
For my project, this is important because I can use it to, again, prove how movies are helping and enhancing books. For instance, many books that are on the bestseller list are not necessarily new books, but they are being made into a movie. Movies are promoted well before they actually come out and this generates buzz about the book. People will have enough time to buy the book and read it before they see the movie.
Brown, Mark. Film of the Book: Top 50 Adaptations Revealed. Guardian News and Media Limited. April 19, 2006. Web. February 15, 2010.
This is an article about book-to-movie adaptations. One person is basically giving his opinion on what makes a good adaptation and then gives a list of 50 books that were made into good movies.
This article is important because people may have seen a movie and not even realized it was first a novel. I think this is very unfortunate not only for the author but for the reader. Reading a book and watching a movie are two different by enjoyable experiences. I believe someone will enjoy a movie more if they have read the book at some point.
This is important to my project because I want to show that books turned into movies do not ruin the quality of the book. I want to show that a book can be enhanced by a movie. Some people love the book and hate the movie and vice versa. However, some people like the book even better after seeing the movie.
