SoundCloud Reinvents Movie Trailers With 'Book Thief' Clip
Audio-distribution service SoundCloud debuted its first-ever
movie trailer Tuesday in a partnership with 20th Century Fox.
The trailer for The Book Thief -- based on a novel set in Nazi
Germany -- uses the film's score and pairs the sound with movie
stills. It's yet another way SoundCloud, which has 250 million
active users monthly, is ramping up its visual presence. Last
month, SoundCloud added Instagram integration, allowing users to
apply their filtered photos as artwork on their audio players.
15 of Your Favorite Books as Bathing Suits  We're not sure what
would come first here -- picking your bikini design or selecting
your beach read. Either way, Kate Imbach's idea is genius.
Imbach, who lives in San Francisco, started after a vacation she
took just a couple of weeks ago. "I noticed a woman at the pool
reading a book that incidentally matched her bathing suit almost
perfectly. So when I got home, I started looking at lots of book
covers and bi