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April 24, 2008

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Books Are Not Widgets

Books are not widgets. Books are a part of our culture and should be treated as such. Making them into throw away goods is bound to lead to disaster. The best way to handle books is like how we should handle food: small scale and local.

–Jenn, gleefully watching Borders go bust at A Bookseller’s Tale

But books can be beautiful visual data: Literary Organism by Stefanie Posavec. (via Notcot)

Shelved with: Visual Arts|| Margin Notes|| The Reading Life
Tagged With: Book Arts, Bookstores, Business, Data Visualization
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