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The Feel of Books

November 1, 2011

It’s been a long time since we’ve asked questions like, “What good are paper & print for communicating ideas & stories?” And rarely, if ever, have we had reason to think of the feel of books (or for that matter, their smell) as something separate from the books themselves.

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Tagged With: beauty, Book Publishing, Books, e-books, embodiment, Julian Barnes, Technology
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RCB Bookmarks, Mid-January, 2009

January 18, 2009

Links on culture, reading, and the web.

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Tagged With: Jason Epstein, Kassia Krozser, NEA, Peter Osnos, Politics, RCBLinks, Reading, Reading on the Rise, SpinStoppers, Voltaire, e-readers, Bookmarks, Books, Civility, Dana Hanley, Digital Literacy, digitalculture, e-books
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Gutenberg’s PC: The Espresso Book Machine

December 17, 2008

The Espresso Book Machine brings the flexibility and ubiquity of digital media to the old medium of printed paper books, extending the transformation that Gutenberg’s press began, and putting the final say on publishing a book firmly in the hands of the authors and readers. So what will happen when everybody has one of these?

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Tagged With: Readius, Clay Shirky, e-ink, e-reader, Espresso Book Machine, Gutenberg, iLiad, Jason Epstein, Kindle, POD
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