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For the True Book Lover

April 1, 2009

Do you miss the smell of books? This is for you!

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Shelved with: The Reading Life
Tagged With: April Fool, Book Arts, e-books, ereader, Holidays, Smell of Books
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The Infinite Book: The Plastic Logic Reader (and the Real Nature of Books)

December 28, 2008

A book is essentially whole, unitary — a little world of human thought, word, & spirit, chosen, shaped, and bound within its covers. Books are bundles; a book is what is bound together. For what makes a book more than it’s binding?

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Shelved with: Science & Technology|| Visual Arts|| The Reading Life
Tagged With: Plastic Logic Reader, Andrew Golis, POD, Andy McCourt, Print Culture, Book Arts, Richard Archuleta, Book Publishing, Books, Digital Literacy, e-readers, Espresso Book Machine, Jorge Luis Borges, Library of Babel
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Books Are Not Widgets

April 24, 2008

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 […]

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