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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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Shelved with: The Reading Life|| The History & Future of Books
Tagged With: beauty, Book Publishing, Books, e-books, embodiment, Julian Barnes, Technology
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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: Visual Arts|| The Reading Life|| Science & Technology
Tagged With: Library of Babel, Andrew Golis, Andy McCourt, Book Arts, Book Publishing, Books, Digital Literacy, e-readers, Espresso Book Machine, Jorge Luis Borges, Plastic Logic Reader, POD, Print Culture, Richard Archuleta
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On Manifestoes

May 24, 2008

So here are some manifestos of the present day on books, education, faith, and civic life. Though their weight for good or ill, for much or little, is as yet unknown, these are some of the words that will shepherd us into our shared future.

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Shelved with: Civic Life|| Education|| Hearts & Minds|| Mind & Society|| The Reading Life|| Community & Time|| Reading the Word
Tagged With: History, Aristotle, Barack Obama, Book Publishing, Civil Rights, Classics, Clay Shirkey, Danielle Allen, Democracy, Education, Faith, Homeschooling, John Taylor Gatto, Manifesto, Michael Pollan, Politics, Race, Ralph Ellison, Religion, Richard Harwood, Sara Lloyd, Writing
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