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Tag: Books

  • Print will survive

    Charming initiative by Dave Eggers (via De papieren man and Gawker): he send an email to everyone feeling at loss about the possible demise of print and all-round literacy. After an evening organized by the Authors Guild, Eggers promised to brighten up the pessimists. The New Yorker published a few lines from his speech:  “To…

  • Krisis re-emerges from the ashes

    I never burned books. Not as a ritual after graduation; not as a Dadaistic attempt to enstage some kind of surreal happening; not as a way to cleanse my soul from feelings of materialistic belongings. No. Books are holy to me. I would probably not even be able to burn a book (though I could…

  • Ancient texts in new worlds

    I am now the proud owner of number 167 of the hand-bound limited second edition of Anthony Grafton’s little booklet called Codex in crisis.   The colophon states amongst others:   Cover paper Neenah Classic Laid in Peppered Bronze Text paper Mohawk Superfine in Bright White Flyleaf paper Frazier Pegasus in Black     Codex…