Monthly Archives: June 2012

It’s Alive !

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

Last week, the New York Public Library‘s Biblion: The Boundless Library digital series released a fantastic free iPad app based on Mary Shelley’s classic novel Frankenstein. The intuitive, interactive app features a treasure trove of materials from the NYPL’s Pforzheim … Continue reading →

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Round the World by Chemin Vert

Posted on June 10, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

Rome-based artist/web designer/computer scientist Giacomo Miceli created this beautiful, mind-blowing little video trip across the globe and four seasons. The video titled Chemin Vert uses panoramic frames from Google Street View . There are even better versions of the video … Continue reading →

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Ghosts of Pere Lachaise

Posted on June 9, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

Founded in 1804 in the countryside beyond the Paris city walls, the Cimetiére Pére-Lachaise is now Paris’ largest cemetery. Verdant, hilly, with meandering paths between thousands of sepulchral tombs and monuments this vast city of the dead is one of … Continue reading →

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Literary Journeys

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

You may know artist Owen Smith’s work from his numerous New Yorker magazine covers or his wonderful mosaic murals. His latest project is a fantastic set of transit posters for San Francisco’s BART system. The series “Literary Journeys” depicts BART … Continue reading →

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Buy a book, Win a DeLorean

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

To celebrate the release of the trade paperback edition of his novel Ready Player One, author Ernest Cline has created an original strategy to increase sales. The novelist is holding a contest inspired by the plot of his book. He … Continue reading →

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What’s In a Cover

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

The self-described “goons’ at the comedy website Something Awful periodically post a series of humorous re-imagined bookcovers from classic titles. While they range from cringe-worthy to hilarious, they’re worth a peek. Here’s a sample, but check-out the site for more … Continue reading →

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Try This With An Ebook

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

San Francisco-based sculptor and installation artist Alexis Arnold has a unique approach to the exploration of nature and time on common objects. Arnold transforms books and magazines into mysterious crystaline forms using borax crystals, water and time.For the artist, “The … Continue reading →

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Bookyard

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

Tuscan-born artist Massimo Bartolini has created a charming plein air library for this year’s Track festival in beautiful Ghent, Belgium. Bartolini’s instatallation, Bookyard, is a series of 12 long bookshelves set in the vinyard of the medieval Sint-Pieters Abbey in … Continue reading →

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Real Books vs Ebooks

Posted on June 3, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

London antiquarian booksellers Adrian Harrington and Jonathan Kearnes are not ebook hating Luddites. They simply see new literary technologies as complements rather than replacements for real books. In their thoughtful 15 minute video, the booksellers focus on why bibliophiles are … Continue reading →

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Why Indies Matter

Posted on June 2, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

Why Indies Matter is a brand new promotional video campaign from the folks at the American Booksellers Association that will be officially launched at BookExpo America in New York City next week. The ABA promotion aims to gather personal testimonials … Continue reading →

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