Category Archives: Books

Art Books + Book Art

Posted on November 4, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Yikes ! I almost missed the exceptional annual NY Art Book Fair, but thanks to a timely email from Jan Voss at Amsterdam’s weird and wonderful Boekie Woekie art bookshop I’m ready. Printed Matter, the world’s largest nonprofit organization dedicated … Continue reading →

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New Zealand Caves

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

The New Zealand government agreed to a deal “under which they will contribute special financing and introduce labor legislation” to discourage Warner Brothers and Peter Jackson from taking the production of the two movies adapted from J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit … Continue reading →

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Judge These Books By Their Covers

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Until the early 19th century, most books were purchased in paper covers for the owner to have bound according to his own taste and budget. These books would have been bound by hand in small workshops. During the nineteenth century, … Continue reading →

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Holy Hobbit Hullabaloo

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

New Zealanders have taken to the streets in the thousands to try and keep the production of The Hobbit film from moving out of the country. Many protestors dressed as characters from JRR Tolkien’s books and movies. The protesters opposed … Continue reading →

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What’s on the Outside Matters

Posted on October 24, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Designers Ben Pieratt and Eric Jacobsen have created a marvelous website devoted to paperback book cover art at the Book Cover Archive  

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Books on Shirts. Shirts on a Mission.

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Out of Print Clothing celebrates the world’s great stories through fashion. Their t- shirts feature iconic and often out of print book covers. Some are classics, some are just curious enough to make great t-shirts, but all are striking works … Continue reading →

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Creative Bookshelving

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Brian D. Butler
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Memorial De La Shoah

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

The central Paris Memorial de la Shoah on Wednesday launched a moving exhibition in tribute to the French -Jewish writer Irène Nemirovsky.The extensive collection includes a series of letters she sent months before her arrest and deportation to Auschwitz and … Continue reading →

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Stay on Track with FictFact

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

The website FictFact has compiled an enormous database of serial fiction, keeping track of the order and release dates of hundreds of book series so you don’t have to. As readers and fans, we often come late to a compelling … Continue reading →

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Not Your Local Starbucks

Posted on October 10, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Located just a block east of the historic New York Public Library at Bryant Park, the new D’Espresso coffee bar takes the comforting library environment and flips it on its side. Anurag Nema and his design team at nemaworkshop created … Continue reading →

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