Here's a blast from the past - this gem made its way around the design blogosphere in July 2009.The Lectus Pile of Books end table by Josefin Hellstrom-Olsson25.59" tall x 17.72" wide and retails for around $800.Should be available from Personal Interior Design once they get their website up and running again.h/t booklicious
AbeBooks E-mail Database Hacked
This email was recently sent by AbeBooks to its customers informing them that their email database had been breached:Epsilon Informs AbeBooks of E-mail Database BreachWe have been informed by Epsilon, a third-party vendor we use to send e-mails, that an unauthorized person outside their company accessed files that included e-mail addresses of some AbeBooks customers. Epsilon has advised us that the files that were accessed did not include any customer information other than email addresses. As a reminder, AbeBooks will never ask customers for personal or account information in an e-mail. Please exercise caution if you get any emails that...
Oyster Time: A Sweet Suite of Broadsides
The Pacific Northwest is a little slice of oyster heaven where 4 different species are grown in abundance.Portland, Oregon is currently home to an abundance of young poets who are making their mark on the national stage. Bookseller, publisher and artist Charles Seluzicki has joined these two phenomenons in his latest publication, Oyster Suite, a set of 4 broadsides featuring original unpublished oyster-themed poems by Carl Adamshick, Matthew Dickman, Michael Dickman, and Michael McGriff. The broadsides are printed letterpress in an edition of 100 (80 copies are gathered into sets of which 65 are for sale) and illustrated with drawings...
E-books for beginners and a reminder for the book inclined
(click to enlarge)Here's a nifty flow chart courtesy of Bookbee covering the basics of e-books in 5 easy steps. As you can plainly see it is far from a streamlined universal process and I trust it will only become more complicated before it gets better.And for those who remain on the paper side of the aisle. This handy reminder is for you. Note: one can easily substitute used, rare or collectible with "New."Thanks to Teleread for the lead on the flow chart and to Gearfuse for the image above
Google’s Typographic Salute to JFK
Here is the logo Google is using today in honor of the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's inaugural address.The logo is composed entirely of words used by JFK in his speech.Pretty cool.You can watch the speech here.