Welcome to Book Patrol's inaugural list of our favorite books about books of the year. The list is in no particular order; for all of them are worth a read, and as you will see, in the year the e-book took off, books about books were very much alive.The Late Age of Print: Everyday Book Culture from Consumerism to Controlby Ted Striphas. Columbia University PressThis is a book for both the student of deep book history and for the casual book culture enthusiast. Striphas shows us how despite the enormous pressures currently facing the book it continues to play a...
Comedian Patrick Borelli looks at that bottom of the book design barrel
On Nov. 18th comedian Patrick Borelli will be at the UCB Theatre in New York to perform “You Should Judge a Book By Its Cover” where Borelli looks at 30 of the wackiest book covers that he has encountered.Part of the show includes a video interview with Steven Heller, Rodrigo Corral and Chip Kidd, three of today's leading book designers. In this clip from the video the three designers briefly discuss the importance of book design then delve into some of Borelli's picks. Deservedly, the much talked about, Cooking With Pooh, leads off the discussion.Thanks to The Second Pass for...
Church Releases Video of Halloween Book Burning
WARNING - The following video is hysterical.Well, here we have it. The planned pyre of blasphemy planned for Halloween by the Amazing Grace Baptist Church in Canton, North Carolina appears to have been reduced to a kitchen-sized garbage can filled with torn up books and CD's.Evidently the church has deemed this event a success. For on the sidebar of their website there is already mention of a 2010 book burning event.Here is the video in its entirety as released by the church. Note: It is a huge WMV file.Previously on Book Patrol:A Halloween Book Burning: Only God's Word Will SurviveAbout...
Bookchase: A board game for the book set
Remember your Trivial Pursuit days? Waiting patiently for your chance to answer a question from the Arts & Literature category. Or those times when you made up your own rules and just read the questions from that category.Enter Bookchase. It's billed as the world's first board game about books.Here's how it works:The first one to collect six books, one from each category, and get home wins! Of course there are hazards along the way like dropping your books in the bath.You can collect books by answering questions, visiting the library or landing on various other lucky spots on the board.The...
ABC’s of Book Collecting: Auctions
AUCTIONSSales of books by auction go back to the middle ages, although their enhancement by printed catalogues dates from the second half of the 17th century. Traditionally, auctioneers undertake to conduct the sale, charging consigners a percentage of the prices realised for their pains.In the 1980s British and American houses began to follow European practice by levying a premium (a percentage of the prices realised) from the purchaser, as well as the consigner. Auctions conducted on the internet, notably on eBay, have their own conventions and risks.The subject may conveniently be divided into four sections; (1) Catalogues, (2) Bidding, (3)...