A recent Bowker study on Trends in Consumer Book Buying has been visualized by the folks at Random House. Note that for the printed book crowd the bookstore is still the number one place to discover new books.
Continue readingNowadays, the visualization of data is all the rage. It seems each new study or piece of research is turned into an image. I’m not so sure this was as common in the 1930’s and 40’s when these visual aids were printed. The series of 28 posters were produced under the supervision of noted librarian Ruby Ethel Cundiff for the Library School Course in Teaching the Use of the Library at the George Peabody College…
Continue reading“All in all, it looks like the used book market creates a lot more value than it destroys” – Professor Hal Varian, University of California, Berkeley “Reading Between the Lines in Used Books Sales.” New York Times, 2005
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