Remember back in 2010 when Pastor Terry Jones incited parts of the Muslim world with his highly publicized burning of the Quran to commemorate 9/11? He called it "International Burn a Koran Day" In what was supposed to culminate in very large event in New York ended with Jones burning a single copy of the Quran at his Gainesville, Fla. church. 10 days later, in response to the madness, riots in Afghanistan began and when it was over 20 people were dead, including seven United Nations workers. Well, why stop there. This time he wants to burn "one book for...
Frankenstein leads the way at poster auction
One of the highlights of the upcoming movie poster auction at Heritage Auctions is this rare 14" X 36" insert produced for the 1931 film version of Frankenstein. How rare is it?: At last this great poster has surfaced! After 82 years of lying dormant, the Monster has finally arrived in the form of this amazing and stunning insert. For years, collectors have been searching for the lost poster sizes on this immortal and legendary horror classic but to date, only a few one sheets, a single six sheet, a partial half sheet and lobby cards have surfaced! This is the only confirmed...
A [Sad] Future For Bookstores
Check out this comic from Angela Liao over at twenty pixels. It begins with this preface: Reading text lists of titles and gridded book covers images can’t compete with the in-store bookstore experience. There’s something magical about browsing books with your head tilted sideways to read titles on book spines and seeing towering walls of books on shelves. People say that “print is dying” but I hope that some experiences will never change. Dear all bookstores, please don’t die! Neha Prakash at Mashable looks at the other side of the coin and sees it as the beginning of a high-tech makeover for...
“X” marks the spot for latest Rem Koolhaas library
Building on the phenomenal success of the Central Branch of the Seattle Public Library and the recent news that they will design the Qatar National Library Rem Koolhaas and his team at OMA now set their sites on the BMVR (Bibliothèque Multimédia à Vocation Régionale) Library in northern France. Shaped as an “X”, with each of the four wings facing toward one of the city's four landmarks. The library’s 150,000 volumes will be distributed to one of the wings: arts to the northeast, science and technology to the northwest, humanities to the southeast, and literature to the southwest. “This library is a symbol of the lateral...
Which book species are you?
Infographic by Laura E. Kelly and she shares her process here: The Making of an Infographic