This little gem was left as a comment to Allison Arieff's post, Shelf Life, at the New York Times. The story profiles renowned architectural bookseller and publisher William Stout.There once was a time when books slowly dwindled,Bibliophiles everywhere felt nothing but swindled,They wanted their books,By hook or by crooks,But alas, in the end, all of them Kindled!
Cliff Eyland : The ‘Librarian Painter’
Bookshelf File Card LK 21 -The Large Bookshelf, 2009Illustrator Drawing on Paper, 3" x 5"At times Cliff Eyland thinks of himself as a "librarian painter." A longtime bibliophile, Eyland has been painting on 3" x 5" index cards for 30 years.In his latest exhibition Bookshelf File Cards, at the Leo Kamen Gallery in Toronto, Cliff Eyland "reengages his lifelong obsession with books and art by painting abstract images of books on shelves.""Since his art school days Eyland has not only remained consistent in the size of his work but he has also come to believe that the library is the...
Booksellers Talking
Are you wondering what's happening on the frontlines and how technology, chains and the slumping economy are taking their toll on the bookselling community?Three podcasts of note hit the airwaves in the last few weeks giving us a inside look on the current state of the trade.Nigel Beale, host of the radio show The Biblio File, recently passed through the Twin Cities and interviewed booksellers Rob Rulon-Miller and Kathy Stransky co-owner of Midway Used and Rare BooksBeale's interviews are worth a listen. At around 20 minutes each they are long enough to give one a real sense of the challenges...
Notes from the Fair : Codex & The California Antiquarian Book Fair
It was a big book week in San Francisco with both the book arts and antiquarian segments of the book trade hosting their largest events of the year. I was interested to see how these events would fair in the current economic climate of doom and gloom.Well, I got good news. Books are still alive!The Codex Foundation kicked things off with The Second Biennial Codex International Book Fair and Symposium. The book fair took place on the Berkeley campus of the University of California and the symposium was held at the Berkeley Art Museum. Over 125 fine presses and book...
Preview of the Kindle 2
Here's what the much anticipated Kindle 2 looks like. The folks over at MobileRead have the exclusive first look at Amazon's new e-reader.Release date Febuary 24. Cost $359