Furniture designer Leo Kempf was interested in designing a piece of furniture using a new technique. He came up with a "process of bending plywood to create a simple curve." He then inserted these curved plywood shelves into a red hardwood main beam to create The Gravity Bookshelf.The bookshelf "is ideal for holding books securely without the need for bookends."It works by "gravity gently press[ing] the books into the shelf, creating a very simple, clean, and unique piece of furniture"Thanks to LibraryPlanet for the lead
Hardbacks Take a Hit Limited Editions Get a Lift
guardian piece on hb
A Review of Before I Wake by Robert J. Wiersema
The first American edition has recently been released of Robert J. Wiersema's debut novel Before I Wake.Book details:Hardback. Octavo. 312pp. Bound in maroon boards and published by St. Martin's Press. The dust jacket is designed by Pete Garceau. $21.95Author details:Wiersema is a bookseller in Victoria, B.C. where he runs the reading program and takes care of the PR for Bolen Books. His book reviews have appeared in the Vancouver Sun and the Globe and MailReview:Wiersema weaves a provocative tale of pain and redemption that is told using multiple narrators.The novel begins with a traumatic car accident that turns the Barrett...
Buy – Dry – Read
This is Paolo Orsacchini's striking design for a limited anniversary edition of the Italian publication of Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.The book comes wet. Soaked in sea water then sealed in a nice clear pouch.Luckily, the paper is waterproof so if you want to read it you simply set the book out in the sun. Let it dry then read.I haven't been able to find out much about the book details, like size of the edition and retail price, but the image and the story have been deservedly making the rounds of the design blogs.The concept alone...
Research Reveals AbeBooks Driving Booksellers Crazy
Maybe that should have been the title of their latest press release.While most of the bookselling trade is going nuts over AbeBooks' new 'bookseller rating' system, which is running in beta version right now, they release this news flash:Research Reveals Baby Boomers Drive Online Used Bookselling in USBefore I get to that here is a bit about the current skirmish between the booksellers in the ABAA and AbeBooks.AbeBooks is working on a rating system for booksellers based on the star rating systems that appear at other online marketplaces. Unfortunately, this bookseller rating system has nothing to do with bookselling and...