Tag: Books about Books

Book Patrol’s Top Books about Books for 2009

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...

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