It had to happen sooner or later. An e-book composed entirely of digitized fingers that have crept into a page scan.It's listed under the guise of A True Copy of a Letter from the Reverend Mr. Greenshields (1709) which was originally digitized April 27, 2009 from Oxford University and is available for freeAbove image is the page spread, below some sample pages:A True Copy of a Letter from the Reverend Mr. Greenshields. From the Goal of ... - James Greenshields - Google Books: h/t The Art of Google BooksPreviously on Book Patrol:The Hands of Google
An Illuminated Book
Introducing Lumio, a book-looking lamp.Simply open the "book" and wham you have a lightweight portable lamp. No cords, no switches and 8 hours of battery life.Built in magnets let you attach the lamp to any number of surfaces. It can be used as a table lamp, a wall sconce, a ceiling pendant, for ambient or outdoor lighting, or any other creative use you can think of.Yes, even a reading light!Lumio will retail for $95. It is the brainchild of Max Gunawan and his Kickstarter campaign to fund the project has already far exceeded his initial goal.and the Kickstarter video: Man, this is...
DIY: The People’s E-Book
"What the photocopier was to zines, we hope The People’s E-book will be to digital books" The People's E-book is a free, beautifully-simple tool to assist in the creation of e-books.It is the brainchild of Greg Albers, the founder and publisher of Hol Art Books, who has partnered with The Present Group (Oakland, CA), an arts-based think tank and creative studio whose projects focus on leveraging new technologies in support of the arts and finding new ways to fund and distribute artists projects. A Kickstarter campaign is underway to fund the project.From the pitch:The People's E-book brings e-books into the rich...
Who Reads eBooks? [Infographic]
Infographic via Random House
BiblioTech: The First Bookless Library
The Bexar County, Texas satellite office. The future home the first bookless library. Photo: Kin Man Hui, San Antonio Express-NewsYou knew it was coming and I am not sure how it is going to last but here it is.The first bookless public library system in America. The name is a play on the Spanish word for library — biblioteca.artist’s conception of what the interior of the BiblioTechIt was the brainchild of Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff who got the idea while reading Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs.“It's not a replacement for the (city) library system, it's an enhancement,” says Wolff who also...