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Forget Barnes & Noble eReader: Google Books now supports epub format
My wife and I enjoy watching foreign, independent, and small production house movies—basically anything that’s not Hollywood. A topic frequently dealt with in the movies we gravitate toward (as … more →
Voyage of the Paradigm Ship
Against Typographically Representing Corporate Newspeak
johnvincler wrote 2 weeks ago: Paul Saenger, the George A. Poole III Curator of Rare Books and Collection Development Librarian at … more →
Beleaguered and thinking about history of the book
clarissal wrote 3 weeks ago: I can’t believe how I have to dedicate my entire days and nights to trying to catch up with wo … more →
Shakespeare Quartos Online
johnvincler wrote 4 weeks ago: The just launched Shakespeare Quartos Archive (www.quartos.org) seems like a promising resource. I … more →
Leviathan
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johnvincler wrote 1 month ago: Seeing today’s NYTimes discussion on Hobbes in Hebrew, I recalled my interest in the book (see … more →
Corrections to The Enlightenment and the Book
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rbsher wrote 1 month ago: As promised in my post of 24 October (An Author Thanks His Collaborative Readers), I am listing here … more →
The long s explained
johnvincler wrote 1 month ago: Every time I think I’ve figured out when a “long s” ( ſ ) is used and when it isn … more →
I [Censor] the Body Electric (or Part IIa: Patchwork Girl and, now, Vas)
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johnvincler wrote 1 month ago: Considering the body and the book… I should turn to Whitman, of course. But before I could re … more →
Sher's Chapter 3: The Rewards of Authorship
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Eleanor Shevlin wrote 1 month ago: Sher’s The Enlightenment and the Book Chapter 3: The Rewards of Authorship As Sher indicates in his … more →
portraits of the artist: Sher, chapter 2
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Dave Mazella wrote 1 month ago: [Two contrasting images of the historian William Robertson, courtesy of Wikipedia, the first taken f … more →
chapter 1: nationalism and the book?
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Dave Mazella wrote 2 months ago: As I’ve been reading Sher’s account, one of the more intriguing stories that has emerged … more →
a few questions about Sher's Enlightenment and the Book
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Dave Mazella wrote 2 months ago: I’m still working on my post on chapters one and two, but in the meantime I wanted to throw ou … more →
Chicago Center for Book & Paper Arts
Heather wrote 2 months ago: This past weekend on a visit to Chicago I stopped by Columbia College’s Center for Book & … more →
Richard Sher's Enlightenment and the Book, Introduction
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Dave Mazella wrote 2 months ago: At the close of his introduction to The Enlightenment and the Book, Rick Sher summarizes the primary … more →
Reading early modern pamphlets
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Nick wrote 2 months ago: There is an interesting discussion going on over at the SHARP e-mail list about the differences betw … more →
Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire: an analysis of the thing itself
ijp wrote 2 months ago: List of characteristics of the book itself Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. (Note: intentional naiv … more →
Forget Barnes & Noble eReader: Google Books now supports epub format
librarygary wrote 2 months ago: My wife and I enjoy watching foreign, independent, and small production house movies—basically anyth … more →
Barnes & Noble eReader: A round-about way to read public domain Google Books offline on your mobile device
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librarygary wrote 4 months ago: I just downloaded the Barnes & Noble eReader application for my iPod touch (link connects to App … more →
Lasting Impressions
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Heather wrote 4 months ago: The invention of Gutenberg’s printing press is leading in the moreintelligentlife.com poll for … more →
A Short History of the Printed Word
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Heather wrote 5 months ago: Recommended Read Chappell, Warren and Robert Bringhurst. A Short History of the Printed Word. Vancou … more →
