I got a few “I’m on a Boat” submissions, so I thought I’d post all the books that could use that re-title. Are there others I forgot???
Special thanks to Tim Muldoon and Mike Mackler.
Special thanks to Herman Melville and Joseph Conrad.
(via outofprintclothing)
3) If your bookstore were to be granted one wish—by the ghost of Sylvia Beach, let’s say—what would it be?
All of my coworkers are talented, smart, individuals who bring really different contributions to the store. And many are interested in making bookselling a lifelong career. But the state of the book industry — and the perceived value of retail workers — makes that a rather difficult prospect for most of us. So I’d say my main wish would be the transformation of Skylight into an enterprise that can financially support its staff through the ongoing economic turbulence that will continue into the future. But then, I guess that would be my wish for every independent bookstore in the country.
Source: Melville House
One day I will set them free.
One day.
The day has dawned! Time to give away books and spread reading fever!
The Espresso Book Machine is very cool, and offers some incredible opportunities for libraries, bookstores, and readers.
One Book, Light and Sweet
The Brooklyn Public Library obtains an Espresso Book Machine.
In a borough of writers and immigrants, the book machine, which launches on Wednesday, offers what the library’s holdings can’t: titles in any language and a chance to publish your own.
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The Espresso Book Machine 2.0 is about 5 feet tall and 7 feet wide. It smells of glue, hums like a copy machine and can print a book in as little as four minutes.
More on this super-awesome machine and its uses through the link! Also, check out the Wall Street Journal’s video interview on it.
Have you ever experienced the thrilling pleasure of watching the Espresso work and knowing that IT’S MAKING YOUR BOOK RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES? Let’s put these everywhere, please.
Did you know? Black Books is streaming online. Netflix and Hulu.
28. Because St. Mark’s Bookshop Lives.
And at the eleventh hour, the borough president stepped in and negotiated a smaller rent reduction with Cooper Union. Stringer told Contant he intervened after witnessing the end of Coliseum Books and the Upper West Side’s Shakespeare & Co. “He felt that whole area lost part of its soul,” Contant says, “and he didn’t want to see that happen again.”
via New York Magazine’s Reasons to Love New York 2011
Whether it’s jealousy or ignorance, they do. Submit any proof you have. Please note the book in question and why you think your cat does not like it.
Vincent Price reads.
One of our favorite book covers
Favorite line from The Little Prince.
A self-portrait of William James from his diary and sketchbook, recently digitized by Harvard.
More sneak peeks inside the sketchbooks of...
Pictorial endpapers populated by library artifacts.
From My Book House, v. 1, edited by Olive Beaupré Miller (1920). Does not include metadata...
Donna Meagle of Parks And Recreation reading Fifty Shades Of Grey by E.L. James
