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Archive for February 7th, 2010

Books we received for Christmas. Of particular interest is the upper-left, Secret Identity: The Fetish Art Of Superman’s co-creator Joe Shuster.

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Publishers and tech companies and online book distribution titans — most specifically Amazon — are gearing up for a battle that will no doubt punish the consumer, much as the Recording Industry Association of America has managed to …

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The future of books starts now

Out of print craft books from Martingale and Company are for sale as pdf ebooks. This gives readers the opportunity to access otherwise hard to find craft books instantly.

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Out of Print Craft Books as PDF Ebook Downloads: Titles from …

Despite the average quality of some of the pop ups (stiff in parts even for adults), the book is a fun ride for children under 5 years and a good introduction to the delights a pop up holds. Design and paper engineering: Ron van der …

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Saffron Tree: Pop up books

to reading lists of must-read books with a guilty awareness that I have read none of them. But Robert Service, the historian of modern Russia, puts together a list of five books , and I’d have to say that three, maybe four, …

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Underbelly: Service's Five Books

Sunday at midnight is the final closing for Equator Books on Abbot Kinney Boulevard. The owners sent a note to customers and friends saying, “We ask that you come by in the next day or two, say hello, buy a book or record, have a coffee …

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Equator Books in Venice, RIP – LA Observed

AbeBooks asked their booksellers to reveal what items they have found inside the books that pass through their hands. They reported many instances of discovering credit cards and banknotes, including this heartbreaker: …

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Interesting Things Found in Books – Neatorama