My husband and I took a nice afternoon outing to Laurel Hill Cemetery, in Philadelphia PA. Picnicing and taking photos are a past time of ours. Yes, really. We came across a particular monument that inspired me to ask the question, does your vision of the afterlife include books? Are there lending libraries,or personal wood … Read more
I checked out Banned Books Week’s facebook page, and found a link to this question-should literary classics be sanitized? In this time of political correctness, derogatory names and nasty words are forbidden in literature. You won’t see many novels calling ethnic groups slang names, or using the ‘n’ word, even if the character within the … Read more
The one part of my business I hate the most is accounting, marshalling those invoices, expenses and whipping them into order, bringing them into line and making them do the things they need to do. It’s an agonising process and I always look forward to earning enough money to be able to outsource it to … Read more
I always judge a book by it’s cover, how can I not? Despite the notorious adage, almost everybody does and publishers know it. The process of conceptualizing a book cover design to it’s printing is a complicated and intricate operation. Many graphic designers and artists dedicate their art to the process of wrapping the pages … Read more
Book ordering is critically important in how customers view a store, stock is (if not the most important) one of the single reasons a customer will purchase in your store. But is there some stock which has a detrimental effect to how an indie store is viewed? Admittedly, this blog is more of a discussion … Read more
People like to think that even the trashy romance from the 1960s that’s falling out of the binding and has first 6 pages are missing will still go to “good home” rather than being recycled as paper pulp. Old books all go off to the book retirement home and frolic in a meadow with the ghost of Beatrix Potter. There may be singing involved.
Booksellers know better. Most books don’t improve with age, anymore than clothing does. They get spots, holes, and go out of fashion. Nobody really wants that book on a fad diet from the 70s. Most books have only a limited period of desirability before no one wants them and are destined for recycling. Not every book is a winner.
But sometimes even the losers go on to a second act as art. People love books and love seeing them incorporated into other things. So books that are damaged but still have some charm might get to be turned into new treasures.
Rebound with new pages as a sketchbook:
From: Jaime Rose
Freedom of speech. This phrase is bandied about by politicians, on the left or right; singers; bloggers; TV talking heads; everyone is using the first amendment as a jumping point into other arguments. What *is* the first amendment of the constitution? What did the framers write that is continuously argued about ? “Congress shall make no … Read more
