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Monthly Archive for December, 2007

: December, 2007

Goodreads Rising as the Year Ends in the Book Social Networking World

2007 will go down as the year book social networking got shot out of the canon and as the year comes to a close we see Goodreads rising, Shelfari stumbling and LibraryThing coasting along.

The Book Wizard of Salt Lake City

In their latest issue, SLUG (SaltLakeUnderGround) magazine profiles one of my favorite booksellers, Ken Sanders. The piece written by Erik Lopez is titled Ken Sanders: Pimp of the Printed Word and provides us a glimpse into the rich world of Sanders.
Categories: bookselling, Bookstores

Fill ‘er up at Job Koelewijn’s ‘Sanctuary’

Dutch conceptual artist Job Koelewijn’s new work Sanctuary includes this life-size gas station made entirely from the covers of books.
Categories: Books and Art

James Lackington: 18th Century Bookseller Extraordinaire

William Wallis (fl.1816-1855) after Thomas Hosmer Shepherd (1793-1864), Temple of the Muses, Finsbury Square. London: Jones & Co., 1828. Etching and aquatint with added hand-coloring. James Lackington was the most successful bookseller of the 18th century. His legendary shop at Finsbury Square in London was named “The Temple of the Muses” and when the flag was raised on the huge dome outside it meant Lackington was inside and ready to do business.
Categories: bookselling, Bookstores

Happy Holidays

Image 1 via swissmiss Image 2 via Monoscope

Good News From China: Book Production Costs Rise

Rising paper price ups books prices in China for now and perhaps later the world is the title of Henry Sanderson piece for the Associated Press.

Library Thief Uses Her Kids as Cover

Akron, Ohio police have arrested Tammie Ware on felony charges after finding more than 1000 items from the Akron-Summit County Public Library in her house.

Happy Birthday ‘A Christmas Carol’

Today marks the 164th anniversary of the publication of ‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens.

Icon Crossing: Harry Meets Darth

Photo by Esteban Diacono from his The Real World: Darth Vadar series
Categories: Books and Art

Sweet Textualities

“Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested…” -Francis Bacon “Of Studies” (The Essays, 1601)
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