in the belief that gas stations and books will both cease to exist in the future conceptual artist job koelewijn has created sanctuary a lifesize gas station structured totally out of the covers of books. is it a telling omen that in the future both gas stations and books will be extinct a homage to the divergent sacredness of books and gasoline. books and gasoline two ess......
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noahkai lickystickypicky chickensdontclap the infinity bookcase dutch artist job koelewijn sure knows how to make an awesome bookcase. behold his lemniscate look it up bookshelf that represents the infinite power of books and learnin viaa book patrol reblog because dutch know design. period books i love i love books books love me i l......
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imagens extraordinarias de pessoas num acto ao mesmo tempo antimo e pablico a leitura captadas por andra kertasz. o resto do portfolio pode ser visto aqui . via book patrol ......
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tons of links this week so the olympic opening ceremonya the very beautiful first half of the show featured ancient chinese paper and printing technology including a giant led scroll human calligraphy a troop of dancers dressed as confucian disciples carrying bamboo scrolls and a truly amazing homage to movable type. a i certainly never thought that i would hear an nbc announce......
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obviously im very busy mixing fireworks and alcohol this weekend but ive somehow managed to squeeze in a links post. youve likely seen this already but a bookseller in georgia repre sent discovered an amazing porn stash in hollowed out books.a booksaga is definitely a new favorite featuring great writing and really funny stories of life as a small town bo......
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michael at book patrol just posted a reasonably interesting interview with abebooks ceo hannes blum . the interview hits on a pretty wide range of issues including dealer pricing. obligatory shill alert were an independen tlyoperat ed subsidiary of abebooks.......
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via book patrol heres an investigative report alleging thatthe strands currentmanagement has worked harder than anyone to transform the strand from an intellectual oasis to a profitproducing machine. the core problem they say is nancy bass wyden who used to work at exxon and is said to be imposing corporate business practices on the store going from workin......
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book patrol reports on what looks like a fantastic exhibit at the victoria albert museum blood on paper books in the hands of artists . if only it lasted through september i might have a chance of seeing it jeremy at philobiblos has a great post this week debunking some myths about jeremy benthams autoicon at university college london. it reminded me of one of my favorite bo......
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a recent blog post by brian cassidy via a book patrol post has a neophyte bookseller reminiscing about his first year by posting 18 things he has learned about bookselling over the first year in business. after failing in the business in a year and a half i have two simple observations run away run very far away to paraphrase the bard bitterness is a dish b......
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today i was digging for some info on sophie dahl and came across the following section it is time to give up the image. book collecting is no longer a pursuit confined mostly to rich middleaged white men. the picture above is of sophie dahl and appears in her piece for mens vogue titled book lust visit to bauman rare books in nyc. thanks to habitually chic f......
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