book history

I sometimes encounter at book fairs, trade shows and the like, book collectors who complain that "there's nothing new to collect."  This often is after these collectors have come away empt
Time was when readers kept commonplace books.
Last month, the University of North Carolina press released A History of the Book in America, volume 2, which was actually the last in a se
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We all collect according to our interests and circumstances.
For several decades now it's been well nigh impossible to avoid predictions about the demise of the printed
Folks sometimes forget that not everyone living in late 18th century America supported the