02/28/09 03:54 - 20ºF - ID#47909

Fear Not, Bibliophiles

Thank you, xkcd, for summing it up so succinctly. I just can't get behind the e-book thing, but haven't had the guts to say they're for chumps.

Flipping pages, browsing bookracks, dog-earing your place -- these are too much a part of our society to be given up all that quickly. There's more to a text than the text; holding an actual, palpable volume in one's hands is part of the pleasure.

An unsurprising sentiment from someone who recently started a paper magazine, I'm sure, but nonetheless.

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02/16/09 07:34 - 25ºF - ID#47764

FYI - More Print Shop Coolness

Got an email from the WNYBAC folks the other day. They've got another demo on the way, and I strongly recommend it.

"Wednesday Feb. 25th (6-8 pm) we will be having our Punching & Cutting machines demonstration which was previously postponed due to a snow storm.
Paper Drills, grommet machines, corner rounders, and a trusty Guillotine are but a few of the resources we have to make paper yield to your will. Some of these machines will always require WNYBAC staff assistance, but many others are just fun to put holes in paper. Get a tour of these tools that can help put that final touch on your book edition project.
Just RSVP to info@wnybookarts.org if you wish to join us."

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02/11/09 05:54 - 52ºF - ID#47717

The Wide Wide World of Web "Marketing"

I don't know if I'd really call it marketing. There's no conversation about "brand" or "penetration" or anything like that. (Note the use of the word "conversation" as opposed to "convo").

I set up a twitter account, so if you simply MUST know the latest, this is the place to get it.

Also, i set up a facebook group a little while ago, which, I'm happy to announce, has members that I do not know personally. ^^