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Coca-Cola Confusion, Cliché Covers
July 2013 – New Yorker’s book blog
Gersh Agency and Diversion Books Launch Imprint, Actual Cost of E-Books, and More
June 2013 – Poets & Writers magazine
First-Editions Club, British Bitchery
June 2013 – New Yorker’s book blog
Rare Books Auctioned Despite Criticism
May 2013 – New Yorker’s book blog
Ten Reasons a Pessimist Can be Optimistic About the Future of the Book
March 2013 Rebecca Rego Barry offers ten reasons to be optimistic about the future of printed books – New Yorker’s book blog and The Huffington Post
Book Signed by Richard III Goes on Display
March 2013 A five-hundred-and-fifty-year-old book signed by Richard III is on public display for the first time – New Yorker’s book blog
March 2013 Book lovers pitch in to replace a collection of rare and old books in Ohio that was destroyed by a burst water pipe – New Yorker’s book blog
March 2013 New Jane Austen Stamps Arrive – American Libraries Direct
Presenting Frankenstein, Risen From the Dead
January 2013 Rare Presentation Copy Comes to Light – The Huffington Post and The Millions
Edinburgh Book Sculptor Returns
December 2012 Edinburgh’s mysterious book sculptor has returned, leaving literary art pieces around the country during Book Week Scotland – New Yorker’s book blog
Rare Dictionaries May Reach $1 Million in NYC Next Week
November 2012 A collection of rare dictionaries, including a cuneiform tablet and a handwritten manuscript of Webster’s original dictionary, is expected to fetch as much as a million dollars at auction next week – New Yorker’s book blog
The Bibliophagist: An Interview with Garrett Scott
October 2012 A2: Bookseller, Garrett Scott – Ann Arbor Chronicle
Brooke Astor’s Books (and Book Objects) at Auction
August 2012 The "very good reading library" of Brooke Astor goes up for auction at Sotheby’s next month - New Yorker’s book blog
July 2012 – American Libraries Direct
King of the Jungle still swinging at 100
June 2012 – American Libraries Direct
A Field Guide to Mobile Libraries
June 2012 – American Libraries Direct
Lost Gutenbergs: An Interview with Tim Yancey
June 2012 An interview with Tim Yancey, director of the Lost Gutenbergs project, about a two-hundred-year-old pigskin recipe and recreating the Gutenberg Bible – New Yorker’s book blog
A Private Press Pride & Prejudice
June 2012 A small press in Canada is planning a hand-printed, three-volume letterpress edition of “Pride and Prejudice” – New Yorker’s book blog
Identifying First Editions with McBride’s Guide
May 2012 A handy booklet that book collector use to identify first editions. – New Yorker’s book blog
Earliest Dickens Film Discovered
March 2012 The earliest film adaptation of Dickens was buried in an archive from 1901 until now – New Yorker’s book blog
Inside the Academy Awards Greenroom Library
February 2012 The library-styled green room where the stars caught up on their reading at last night’s Academy Awards – New Yorker’s book blog
The World’s Expensive Book at Auction
January 2012 The world’s most expensive book goes up for auction this month at Christie’s – New Yorker’s book blog and American Libraries Direct
Downton Abbey: Elizabeth von Arnim Returns to Life
January. 2012 Does “Downton Abbey” have the power to bring bygone authors back from the dead? – New Yorker’s book blog
Books, Art, and Table One for Sale at Elaine’s Auction
September 2011 Collectors can bid on titles from Elaine Kaufman’s book collection today—or table number one from her famous restaurant – New Yorker’s book blog
August 2011 What does Sherlock Holmes have to do with meringue? A travel essay on how Arthur Conan Doyle turned the quaint town of Meiringen, Switzerland, into a literary tourist destination – Forbes Booked blog
Collecting at the Center for Book Arts
July 2011 The Center for Book Arts in New York City is showcasing an exhibition of 40 years’ worth of book art … – Forbes Booked blog
June 2011 Who knew so many editorial cartoons have cleverly incorporated maps? – New Yorker’s book blog
December 2010 Batman and Superman are fetching six-figure sums. Is this the new golden age of comic books? – New Yorker’s book blog
May 2010 Stefan Zweig – Arts & Letters Daily