book making
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Samuel V. Lemley, ed. The Four Shakespeare Folios, 1623-2023: Copy, Print, Paper, Type.
This collection presents a fascinating case for examining a specific library’s collections to see how that library presents a version of a rare book.
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Debbie Berne. The Design of Books: An Explainer for Authors, Editors, Agents, and Other Curious Readers.
An insightful addition to the bibliography on book design, this book explains the critical role design plays in book publishing.
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I Made This For You: Reflections on Responding Materially, or Grading as Making
Since 2021, in my “Book History in Practice” class at the University of Toronto, I have given an assignment I call “material experiments.” The most basic articulation of the assignment…
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Under Your Skin: A History of the Necronomicon and Skin-Bound Books
The absence of evil books in real life hasn’t stopped us from imagining them in all manner of genres both past and present. And we love a good evil book,…
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The History of Paper: A Select Bibliography
In addition to our annual bibliographies, SHARP News will now also publish bibliographies focused on specific regions or on specific areas of study. We welcome any suggestions for future topics!…
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Pamela’s Letterbox
At first, the move from in-person instruction to an online Zoom classroom seemed like it would hit us particularly hard in Dr. Matt Kirschenbaum’s “BookLab: How to Do Things with…
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Pandemic Transmission
In Fall of 2019 I took a class at the University of Maryland from Professor Tita Chico entitled “The Postmodern Enlightenment.” In this class we read and compared contemporary works…
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Konstantinos Staikos. The Greek Editions of Aldus Manutius and His Greek Collaborators (c. 1494-1515)
Konstantinos Staikos. The Greek Editions of Aldus Manutius and His Greek Collaborators (c. 1494-1515). Trans. Katerina Spathi. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2016. xv, 293 p., ill. ISBN 9781584563426.…