“Getting into print”: A (not so) brief tale of books (3)
admin @ July 18, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Drupa, the printing industry’s largest fair (held every four years in Düsseldorf) has ended … and this ‘brief tale’ turned into an assignment - fortunately, finished now: off line and in the hands of the client. Meanwhile, visit the site, it’s worthwhile:
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So this tale of books got left behind in the middle ages when my [...]
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“Getting into print”: A brief tale of books (1)
peterknight @ June 1, 2008 # One Comment
Stories are as old as humans, and publishing not far behind. These paintings record something significant, to some people (most certainly hunters) about 16,000 years ago near what is now called Lascaux, in France. We can don’t know why they chose to publish these pictures on the rock walls of a cave but can [...]
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Kindle and co.: A threat to books and publishers?
admin @ May 18, 2008 # One Comment
The Amazon Kindle is very expensive but selling well, apparently.
I was shown one recently and despite my love for books I couldn’t help liking the lil’ thing. It’s a cute gadget, smaller than I expected and the “electronic paper” is agreeable; not at all like a computer screen. It works like paper anyway; [...]
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Floating on oil - soyabean oil. And food.
admin @ May 5, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Venezuela’s Mr Chavez ’s administration floats off political reefs that would tear the bottom out of much tougher and more serious governments (ships of state? ) Cristina Fernandez, Argentina’s President - the wife of her predecessor Nestor Kirchner - has a comfortable draft of agricultural produce between her policies and danger, with ample [...]
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