- Emily Temple is right. I do find this video of the restoration of a 120-year-old book to be very soothing. (LitHub)
- For the daring, Melissa Baron rounds up a list of ergodic literature. (Book Riot)
- Alyea Canada looks at the debate over whether big publishing should reconsider publishing books by conservatives. (Melville House Blog)
- Arvind Dilawar shares the story of author Irmgard Keun, whose life was stranger than fiction. (Smithsonian Magazine)
- Ann Blair reveals that the complaints about there being too many books have been with us since printing was invented. (Lapham’s Quarterly)
Ah, I really liked seeing the book restoration too. Although seeing pages immersed in water was a bit disconcerting! I’ve done minor repair to cheap books before, using elmer’s glue, saran wrap instead of waxed paper, and other books as a press! It’s nice to see an older book being repaired instead of stripped and turned into something else.