Interesting stuff about books

Here are some interesting books/articles/databases/web sites on the history and evolution of the book, in no particular order. Thanks to librarian Anne Harlow for pointing me to Book 2.0, the source for the first four entries below. GAM3R 7H3ORY, by McKenzie Wark Books In Time, Carla Hesse On the Future of Academic Publishing, Peer Review, and Tenure Requirements Institute for the Future of the Book Book 2.0 (Temple user name and password for the Chronicle is in Journal Finder) The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe, Elizabeth Eisenstein The Nature of the Book, Adrian Johns Book History Online (BHO) Self, Culture, and Self-Culture in Modern America: The Early History of the Book-of-the-Month Club, Joan Shelley Rubin John Playford and the Stationers’ Company, Nicholas Temperley Learned Publishing (Temple does not subscribe to this journal, but much of the content is free.) The European physics publications scene: avant-garde and traditionalism, Claus Montonen Alternative Futures for Library History, Jonathan Rose The Great Library of Alexandria Burnt: Towards the History of a Symbol, Jon Thiem —Fred Rowland

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