DON’T FORGET: On October 9th, from 6-7 p.m., as part of Litquake’s Litcrawl, SIGNIFICANT OBJECTS will present its first live event: An Evening of Remarkable Stories about Unremarkable Things featuring Rob Baedeker, Chris Colin, Miranda Mellis, Beth Lisick, and Katie Wiliams. (plus the first-ever Object Slam) at San Francisco’s Root Division. Map to Venue. Confirm your attendance on Facebook!
- Heard our contributor @SusannaDaniel on NPR this morning, talking writing her first novel (Stilstville). Good segment. http://n.pr/cOsd4m #
- EBay auction for “Nothing.” Bidding now at $10.50. Free shipping. http://bit.ly/arBnUp (via marginal revolution) #
- Painter Stanford Kay’s exploration of “memory, identity, the sanctuary of books.” http://tumblr.com/xr4iwgop0 #
- New books added to our “store” all the time. Lately: Robert Lopez, Sarah Manguso, Sheila Heti. http://bit.ly/SOBooks #
- 500 years of book design, observations by Andrew Barton (and cool pix): http://bit.ly/ajzh3C #
- What Relational Aesthetics Can Learn From 4Chan. http://tumblr.com/xr4imw525 #
- Shafer finally asks the big Q about book future: Who will throw “ebook parties”? http://tumblr.com/xr4ilb6mc #
- Artist recreates her personal library in meticulous paintings on scrap wood. http://tumblr.com/xr4ikl20f #
- Book/artifact inspired by novel has 256 “digitally printed silver-foil pages.” http://tumblr.com/xr4ikcqts #
- Cool library reference desk (at Delft University of Technology) made from books: http://tumblr.com/xr4ik9a70 #
- The trouble with Google Books (“rampant errors,” says Laura Miller. http://shar.es/0vHiG #
- Rosecrans Baldwin and Maud Newton, This Wednesday – The Awl http://bit.ly/cjw2Y9 #
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