New books on my bookshelf – part 1

I have a book problem.
It doesn’t matter if I have 5 other books with the same content, I will buy a new bookbinding book just because I have to have it.
Thankfully, some of my most recent book purchases have not duplicated anything else in my library.

Objects/Encounters: Bookworks at Flying Fish Press 1987-2001
By Connell Gallagher and [...]

The San Francisco Center for the Book

Another stop on my bookbinding-focused trip to San Francisco was The San Francisco Center for the Book. I loved the exterior of the building. It just didn’t want to blend in.

When I got inside the building, I realized that I had imagined that the space would be much larger. I think that I’ve been impressed [...]

Why are books important?

I’ve been struggling with the idea of why books are important. I know why books are important, but with the attraction/distraction of available technologies, I’m not sure everyone does.
I’ve been selling my work at craft shows for about 6 years. Only in the last year or two have I heard the following reason why people [...]

More book geek fun

As I discussed in my last post, I am a book geek. I love books about bookbinding and I have no cause for shame. Unfortunately, I can’t afford to buy all of the books I want, so I have had to become more resourceful in expanding my library.
I found a website called Swaptree where you [...]

I am such a book geek. No, I mean it.

Not only do I love to make books, but I love to buy books about making books. In general, I’m really not a big reader but when it comes to bookbinding books, I have a serious problem. Even though many of the books I have don’t actually teach me anything new, I just like looking [...]