Brendan Schlagel (Twitter)Okay this is absolutely blowing up my timeline in the last 24 hrs so I'm gonna bite—
— Brendan Schlagel (@schlagetown) December 15, 2019
*Now brainstorming: 100 opinions on books & reading*
(1 like = 1 opinion. Max 100. RT if you'd like some hot takes about antilibraries, bookstores, reading habits & more!) https://t.co/VPZnuH2Shm
500 sheets of paper, books, playing cards, some pulp and other paper products vs. our 144 ton Hydraulic press on this experiment where we test which is the most dangerous paper of them all!
Do not try this at home!! or at any where else!!
Readwise (Twitter)A great look at our new feature for saving highlights from physical books
— Readwise (@readwiseio) January 10, 2020This is one of the coolest apps I've seen in a long time from @readwiseio
— Farza (@FarzaTV) January 7, 2020
1. Take a picture of a page from a book.
2. Drag and drop markers to literally highlight the passage right on the picture and extract the quote.
3. Store the quote, take notes, attach it to the book. pic.twitter.com/Dzb2x6NQIa
We're a small think-and-do tank investigating the evolution of intellectual discourse as it shifts from printed pages to networked screens. There are independent branches of Institute in New York, London and Brisbane. The New York branch is affiliated with the Libraries of New York University.
This book explains the philosophy behind Leanpub, from its origin in "a book is a startup" to the present form. Lean Publishing is the act of publishing an in-progress book using lightweight tools and many iterations to get reader feedback, pivot until you have the right book and build traction once you do.
University libraries around the world are seeing precipitous declines in the use of the books on their shelves.
Patrick Rhone (patrickrhone.net)“A library of mostly unread books is far more inspiring than a library of books already read. There’s nothing more exciting than finishing a book, and walking over to your shelves to figure out what you’re going to read next.”
— Gabe Habash
Here’s an incomplete sampling of mine (and many of these have books behind them)…
How to become an “antischolar” in a culture that treats knowledge as “an ornament that allows us to rise in the pecking order.”
“A library of mostly unread books is far more inspiring than a library of books already read. There’s nothing more exciting than finishing a book, and walking over to your shelves to figure out what you’re going to read next.” — Gabe Habash Here’s an incomplete sampling of mine (and many...
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The Libro de los Epítomes was a catalogue for Hernando Colón’s 16th-century collection, which he intended to be the biggest in the world
Remote attendance is still a possibility for those interested.
Pollen is a publishing system that helps authors make functional and beautiful digital books.
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