Between the ship-crushing ice floes, polar bear attacks and maddening quiet, exploring the Great White North in the 19th century was not a recommended endeavour. Yet hundreds of intrepid adventurers tried — and many died. But one Swede thought he had the answer: simply float above the tundra in a gas-filled dirigible.
Some people still buy books — and even buy them in paper format. So Barnes & Noble’s decision to block books published by Amazon is fightin’ words! But how much does it matter, and who’s getting hurt? More »
Many gathered around the tube for Stephen Colbert’s feisty interview with everyone’s favourite reclusive children’s book author, Maurice Sendak. It’s always a delight when old people weight in on new technology, and the highlight of the interview was Sendak’s eloquent and nuanced condemnation of the ebook revolution. More »
On Etsy you can find these books-turned-iPhone-docks, which might be the most awesome and unnecessary Apple accessory since TenOne’s iPad stand. More »
It’s a bit easier to comprehend just how vast and empty our solar system really is with a copy of Mishka Henner’s Astronomical, which squeezes a scale model of our sun and planets into a 12-volume 6000-page tome. More »
There’s a good chance you’ve seen most of the photos featured in Tim Mantoani’s new book, Behind Photographs. But I doubt you’ve seen the faces of the photographers behind those shots, who are finally given the notoriety they all deserve. More »
Books are wonderful, wonderful things. I love my Kindle, I really do. But this video makes me realise just how much I love the hard copy: the crack of a spine, the smell of the paper, the turn of the page. My Kindle doesn’t do those things: it just runs out of battery. More »
TechCrunch has an anonymous source in their ear, saying this month’s alleged Apple powwow is all about iBooks. More »
Among other things, Guy Laramee makes sculptures from books. They are amazing, from the level of detail and the textures to the way he presents them. Some of them have a magical aura, like this one, titled Book People. More »
