Trends: Books are back
Trends on the rise of books, new and growing book businesses; Heywood Hill and Les Puf and the science behind reading from paper versus a digital device.
ONLY THE TECHNODAZZLED THOUGHT THEY WOULD GO AWAY
The hysterical cheerleaders of the e-book failed to account for human experience, and publishers blindly followed suit. But the novelty has worn off.
HEYWOOD HILL: THE WORLD’S SMALLEST GLOBAL BOOKSHOP EXPANDS TO ASIA
The bookshop has wisely made a feature of the staff’s depth of knowledge about the literary market and the wide range of services they offer allows this relatively small shop to have such a big global footprint.
BOOKS PRINTED ON DEMAND: A NEW CHAPTER FOR CLASSIC BOOKSTORE
Independent bookstores are beginning to carve a path out of their business’s decade of decline.
THE READING BRAIN IN THE DIGITAL AGE
E-readers and tablets are becoming more popular as such technologies improve, but research suggests that reading on paper still boasts unique advantages.
“Among the many worlds that man did not receive as a gift from nature but created out of his own mind, the world of books is the greatest.” – Hermann Hess
“Books are proof that humans can do magic.” – Carl Sagan
“A book is beauty. A book is a shelf, a wall, a home.” – Simon Jenkins
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