October 2011
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Our Blog has Moved!!!
Check out our new blog at:
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September 2011
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Kindle Connects to Library E-Books
For years the availability of free e-books from libraries was something of an underground secret. But things are changing. “Libraries are a critical part of our communities,” Jay Marine, director of Kindle at Amazon, said in a statement. “And we’re excited to be making Kindle books available at more than 11,000 local libraries around the country.”
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Inside Amazon's warehouse
Amazon’s Lehigh Valley warehouse workers’ story of brutal heat and dizzying pace at online retailer warehouse.
Read more here:
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-allentown-amazon-complaints-20110917,0,7937001,full.story
Wood Used in Paper Production Facts
CONSIDER THESE FACTS ABOUT THE WOOD USED IN PAPER PRODUCTION… More Forests Exist Today: 12 million more acres of forest exist in the U.S. today than 20 years ago. More Trees are Standing Today: 49% increase between 1953 and 2006 in the number of trees still standing after mortality and harvesting. More Trees are Planted Daily: 1.7 million trees are planted every day by the U.S. paper and forest...
Is Obama Dissing the Print Industry?
Just a week after the Postal Service indicated it had backed off of a rate hike for fear of hurting the printing industry, the Obama Administration proposed above-inflation increase in postage rates on Monday.
Read more here: http://deadtreeedition.blogspot.com/2011/09/obama-supports-postage-increase-is-he.html
Many Publishers Generating 10+ Percent of Their...
Aptara releases their findings on their third annual survey. The results provide unprecedented insight into eBooks’ real impact on book publishers’ production and business models.
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Man faces 14 charges on publishing fraud
A Manchester man accused of taking money from aspiring authors by promising to publish their books but never fullfill the promise. Campbell-Copp is currently facing 14 separate charges. Each complaint centered on an offer to edit, print, and market books for authors.
Now Hinesburg Community Police say more than a dozen people and businesses are out of at least $170,000 through unfulfilled...
PA/PER VIEW
PA/PER VIEW art book fair brings together 32 leading artist book publishers. Leave your laptop behind and come and browse amongst the finest titles of these consistent players of the printed word and image.
Location: Wiels Av. Van Volxemlaan 354 Brussels, Belgium
More info at http://www.paperviewartbookfair.org/
Also check out their event page on facebook:...
Book Fair - Dead or Alive?!
Parallel to the Frankfurt Book Fair, there is a new event being launched: Self Publishing Book Fair for Design and Art. The topic of this fair is self publishing in design and art, under the general heading “Print Culture - Dead or Alive?!”
NY Art Book Fair 2011
Cool event by Printed Matter, Inc coming up soon. Check it out.
More info at http://nyartbookfair.com/
Save the St. Mark's Bookshop
The St. Mark’s Bookshop, a cultural institution for students, artists, and readers in New York City’s Lower East Side is facing economic hardship to pay the market rent that Cooper Union is charging them at 31 3rd Ave. We ask for you to join the Cooper Square Committee petitioning Cooper Union, the bookstore’s landlord, to give St. Mark’s Bookshop a lower rent.
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Gauguin Attacker Indicted in Washington, DC
Susan Burns, the 53 year old woman who made news earlier this year for attacking Gauguin and Matisse paintings in National Gallery of Art, was indicted in Washington, DC on seven counts. Burns told an investigator that Gauguin’s art work “has nudity and is bad for the children,” and that she was “trying to remove it. I think it should be burned. I am from the American...
Are books dead?
Ewan Morrison spoke about his bleak vision of a publishing industry in terminal decline at the Edinburgh international book festival last weekend. Check out this article for more details.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/aug/22/are-books-dead-ewan-morrison
August 2011
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Libros Schmibros at the Hammer
Sat Aug 27-Sun Oct 9 | Public Engagement
Libros Schmibros, the Boyle Heights nonprofit lending library and used-book shop, will bring a version of the literary center to the Hammer Museum via A.I.R., the Museum’s Public Engagement artist-in-residence program.
The Grand Opening and Book Drive takes place Saturday, August 27, 11am-7pm. Visitors receive free museum admission with the donation...
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Cash and Carry: Book Sale!
At Local 87. All books $20 or less!
Saturday, August 27th from 10 - 5pm
Sunday, August 28th from 11 - 4pm Selected book inventory from Glenn Horowitz Bookseller on sale at Local 87. From a large library of a collector of art, photography, design, interior design, architecture, graphic design and literature.Thousands of books originally priced from $100 to $1000...
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The Influentials: Gallery Opening
August 26–September 21, 2011
Reception: Thursday, September 8, 6–8pm
Visual Arts Gallery 601 West 26 Street, 15th floor New York City
www.sva.edu
“The Influentials” brings together some of New York’s most recognized female artists, from celebrated painters like Katherine Bernhardt and Inka Essenhigh to sought-after video and installation artists like Aïda...
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PhotoBook London: Book Fair, Talks, and Portfolio...
PhotoBook London September 2-5
PhotoBook London in association with Here and Hotshoe are hosting a weekend long photo book fair at Hotshoe Gallery. Publishers include: Aperture Foundation, Antenne Books, Archive of Modern Conflict, ABC, Chris Boot, Bemojake, Camera Austria, Fourteen Nineteen, Here, Hotshoe, Lay Flat, Morel, Oodee, Schilt Publishing, Scheidigger & Spiess, Stanley Barke,...
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Stop the Privatization of California's Public...
Check out the link for more information on saving our libraries and sign the petition!
http://www.credoaction.com/campaign/ca_ab438/?r=231018&id=25792-4100907-t_4aJcx
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USPS Seeks to Cut 120,000 Jobs
The U.S. Postal Service considers cutting up to 120,000 employees from it’s 580,000+ workforce.
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Stephen Shore on Communicating Experience With an...
©Stephen Shore/Courtesy of 303 Gallery, New York Follow the link to hear an audio clip of a conversation between Stephen Shore and Gregory Crewdson at the International Center for Photography earlier this year. http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/features/Stephen-Shore-on-Com-3340.shtml
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Publishing Gives Hints of Revival
As prices for ereaders begin to drop, new data shows that the industry has grown in the period between 2008 and 2010.
Check out the article by Julie Bosman for more details:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/09/books/survey-shows-publishing-expanded-since-2008.html?_r=3
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What The UK Riots Mean For Bookstores
Intelligent looting? Rioters avoided most bookstores instead focusing predominantly on technology and fashion shops. Does this mean they have respect for reading or that they don’t care about books? Check out the full article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/09/shops-destroyed-by-riots-_n_921990.html
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Kno's New IPad App Wants To Kill Textbooks
New iPad app, Kno, allows you to take notes in textbooks and quiz yourself all on your tablet.
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Newspaper giant Tribune Co. developing tablet...
Newspaper publisher looking to develop a tablet to offer to their subscribers.
Check out the full article here:
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/TECH/gaming.gadgets/08/09/tribune.tablet/
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WatchErasable Paper from Taiwan! Can be used up to 260 times!
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Color Conference hosted by Print Magazine
October 4-6, Art Directors Club, New York, NY
Join Print magazine at the first conference to explore color through the lens of fashion, science, film, design, theater, food, photography and more. Hear the top thinkers in visual culture reveal how they use color to influence and inspire.
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Tauba Auerbach : A Book is Not An X
Tauba Auerbach A Book is Not An X August 12th to September 20th, 2011 Glenn Horowitz Bookseller 87 Newtown Lane, East Hampton, NY 11937 Opening reception Friday, August 12th from 6 -8 pm
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Pro America Book Printed in China
Kim Simac is a Republican running in a recall election. She wrote a children’s book called “American Soldier Proud and Free”.
It was printed in China.
Check out the link for the full article.
Just a reminder. Paper Chase Press products are Made in America!
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Condé Nast Draws 242,000 Digital Edition Customers →
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Textfield Titles at Creatures of Comfort
Check out the article in the NYT.
http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/27/now-selling-textfield-titles-at-creatures-of-comfort/
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Systems, Actions and Processes. 1965–1975 at...
Exhibition at Fundación Proa, Buenos Aires.
Works by Edgardo Vigo, Bas Jan Ader, Robert Smithson, Mel Bochner, Dan Graham and Víctor Grippo.
Systems, Actions and Processes. 1965–1975
23 July–25 September 2011
Fundación Proa
Av. Pedro de Mendoza 1929
Buenos Aires, Argentina
info@proa.org/ press@proa.org
www.proa.org
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David LaChapelle Wins Pre-Trial Ruling Against...
Left: Still from Rhiannas Video Right: Image © David LaChappelle
Pre-trial conference scheduled for August 10th.
Or will they settle out of court?
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RoseLee Goldberg and Performa
Check out the link to Artlog for a video of RoseLee Goldberg.
“It’s almost very personal to talk about,” Performa founder and curator RoseLee Goldberg says of commissioning live performances, “because I feel that commissioning is about desire.” The fourth Performa biennial runs November 1-21 and includes performances by over 100 contemporary artists in over 80 New York City venues....
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NADA HUDSON
NADA Hudson
July 30-31, 2011
11am-7pm
Basilica Hudson
110 South Front Street
Hudson NY 12534
Admission is free and open to the public.
The New Art Dealers Alliance and Basilica Hudson are pleased to announce NADA Hudson, a large scale exhibition featuring 51 projects presented by NADA members and affiliates.
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No More Reality: Temporary Bookshop and Exhibition...
No More Reality: Temporary Bookshop and Exhibition by Textfield, Inc.
This happened on the 25th Of July. :)
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Bidoun 25 Out Now
The 25th Issue of Bidoun: Art and Culture from the Middle East is out now!
Check out the link for more details!
http://www.bidoun.org/magazine/25-25/
July 2011
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Aperture Summer Sale!
30% off Books, 15% off Limited Edition Prints
Until August 5, so hurry!
http://www.aperture.org/books/books-new
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David Zwirner announces the Second Annual Summer...
Second Annual Summer Pop-Up Bookstore
July 25–August 5, 2011 533 West 19th Street New York, NY 10011 Hours: Monday–Friday, 10am–6pm
www.davidzwirner.com
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Edgware Road Project Presents The Bidoun Library...
The Bidoun Library 12 July - 17 September 2011
Founded in 2009, The Bidoun Library is a peripatetic resource of books, periodicals and ephemera developed by Bidoun Projects, a not-for-profit publishing, curatorial and educational initiative dedicated to supporting contemporary artists in and around the Middle East.
For more information, Check out their website.
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Steal This Book
Check out this article, The 5 Most Stolen Books, by Gabe Habash.
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Google Launches The iriver Story HD E-Reader
Google introduces it’s new e-reader the iriver Story HD available Sunday, July 17th at Target stores nationwide.
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Roe Ethridge, Margarete Jakschik, and Jonas Wood...
Check out and upcoming show with Client and Friend of Paper Chase, Jonas Wood!
Opening Reception this Saturday, July 16th 4-6pm.
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Aperture Portfolio Prize Call For Entries
Aperture Portfolio Prize Call For Entries
Aperture is now accepting submissions to the Portfolio Prize, an international photography competition and the best way to share your work with Aperture’s editorial staff.
First Prize: -$3,000
-Online Portfolio Showcase -Exhibition at the Aperture Gallery & Bookstore
Deadline: Wednesday, July 13
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Productive Steps Opening at 4th Annual Mount...
Opening Reception Saturday July 9th 5-11pm
5-7 PM Reception (free) and Pig Roast ($10 provided byFleisher’s grass-fed meats )
7-11 PM Performance and music. Featuring Performance artists Nicholas Buffon and Dynasty Handbag, followed by music from Oldd News and Big French
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Photography Book Publishing Panel Discussion with... →
Check out our Facebook event page for more details. Hope to see you there!