Comments on: Is the Paradise We’ve Lost the Beautiful Page? http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2010/06/is-the-paradise-weve-lost-the-beautiful-page/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-the-paradise-weve-lost-the-beautiful-page Practical Advice to Help Self-Publishers Build Better Books Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joel Friedlander http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2010/06/is-the-paradise-weve-lost-the-beautiful-page/#comment-13308 Joel Friedlander Tue, 19 Apr 2011 23:53:36 +0000 http://www.thebookdesigner.com/?p=6832#comment-13308 Mike, it's interesting that letterpress printing is experiencing a bit of revival at the same time e-books are on the rise. Some of us expect to see a fracturing in the market where high-end books with lots of design detail remain viable and command high prices, while the rest of the market gradually moves to e-books. Should be interesting. Thanks for your contribution. Mike, it’s interesting that letterpress printing is experiencing a bit of revival at the same time e-books are on the rise. Some of us expect to see a fracturing in the market where high-end books with lots of design detail remain viable and command high prices, while the rest of the market gradually moves to e-books. Should be interesting. Thanks for your contribution.

]]> By: Mike McNamara http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2010/06/is-the-paradise-weve-lost-the-beautiful-page/#comment-13289 Mike McNamara Mon, 18 Apr 2011 21:32:33 +0000 http://www.thebookdesigner.com/?p=6832#comment-13289 A very interesting post. Ever since coming into this industry on the engineering side, high quality typeset/print books have always fascinated me. I remember once going to a Oxford bookshop in the late 70's with a colleague and watched him spend a good three figure sum on a small book, typeset set on hand-made paper, a word of art to say the least. I still think that there is a place for these 'special' books and they will continue to be produced, albeit in smaller numbers. Sadly like many things of the 'modern' world, they are becoming a rarity. A very interesting post. Ever since coming into this industry on the engineering side, high quality typeset/print books have always fascinated me. I remember once going to a Oxford bookshop in the late 70′s with a colleague and watched him spend a good three figure sum on a small book, typeset set on hand-made paper, a word of art to say the least.

I still think that there is a place for these ‘special’ books and they will continue to be produced, albeit in smaller numbers. Sadly like many things of the ‘modern’ world, they are becoming a rarity.

]]> By: Joel Friedlander http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2010/06/is-the-paradise-weve-lost-the-beautiful-page/#comment-13276 Joel Friedlander Mon, 18 Apr 2011 19:10:03 +0000 http://www.thebookdesigner.com/?p=6832#comment-13276 Thanks, Adam, I appreciate it. Thanks, Adam, I appreciate it.

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