It is more important than ever that book lovers come forward and support purveyors of print, particularly those who specialize in used, out-of-print, and antiquarian books. We love technology for the many ways it expands and strengthens the world’s community of readers and collectors. But we also recognize its dangers. Aside from its threat to the art of bookbinding, digital technology has the potential to change the very way that we, as humans, view and interact with each other and the world. In a program article for the 2011 Story Week Festival of Writers here in Chicago, renowned book reviewer Donna Seaman says:
Gadgets make a person hurry. Devices breed impatience, restlessness. You don’t pause and gaze up thoughtfully from a screen, you keep scrolling and clicking. Gadgets instill a craving for movement rather than concentration . . . Books allow one to slow down. Time is stilled; story is all. Printed language has presence, weight, and timbre. It is the sentences that move, not your fingers . . . Books are sensuous, and their physicality—the texture of paper, the hardness or pliability of covers, their good smell and gentle displacement of air when pages turn, their heft and solidity, all deepen the reading experience.
Please join us in our mission to preserve old books, the lustrous tradition of book design, thoughtful reading, and the “gentle displacement of air when pages turn.” Your membership entitles you to special sales and discounts as well as notification of new arrivals in your specific areas of interest. Long live the printed word.
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