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The Complete US Patents of Nikola Tesla in an Electrifying New Book

09 November 202009 November 2020|Print

The folks at Kronecker Wallis (their mantra is “We do not know how to, nor do we want to, create a monotonous and characterless product”) are putting together a book containing all of Nikola Tesla’s US patents. And it looks...

E-books Sales, Especially Kid’s Titles, Continue to Fall Off

02 May 201802 May 2018|Print

The e-book slump continues for traditional publishers. According to Jim Milliot writing in Publishers Weekly, traditionally published e-books were down 10% in 2017 over 2016 levels. Milliot cites figures from PubTrack Digital that tracks sales from around 450 publishers, and...

Getting Healthy for Spring? Try Reading a Book

16 April 201816 April 2018|Print

More than one in four adult Americans say they haven’t read even part of a book within the last year. That surprising number comes from the Pew Research Center and includes books in both print and digital form. So, what’s...

The Book about the Magazine about London in the ‘80s

15 February 201815 February 2018|Magazine, Print

Paul Gorman has authored a coffee table book about a magazine. And in the very act of doing so, he’s inadvertently pointed out one more reason why the magazine format itself is so valuable. “’The Story of The Face’” has...

The Everyday Office in Miniature, and Soon in Print

11 August 201711 August 2017|design, Print

These are so great. Photographer Derrick Lin has turned the every day into the fantastic and captured them on his iPhone. “Working only with his iPhone, desk lighting, and a broad array of miniatures, Lin creates visual commentary on office...

8 Proven Health Benefits to Reading (Real) Books

03 August 201703 August 2017|Print

We usually talk about print in terms of how it fits into the marketing landscape. Today, I’m taking a different approach, not related to business at all: I want to share with you some important information about your health. Abigail...

Raise Your Hands for Type Revivalism in the Digital Age

19 May 201709 November 2021|design

Traditionalists vs. modernists exist in just about every aspect of our culture. Their preferences and beliefs shape their work, their creativity and their careers, often with polarizing effect. This is evident in the world of font design, as this article...

Ciao, Bella – IL Magazine Writes the Book on Visual Design

07 April 201709 November 2021|design, Magazine

When does design elevate from the ordinary to the sublime?For us, it’s when the design itself is able to convey the meaning of the content without even needing words. We posted a great example of this yesterday with April’s “Water”...

Science Proves Choosing Print Books over e-Books Improves our Well-Being

30 January 201730 January 2017|Digital, Print

Want to sleep better? Have a closer relationship with your kids? You might want to look at your reading habits. Digital books and the bad night’s sleep According to a recent Harvard study, viewing content on a lit screen at...

10 Magazines Every Book Lover Needs

05 January 201705 January 2017|Magazine, Print

Ramp up your reading game this year with these great titles all about the world of books. For book lovers, keeping up on what’s new and what’s in the pipeline can become an obsession. Fortunately, there are several magazines out...

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