We ♥ Books

To paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of the book’s death have been greatly exaggerated.

With all the news about of bookstores closing and Amazon swallowing every competitor in sight, we thought we’d publish a paean to the book.

• Thinking about self-publishing? Try doing it the old-fashioned way.

• Here’s a new kind of book that, rather optimistically, was briefly touted as a Kindle killer earlier this year.

• If you can’t get used to the idea of reading a Kindle, or any other kind of ereader, here’s a way around the problem.

• Once you’ve solved that problem, you can settle down to read in one of these.

• Sometimes a book can look great.

• Little wonder, given how much love goes into designing a book cover.

• Sometimes the same book can look great in all different kinds of ways.

• Sometimes a book looks so great, all you want to do is frame it and hang it on a wall.

• But they can make good sculptures too.

• Magazines can look great too.

• Unless you are a book slob, you will appreciate these tips for extending the life of your books…

• … because books have feelings too, you know.