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Typesetting: A primer of information about working at the case, justifying, spacing, correcting, making-up, and other operations employed in setting type by hand
APE: Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur-How to Publish a Book
Notes from Underground: Zines and the Politics of Alternative Culture
Merchants of Culture: The Publishing Business in the Twenty-First Century
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
“This is one of those motivational/inspirational type books. It doesn’t really present a lot of new information, and it’s formatted all funky with weird fonts and colors and stuff (a la Tom Peters), and it’s really short – you can read it in 30 minutes. The goal is to impress upon you that it’s okay…”
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The Illuminatus! Trilogy
“So, here’s the thing: I shouldn’t have read this book. More importantly, I should have stopped reading this book when it became clear that it would never make sense. But I didn’t. Back in the 80s, I was a fan of a card game called Illuminati by Steve Jackson Games. I was reading about it one day,…”
The Dark Net: Inside the Digital Underworld
“So, this book didn’t teach me anything new, but it was interesting, and had some good information about early Internet history, which I appreciate. The book has a chapter on each of a variety of ‘dark’ things that the Net plays host to: Trolling Racism and Hate Groups Bitcoin and Crypto-Currency…”
Getting Started With Ghost
“I’m rating this five stars because it accomplished everything it set out to do, but books like this really defy rating. This is a procedural book. You’re meant to have this open while you do stuff. There’s not a lot of words – it’s largely screencaps and code listings. Books like this also become…”
BiblioTech: Why Libraries Matter More Than Ever in the Age of Google
“This book is a vague manifesto for change. The author is a lawyer that was appointed to some commission to study libraries, and this book feels like the result of his research. He’s essentially pushing for libraries to de-emphasize physical collections, and emphasize the role of librarians and…”
Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works
“I can’t recommend this book. It’s a little ironic that the biggest problem with a book on type is its format. The book is divided into chapters, but each one is essentially a collection of mini-essays. In each two-page spread, the left page is an image of some kind, meant to illustrate what the…”