I’m not sure I could handle this bookshelf in my home. I’m afraid the tilting tomes would cause me to be too anxious to enjoy them. But, I understand the “cool” factor of these shelves with their sliding weights and all. You can check them out over at Yanko Design.
{via Gizmodo}
This week a 1937 first edition inscribed copy of JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit sold at a European auction for £60,000 (or $119,122.61, for those folks who want to gripe about the weakness of the US dollar). All told the BBC says this is double the expected sale.
This is why I go to yard sales… the dream of one day running across an unkown copy…
Hey, it could happen!
{via Bookninja}
Kevin Bondelli has re-posted his massive 80 Online Resources for Book Lovers listing. It’s one of the best lists, of the sort, that I have come across. Many of the links I’m familiar with, but there’s about a third of them I’ve never heard of.
I’m had some fun with What Should I Read Next. Though, I just entered The Terror by Dan Simmons (which I just finished) and the third recommended title is Scott Kelby’s 7-Point System for Adobe Photoshop CS3. Which is uncanny. I fought Adobe all day today trying to get my PhotoShop transparencies to flatten correctly in InDesign. How did they know I needed the help? Anyway, I think I like LibraryThing’s feature better. It’s turned up many a good read.
If you want to see some b-e-a-utiful books check out the Rare Book Room. Lots of great scans and photographs from books printed in the 1600’s on up.
And I am saving Free Tech Books for later. It can’t be everything I need it to be, so I know I’ll just be disappointed. Though I’ll have to look and see if there are any useful books. Later though.
Anyway, that 80 link list is worth your time to check out and see if there is anything new for you!
EDITOR’S NOTE: Sadly, this shop closed in April 2009. This post is being left up as an archive.
Jonathon Benton Bookseller
2705 Culver Rd
Birmingham, AL 35223
(205) 870-8840
jbbookseller@gmail.com
This small independent shopis located in Mountain Brook, just off Highway 280. Their store web presence seems to always be in flux but they do seem to do a better job of keeping their MySpace presence more up-to-date. They have a full coffee bar and the bookstore staff always seems very knowledgeable and helpful. It’s popular with a handful of book clubs and local folks.
It’s a nice small bookstore to peruse. They do a good job of keeping the most recent titles in stock, but nothing too far back.You’ll have to call about the hours, as they don’t keep them posted.
