Selling Old-Style Books by Their Gilded Covers. (The New York Times, 12/3/2011)
Excerpt: Many new releases have design elements usually reserved for special occasions —
- high-quality paper and
- exquisite jackets
that push the creative boundaries of bookmaking. If e-books are about ease and expedience, the publishers reason, then print books need to be about physical beauty and the pleasures of owning, not just reading.
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