Twenty books in 20 minutes
Wishing I had more.
See also:
- Do you love a book so much you want everyone to read it?
- The celebration designed to spread a love of reading
The celebration designed to spread a love of reading
Here’s the cover of the special edition of Sherman’s book for World Book Night. Â I am so psyched to have 20 copies to give away.
See also
A story implied
J.G. Ballard, who liked to play around with unconventional literary structures, wrote a story in the form of an index.
In War Fever, “The Index” is an alphabetical list of people, places, and concepts for the autobiography of HRH (Henry Rhodes Hamilton), an autobiography that no longer exists.  Thus, the index is the whole story. Everything we want to know about HRH must be pieced together from the index entries.  For example:
Cambodia, HRH plans journey to, 188; crashes aircraft, 196; writes book about, 235; meetings with Malraux, 239; capture by insurgents, 253; escape, 261; writes second book about, 283
Fermi, Enrico, reveals first controlled fission reaction to HRH, 299; terminal cancer diagnosed by HRH, 388; funeral eulogy read by HRH, 401
Oswald, Lee Harvey, befriended by HRH, 350; inspired by HRH, 354; discusses failure of the Presidency with HRH, 357–61; invites HRH to Dallas, 372
Wight, Isle of, incarceration of HRH, 712–69
On vacation until April 12
From March 12 until April 12, I will be out of the country with limited access to phone and e-mail. Â During that time please get in touch with Lisa DeBoer at deboer18@gmail.com. Â She will be minding the shop for Colleen Dunham Indexing and will be able to track me down if necessary.
U.S. Patent Application 20050044529
“Links referencing the task data from the plurality of components are generated according to a predetermined schema, such as predefined categories or subjects, or alphabetically by subject matter. The task data and the task links are stored as the task library.”
(The invention was an index.)
Read more here.Â
Books as bricks
Indexing in the Early Days: Part III
Although our electronic tools might have been lacking, our other tools were so fine.
This one is called a cradle.  A cradle is what cradled the precious index cards. There was a corrugated rubber bottom on the inside to prevent things from getting sloppy.  With a cradle and some well-fitted rubber fingers, who needed a laptop?
RUBBER FINGERS
See also:
Indexing in the Early Days: Part I
Indexing in the Early Days: Part II
“That’s how it is on this bitch of an earth.”
Samuel Beckett says …
Buffalo Small Press Book Fair
Although I will not be able to attend this year (I’ll be in Nicaragua!), I have had the best time at this event in the past.
Says the press release: “Vendors run the gamut from visual artists to small press poets, book artists to letterpressers, comic book makers to do-it-yourself crafters. This preserves the original intention: hosting an event that brings together a diverse cross-section of cultural workers (and enthusiasts) in a venue where they can share ideas, showcase their art, and peddle their wares.” Â See additional details online.
Where: Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum, 453Â Porter Ave, Buffalo NY
When: Saturday, March 24 2012, 12-6 PM