World Book Day! – Here’s To Majestic Libraries and Beautiful Bookstores
It’s World Book Day today! On the occasion, here are compilations of libraries and bookstores that are worth making a trip to.
It’s World Book Day today! On the occasion, here are compilations of libraries and bookstores that are worth making a trip to.
#1 Indian Writing Charts discovered when traveling to Chennai, Tamil Nadu from Terminal 3 IGI Airport, Delhi. India
Article on the little known fate of books looted by the Nazis from private libraries – “NS-Raubgut: In der Berliner Staatsbibliothek lagern tausende gestohlene Bücher.” (Tagesspiegel, January 30, 2015)
A compilations of travel destinations for book lovers. And the list for extraordinary libraries is still open for submissions.
Leider kann ich dieses Mal aus Zeitgründen (drei andere Messereisen in vier Wochen!) nicht hingehen, daher hier der Überblick von der F.A.Z.: Buchmesse – Trends und Hintergründe
The Economist published an essay on the future of the book, “From papyrus to pixels: The digital transformation of the way books are written, published and sold has only just begun”, in editions that underline the title: 5000+ words in five chapters, available on the web as scrollable text, in book-like format and you can listen to it, too. – Direct to full text essay.
Learning #2: George Sand carried official permission from the French police to wear pants in public.
Oh, reading books is still one of my favorite pastimes! I consider it entertainment.
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