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A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight. — Robertson Davies
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Introduction1
The Evolution of the Book (Julie Dreyfuss, TED-Ed)
TED-Ed (YouTube Channel)
Dictionary
book : a set of written sheets of skin or paper or tablets of wood or ivory — Webster See also OneLook
Thesaurus
Roget’s II (Thesaurus.com), Merriam-Webster Thesaurus, Visuwords
Encyclopedia
Book is a set of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of ink, paper, parchment, or other materials, fastened together to hinge at one side. A single sheet within a book is a leaf, and each side of a leaf is a page. A set of text-filled or illustrated pages produced in electronic format is known as an electronic book, or e-book.
Books may also refer to works of literature, or a main division of such a work. In library and information science, a book is called a monograph, to distinguish it from serial periodicals such as magazines, journals or newspapers. The body of all written works including books is literature. In novels and sometimes other types of books (for example, biographies). — Wikipedia
Book (Encyclopædia Britannica)
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Preservation
History
Book History Resources (Society for the History of Authorship, Reading & Publishing)
Museum
Library
The Library of Congress Center for the Book (Library of Congress)
DDC: 028 Books and Reading (Library Thing)
Subject: Books (Library Thing)
LCC: Z 4 Books (UPenn Online Books)
Subject: Books (UPenn Online Books)
LCC: Z 4 Books (Library of Congress)
Subject: Books (Library of Congress)
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Participation
The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write a book about it. — Benjamin Disraeli
Education
MERLOT: Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
OER Commons: Open Educational Resources
Community
Organization
Association of American Publishers
News
Bookwire (Bowker)
Booklist (American Library Association)
Textualities
Books (New York Times)
Best Seller List (New York Times)
Books (National Public Radio)
Book
Government
Document
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