There’s a line in Mr. Penumbra’s Twenty-Four-Hour Book Store where I compare book scanning to “an exorcism,” and there are some dark flickering moments in the video above that look ghostly indeed. More details here. Eeee.
New post over at Snarkmarket about the conference I attended in Avignon last week. It’s also about books, and the enduring virtues of a physical object that can sit patiently—stubbornly—on your table ’til the time is right. Check it out.
Just a few links I’ll be referring to at D is for Digitize today—posted here for easy access. I’m also adding some notes below.
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Here is my favorite haiku:
Lighting one candle
with another candle—
spring evening.
Yosa Buson (1716-1783)
