Comments on: Library Now Printing Books http://annarborchronicle.com/2008/09/29/library-now-printing-books/ it's like being there Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:55:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bill Tozier http://annarborchronicle.com/2008/09/29/library-now-printing-books/comment-page-1/#comment-559 Bill Tozier Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:13:44 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=4785#comment-559 It is, in other words, a bookstore with very limited inventory, where you can buy cheap paperback copies of the few things they've got. It is, in other words, a bookstore with very limited inventory, where you can buy cheap paperback copies of the few things they’ve got.

]]> By: Bill Tozier http://annarborchronicle.com/2008/09/29/library-now-printing-books/comment-page-1/#comment-558 Bill Tozier Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:12:31 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=4785#comment-558 Barbara and I stopped by the "Espresso desk" (aka the right half of the standard info desk) at Shapiro library the other day, thinking about some 19th-century folklore books and periodicals we've seen scanned in the Mirlyn catalog. Big disappointment (but not really shocking, in hindsight): The choice is not limited to <i>all public domain books</i>, but rather scant list of maybe 300 works they've selected. All these are pretty common, and generally uninteresting for walk-in like us. Clearly aimed at the novelty and online reprint markets. Barbara and I stopped by the “Espresso desk” (aka the right half of the standard info desk) at Shapiro library the other day, thinking about some 19th-century folklore books and periodicals we’ve seen scanned in the Mirlyn catalog.

Big disappointment (but not really shocking, in hindsight): The choice is not limited to all public domain books, but rather scant list of maybe 300 works they’ve selected. All these are pretty common, and generally uninteresting for walk-in like us. Clearly aimed at the novelty and online reprint markets.

]]> By: Edward Vielmetti http://annarborchronicle.com/2008/09/29/library-now-printing-books/comment-page-1/#comment-291 Edward Vielmetti Fri, 03 Oct 2008 07:16:13 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=4785#comment-291 I'm planning a trip next week. I’m planning a trip next week.

]]> By: Leah Gunn http://annarborchronicle.com/2008/09/29/library-now-printing-books/comment-page-1/#comment-252 Leah Gunn Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:20:27 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=4785#comment-252 And they said the book was dead! This librarian hails the new technology, because you can actually have your own book, in your hands, and read it when you want to. It may stimulate you to go out and actually buy some books (I hope). And they said the book was dead! This librarian hails the new technology, because you can actually have your own book, in your hands, and read it when you want to. It may stimulate you to go out and actually buy some books (I hope).

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