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Printer’s Error: Irreverent Stories from Book History<\/strong> Are you a bookaneer? A book sneak? A book weevil? A book bum? If you purchase used or cheaply bound books or if you liberally lend books, then you, yes,\u00a0you<\/strong><\/em> are guilty of libricide – contributing to the impending demise of the United States publishing industry! Such is the message of the marketing campaign designed by Edward Bernays in 1930 on behalf of the Book Publishers Research Institute in order to combat such odious practices of thrifty readers.<\/p>\n This is one of the many curious episodes that authors Rebecca and J. P. Romney have selected for Printer\u2019s Error, an entertaining history of print as told through some of the more absurd moments in the lives of authors, artists, publishers, and printers.<\/p>\n The Romneys\u00a0muse over the irony presented by one of Gutenberg\u2019s contemporaries, the Benedictine monk Trithemius\u2019 who authored the work In Praise of Scribes <\/a>\u2013 printed on the printing press, of which he was no fan. Then there was craftsman and artist Cobden Sanderson\u2019s attempt to protect his beloved Doves typeface from the mechanized printing presses of London by dumping it in the Thames by dark of night. And where would the colonies have been without Benjamin Franklin\u2019s forays into printing presses, paper mills, and delivery of news through the early postal service?<\/p>\n The Romneys’ conversational writing style is unexpected for nonfiction, but translates well to audio format. It is no surprise that author J. P. Romney performs his own lively, engaging narration, given his work on History channel’s Pawn Stars. Nonetheless, there are a few points at which literary choices are chafing enough to momentarily distract from the overall entertaining\u00a0style and content. For example, they express their frustration with Gutenberg’s elusive connection to his printing press by saying, “All this could have been avoided if Gutenberg had just printed his motherfucking name on his motherfucking books!\u201d<\/p>\n If a tamer presentation of the history of printing is preferred, search Printing–history in Research@UWW<\/a>\u00a0or search Books–history<\/a><\/p>\n If the story of the curious incident of the dumped typeface at midnight intrigues, try Type: The Secret History of Letters<\/a> by Simon Loxley<\/p>\n Learn more\u00a0about Edward Bernays\u2019 publicity campaign for\u00a0the Book Publishers Research Institute the Book History journal article, “Book Propaganda: Edward L. Bernays\u2019s 1930 Campaign Against Dollar Books.<\/a>”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Printer’s Error: Irreverent Stories from Book History by Rebecca & J.P. Romney, Read by J.P. Romney Z4 .R665 2017 New Arrivals Island, 2nd floor Are you a bookaneer? A book sneak? A book weevil? A book bum? If you purchase … Continue reading
\nby Rebecca & J.P. Romney, Read by J.P. Romney
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\nNew Arrivals Island<\/strong>, 2nd floor<\/p>\n