Book Love Hardcover by James A Charlton;Bill Henderson

Product Details

• Publisher: Pushcart Press (2011-04-12)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 150 pages
• ISBN-13: 9781888889611
• Item Weight: 254.02 grams
• Dimensions: 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 cm

Hundreds of quotations by authors throughout the centuries about the glory of the bound book.

The book industry is changing at digital speed. This compendium of more than three hundred quotations reminds us that centuries of treasured tradition are threatened by our current obsessions with e-books and other gadgets.

About the Author

James Charlton is the editor of The Writer's Quotation Book, The Writer's Home Companion, and other titles. He lives in New York.

Bill Henderson is the founder and editor of the Pushcart Prize. He received the 2006 National Book Critic Circle’s Lifetime Achievement Award and the Poets & Writers / Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award. He is also the author of several memoirs, including All My Dogs: A Life. The founder of the Lead Pencil Club, Henderson lives on Long Island and In Maine where he runs the Pushcart bookstore – “the world’s smallest bookstore.”