The Complutensian Polyglot Bible’s textual arrangement has been explained in a way that shows humanists being narrow-minded and irrational. … Read the post Complutensian Polyglot Bible: narrow-mindedness in humanists
The fifteenth-century manuscript-to-print transition occurred surprisingly quickly. Expect the transition to e-books to be even faster. … Read the post book business can change quickly
Octavos, which accounted for 11% of incunabula titles, grew to 55% of titles in Clavel’s term catalogue, 1666-1672. … Read the post books shifted to smaller formats across centuries of print
About the year 1670, the lower quartile, median, and upper quartile book prices among 1090 book titles were 1 shilling, 2 shillings, and 3.5 shillings. … Read the post book prices in England about 1670
Books in early-modern England were significantly differentiated by book size and book-binding quality. … Read the post book price differentiation in early-modern England
To inspire users to stitch together bigger works, the WordPress core should add support for custom ordering of posts under a category or tag. … Read the post WordPress for the bigger work
Less than 25% of middle-rank English households about the year 1700 owned books with significant monetary value. … Read the post book ownership in England c. 1700
E-book sales are growing rapidly. That doesn’t mean persons are reading more. … Read the post e-book sales growing rapidly
The First Folio of Shakespeare’s plays, published in 1623, provides a benchmark price for an up-market, popular book about four centuries ago. … Read the post over past four centuries, books much cheaper, but less price dispersion
Proto-bloggers founded America. … Read the post the United States began as a nation of bloggers