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SHAUN SMITH'S SUNDAY SUNDRIES
Submitted by ssmith on March 24, 2013 - 1:31pm
A WEEKLY ROUNDUP OF INTERNET CURIOSITIES FROM THE BOOK WORLD
Loaners
There is something sad (or maybe just crappy?) about a book that sits in a library never having been borrowed. Sad or crappy, there's something brilliant about making a gallery exhibit out of such books.
Small
A Japanese book of flowers called "Shiki no Kusabana", with pages measuring only 0.75 millimetres, is hoping for the title of the world's smallest printed book.
Don't
For a good little chuckle check out Jimmy Fallon's "Do Not Read" book list.
Poll
Thinking of going to work in the glamorous world of publishing? Some recent international salary-poll results from "Life in Publishing" scream: Don't do it!
Records
Graphic designer Christophe Gowans answers the question: What if best-selling record albums were books?
Cake!
The International Edible Book Festival answers the question: What if best-selling books were cakes?
Covers
Better late than never! I like graphic designer Shaun Hensher's tardy selection of "The Best Book Cover Designs of 2012".
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SHAUN SMITH is a novelist and award-winning journalist in Toronto, Canada. His young-adult novel Snakes & Ladders was published in 2009 by the Dundurn Group. His book Magical Narcissism: Selected Writings on Books, Writers, Food, and Chefs is available on Kindle and is forthcoming in paperback from Tightrope Books in spring 2013. shaunsmith.ca
