I think I've narrowed options down to two main contenders (we'll see how long this lasts). I am very interested in private presses and artists' books. As the latter are common products of the former, I might be able to cover both...
Interest in private presses (presses privately owned and not run primarily for profit) has increased (in certain circles, that is) over the last several decades.
There is one particular link off the top of my head: The International Registry of Private Presses is now mostly online and information for it can be found here.
Now to think about colors!
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I like the idea of covering private presses for your website. I would be really interested to see the information you collect and display. It seems that the link you included for the International Registry of Private Presses was not right.
ReplyDeleteScott, you inadvertently doubled up your http://s. If you remove the second one from the link it should work.
ReplyDeleteI don't know anything about private presses, but I like the idea of their non-profit uses. I imagine that might open up a lot of opportunities to use or link to public domain or creative commons work. Since copyright issues are bound to be a tricky component of this project, that could be helpful.
Scott, I really like the idea of private presses since I know absolutely nothing about the subject. You said interest in private presses has increased over the past decades, has the movement been going on for longer? I would be very interested to see a little about the history of your subject, when and why it started or who some of the key players have been.
ReplyDeleteI also like the private printing presses topic. It gets my inner anarchist going. With so much of the publishing industry controlled by so few, it's nice to hear that private presses are on the rise in some cities at least.
ReplyDeleteWow, I'm already excited to see this site! I did a paper years ago on Breugel the Elder and remember "The Four Winds" press he frequented had a number of other political and religiously active thought leaders (for lack of a better term?) / artists - but in that day they were much more trade/craft oriented in their production, it wasn't the ego-fest of today.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, political subjects on private presses have a rich and super-long history. You're going to have so much fun!
I also like the idea of private printing presses despite knowing almost nothing on the topic. As Catherine suggested, you could discuss the history and origins of private presses as well as increased interest.
ReplyDeleteI think this is a really great topic combination - I didn't really know anything about artists books, but just the description of them makes me feel pretty interested. I think most librarians/artsy people would find this a fascinating topic.
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