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Browsing the blog archives for August, 2010
25 Aug 10
Semi Permanent 2010, Aotea Centre, Auckland New Zealand
I flew over to New Zealand last week to attend the Semi Permanent conference held in Auckland. It’s the only design conference of this size in New Zealand. For two days I met designers from all over New Zealand. This is the first day. They sold over 400 extra tickets at the door and as [...]
18 Aug 10
How To Wrap A Book With Mary D.
This is my friend Mary. Watch as she expertly wraps a plastic cover over this book. Amazing speed. Amazing skill. You won’t see anyone better or faster.
18 Aug 10
Postertext Book Posters
Jane Eyre Moby Dick Crime and Punishment Postertext have made these great posters using text from your favorite book arranged in a clever way to depict a memorable scene from the book.
11 Aug 10
The Paper Mill Wants Your Zines
Melbourne has the Sticky Institute and soon Sydney will have The Paper Mill, a not for profit Artist Run Initiative / gallery / shop / project space facilitating and representing all forms of paper based art. The Paper Mill is an exciting space for Sydney zine makers and independent publishers who have been looking for [...]
9 Aug 10
Auckland Zine Fest
The Auckland Zine Fest is happening again this year on 14 August 2010, 11 – 4pm at St. Kevins Arcade and Wine Cellar. Publish or Die will be in Auckland between 19 – 22 August for the Semi Permanent conference so unfortunately will miss out on the Fest by a week. aarrgghhh! If you are [...]
3 Aug 10
Trent Parke’s new book Bedknobs & Broomsticks
Little Brown Mushroom has published Trent Parke’s latest book Bedknobs & Broomsticks in a limited edition of 1000. Bedknobs & Broomsticks sold out in three days and is now fetching over $129 on Ebay. Not bad for a book originally costing $18. Parke’s previous publications have also all sold out and have become collectors items [...]
2 Aug 10
The National Library of Australia wants your self-published books
If you’re a self-published author the National Library of Australia wants your books. It’s a little known fact that the National Library requires a copy of all Australian books and that includes books created through Blurb and any other self-publishers. In fact, it’s part of the Copyright Act and is known as a Legal Deposit. [...]
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