For many years, when I worked for Diamond, I worked on the UK edition of PREVIEWS. The UK team had a small section — it usually ran 16 pages, though some months it ran 24 or even, once or twice, 32 — of items unique to the UK. For the first several years I wasContinue reading “Tales of Diamond: The Paper Size Crisis”
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On the Smell of Ink
New books have a distinctive smell. Paperbacks, especially. There’s the paper smell. Sometimes there’s little paper particles from when the paper’s cut. It’s an earthy smell. Then there’s the ink smell. It’s a tangy smell. Sharp. Even a little metallic. Then there’s the binding smell. Nothing smells like fresh glue. Yesterday was a great dayContinue reading “On the Smell of Ink”
On Paper Sizes
I’ve just spent a half an hour researching paper sizes. Who’d have thought there was an international standard paper size? Who’d have thought it wasn’t letter-sized paper? Well, this webpage set me straight on the matter. I knew there was something callled “A4,” which as far as I could tell in Microsoft Word was almostContinue reading “On Paper Sizes”