January 2025

Things People Do With Old Books

I keep massive notebooks — electronic ones, inside OneNote. And one of my notebooks is called “Making Things”. It’s a collection of inspiring or instructional pages and images about the things that people have made, that I might make one day when I have oodles of spare time (ha!).

And some of it I keep just because the creativity of people boggles my mind.

Here’s some of the more interesting art and crafts that people get up to using old books.

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Other Places to Find Good Books: Wattpad

If you’ve been in the book community for any length of time, you probably already know that publishing has transformed in a huge way. Digital books, self-publishing platforms, and audiobook giants have given authors so many new avenues to share their stories with you. But let’s step off the well-trodden paths of traditional publishing and big online bookstores for a moment and explore a more exciting alternative: crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter, Indiegogo, and Patreon.

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