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Iowa Book Works preserves Peruvian libraries

Joyce Miller is producing thirty three drop-spine book boxes to protect rare books of the Recoleta in Arequipa Peru. For more on this high adventure project go to the blog site.

Friday, January 25, 2008

production project

Iowa Book Works is binding over 500 copies of a facsimile letterpress edition of early letters of Samuel Clemens. This is a project for Keokuk Public Library.

Monday, October 8, 2007

story of the book

Iowa Book Works supplies book craft kits that enliven and accentuate learning. The popular Ethiopian book kit with its Mahdar amulet case provides cultural lessons in the advent of the codex. Amana and Nauvoo pioneer book kits engage hands and mind as students learn of life in 19th century United States. The modern sewn boards book kit provides an adventure in future prospects for the codex. The comprehensive model set of ten historical bookbinding types supports advanced book studies as it provides tactile and structural understanding of the codex mechanism. These and other Iowa Book Works products and services support education in the history of the book.

Instructors in book arts and history of the book, in context of home schooling or university programs, will appreciate the elegance and efficiency of Iowa Book Works support. Kits include precision cut components and specialized construction supplies. Clear and complete illustrated instructions supervise class room activities while opening opportunities for discussion and wider teaching. The teaching set of historical bookbindings includes a complete tutorial of the structure and reading actions of books across an immense sweep of time and cultures. The classroom experience is invigorating and quickly prompts advanced student projects.

Iowa Book Works expert staff of Joyce Miller and Gary Frost provide a further resource for book arts and book studies instructors. We will gladly support special projects and learning agendas. We will work with you to create your own book studies program from beginning reading to graduate assignments.

Sunday, May 20, 2007

rush to print

The Future of the Book (dot com) website is becoming a print publication. Commentaries, Reports and Postings over an eight year span are now moving to book-on-demand format. These volumes will be available here at Iowa Book Works.

Volume 1: "Commentaries on the Future of the Book, 2000 to 2004 Volume 2: "Reports on the Future of the Book", 2000-2007 Volume 3: "Adventures in Book Conservation", 1982 - 2004

Volume 1 is available now, others to follow shortly. The cost is $18 for each volume, post paid.

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