library aesthetic

Books that stay — physical reading in a streaming century

An opening note for the Learning shelf on physical books. Why the library keeps physical, why we still link to independent bookstores rather than the largest catalog, and what 'a book that stays' means in the practice of a long reading life.

• ·books
• ·physical reading
• ·Bookshop.org
• ·library aesthetic

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