<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post115503753040989427..comments</id><updated>2011-07-13T16:13:18.645-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Silliman&#39;s Blog: </title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115503753040989427/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/word-about-book-jackets-puzzling.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>20</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115530887938869730</id><published>2006-08-11T11:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-11T11:07:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>brilliant and situational indeed. I wish I had a c...</title><summary type='text'>brilliant and situational indeed. I wish I had a copy of that to scrub all my terrible volumes of Bukowski I stole in my (art) college days. At least they’re Black Sparrows.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115503753040989427/comments/default/115530887938869730'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115503753040989427/comments/default/115530887938869730'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/word-about-book-jackets-puzzling.html?showComment=1155308820000#c115530887938869730' title=''/><author><name>nationofulysses</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00299112677704821470</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/word-about-book-jackets-puzzling.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115503753040989427' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115503753040989427' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1572041669"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 11, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115530810250656672</id><published>2006-08-11T10:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-11T10:55:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>It&#39;s hard to look at this sort of thing and not co...</title><summary type='text'>It&#39;s hard to look at this sort of thing and not consider it a high-concept piece of conceptual art, rather than (just) a book. There&#39;s a long history of experimental book design, and the original sandpaper covered book was for Guy Debord, as mckenzie points out. One sometimes wonders if the high concept isn&#39;t being used to disguise some inadequacy in the writing, or, as sometimes happens with </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115503753040989427/comments/default/115530810250656672'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115503753040989427/comments/default/115530810250656672'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/word-about-book-jackets-puzzling.html?showComment=1155308100000#c115530810250656672' title=''/><author><name>Art Durkee</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07399620147907002735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/word-about-book-jackets-puzzling.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115503753040989427' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115503753040989427' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1119200278"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 11, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115529621118166850</id><published>2006-08-11T07:36:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-11T07:36:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>one could call such a thing, theporcupine paradigm...</title><summary type='text'>one could call such a thing, the&lt;BR/&gt;porcupine paradigm</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115503753040989427/comments/default/115529621118166850'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115503753040989427/comments/default/115529621118166850'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/word-about-book-jackets-puzzling.html?showComment=1155296160000#c115529621118166850' title=''/><author><name>david raphael israel</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07535589040322113419</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/word-about-book-jackets-puzzling.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115503753040989427' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115503753040989427' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1441140986"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 11, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115526530184102914</id><published>2006-08-10T23:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-10T23:01:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The sandpaper cover was originally used for Guy De...</title><summary type='text'>The sandpaper cover was originally used for Guy Debord&#39;s book Memoires, which came out in the late 50s. The ICA catalogue you mention was a tribute to it. The original idea was indeed that it would attack the other books on your shelf.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115503753040989427/comments/default/115526530184102914'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115503753040989427/comments/default/115526530184102914'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/word-about-book-jackets-puzzling.html?showComment=1155265260000#c115526530184102914' title=''/><author><name>McKenzie Wark</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12617960783847624597</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/word-about-book-jackets-puzzling.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115503753040989427' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115503753040989427' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1135983963"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 10, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115513170713300193</id><published>2006-08-09T09:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-09T09:55:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>David, if you haven&#39;t seen Anselm Berrigan&#39;s Stran...</title><summary type='text'>David, &lt;BR/&gt;if you haven&#39;t seen Anselm Berrigan&#39;s Strangers in the Nest, try to scope it out somewhere, it&#39;s beautiful. Aaron&#39;s other work is so labor intensive and thought-out that his books transcend typical publication and become multilayered art objects that speak to and through the text inside (one book had 10pt type actually cut out of the paper with an Exacto blade, a repeating paragraph </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115503753040989427/comments/default/115513170713300193'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115503753040989427/comments/default/115513170713300193'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/word-about-book-jackets-puzzling.html?showComment=1155131700000#c115513170713300193' title=''/><author><name>nationofulysses</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00299112677704821470</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/word-about-book-jackets-puzzling.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115503753040989427' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115503753040989427' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1572041669"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 09, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115511910102841406</id><published>2006-08-09T06:25:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-09T06:25:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Aaron,would be curious to know about other innovat...</title><summary type='text'>Aaron,&lt;BR/&gt;would be curious to know about other innovations&lt;BR/&gt;in book-form-conception you may have floated&lt;BR/&gt;into the world.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115503753040989427/comments/default/115511910102841406'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115503753040989427/comments/default/115511910102841406'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/word-about-book-jackets-puzzling.html?showComment=1155119100000#c115511910102841406' title=''/><author><name>david raphael israel</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07535589040322113419</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/word-about-book-jackets-puzzling.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115503753040989427' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115503753040989427' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1441140986"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 09, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115509256326774098</id><published>2006-08-08T23:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-08T23:02:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I admit it, I am the one who personally drove all ...</title><summary type='text'>I admit it, I am the one who personally drove all 37,400 staples through that edition of books, and I feel compelled to respond to the various comments, all of which are very thoughtful and interesting.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Even before the physical construction of the books began I was aware of the fact that they would not share a shelf comfortably with their neighbors, and, quite frankly, I prefer it that </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115503753040989427/comments/default/115509256326774098'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115503753040989427/comments/default/115509256326774098'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/word-about-book-jackets-puzzling.html?showComment=1155092520000#c115509256326774098' title=''/><author><name>Aaron</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360678764570860</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/word-about-book-jackets-puzzling.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115503753040989427' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115503753040989427' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1355159762"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 08, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115508849745523071</id><published>2006-08-08T21:54:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-08T21:54:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I say &quot;Wow!&quot;All the above comments are &quot;right on t...</title><summary type='text'>I say &quot;Wow!&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;All the above comments are &quot;right on the money&quot; and work well to compliment Ron&#39;s post.  This is the way it should be.  Hat&#39;s off, Ron.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Visiting the poet Sirois&#39;s web site I came across these words from his poem, &quot;sleep number&quot;:  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;&amp; by river I mean something other than what it meant before, a flowing current running back to its source.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;He may </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115503753040989427/comments/default/115508849745523071'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115503753040989427/comments/default/115508849745523071'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/word-about-book-jackets-puzzling.html?showComment=1155088440000#c115508849745523071' title=''/><author><name>Zeke Hunkaburning</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05144662896092856507</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/word-about-book-jackets-puzzling.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115503753040989427' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115503753040989427' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-820081779"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 08, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115506460675966107</id><published>2006-08-08T15:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-08T15:16:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron, you really think that the unusual cover will ...</title><summary type='text'>Ron, you really think that the unusual cover will deflect readers&#39; attention? I would have assumed the exact opposite. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Just look: That mess of staples is the reason for this post, it&#39;s the reason for this discussion, it&#39;s the reason I now know the name &quot;Sirois.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Not half bad, huh?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115503753040989427/comments/default/115506460675966107'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115503753040989427/comments/default/115506460675966107'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/word-about-book-jackets-puzzling.html?showComment=1155064560000#c115506460675966107' title=''/><author><name>Dirt Editor</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15170198934366915835</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/word-about-book-jackets-puzzling.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115503753040989427' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115503753040989427' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1982671354"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 08, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115506409530891409</id><published>2006-08-08T15:08:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-08T15:08:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>187 is a prime number. It won&#39;t divideHence an opt...</title><summary type='text'>187 is a prime number. It won&#39;t divide&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Hence an optimistic 1? We who are about to impale salute you&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;with open (h)arms. &#39;Only connect&#39;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115503753040989427/comments/default/115506409530891409'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115503753040989427/comments/default/115506409530891409'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/word-about-book-jackets-puzzling.html?showComment=1155064080000#c115506409530891409' title=''/><author><name>Kirk Johnson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05529898733002317995</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/word-about-book-jackets-puzzling.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115503753040989427' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115503753040989427' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-895736745"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 08, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115506293721629411</id><published>2006-08-08T14:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-08T14:48:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&gt;This point grabs my attention.  I&#39;m looking at a ...</title><summary type='text'>&lt;&lt; Instead of thinking of the book prgamatically as merely a means of disseminating work, the focus is shifting to the idea of the book as art-object ... &gt;&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;This point grabs my attention.  I&#39;m looking at a (lowkey) gameplan launching a small literary press, and lately have been vaguely pondering the possibility of printing in China in a form that emulates the traditiona Chinese book (a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115503753040989427/comments/default/115506293721629411'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115503753040989427/comments/default/115506293721629411'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/word-about-book-jackets-puzzling.html?showComment=1155062880000#c115506293721629411' title=''/><author><name>david raphael israel</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07535589040322113419</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/word-about-book-jackets-puzzling.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115503753040989427' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115503753040989427' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1441140986"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 08, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115506286784895618</id><published>2006-08-08T14:47:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-08T14:47:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Not so fast, guys.High quality printing and bindin...</title><summary type='text'>Not so fast, guys.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;High quality printing and binding is more expensive than ever these days.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Will the appearance of internet communications and storage and retrieval systems obsolete the material text?  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Not likely.  More books are printed and sold every year. and the rate is rising.  People now use 10 times as much paper as they did with manual typewriters, because </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115503753040989427/comments/default/115506286784895618'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115503753040989427/comments/default/115506286784895618'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/word-about-book-jackets-puzzling.html?showComment=1155062820000#c115506286784895618' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/word-about-book-jackets-puzzling.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115503753040989427' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115503753040989427' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 08, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115506082935312689</id><published>2006-08-08T14:13:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-08T14:13:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron, don&#39;t you have a separate filing system for c...</title><summary type='text'>Ron, don&#39;t you have a separate filing system for chapbooks and books like this?  File folders or map drawers work great.  They&#39;ll keep your broadsides broad, your chapbooks from getting bent up, and books like Justin&#39;s from eating their neighbors (on my shelf, Justin would be b/t Schwitters and Shelley).  Map files are pretty expensive, but you can buy plastic drawer systems that are cheaper; </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115503753040989427/comments/default/115506082935312689'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115503753040989427/comments/default/115506082935312689'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/word-about-book-jackets-puzzling.html?showComment=1155060780000#c115506082935312689' title=''/><author><name>Jessica Smith</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04717874657318262267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/word-about-book-jackets-puzzling.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115503753040989427' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115503753040989427' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1614957257"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 08, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115505950474496107</id><published>2006-08-08T13:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-08T13:51:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Self-published? No.NewLights Press produced Anselm...</title><summary type='text'>Self-published? No.&lt;BR/&gt;NewLights Press produced Anselm Berrigan&#39;s Strangers in the Nest and is currently working on a Brian Evenson book.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115503753040989427/comments/default/115505950474496107'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115503753040989427/comments/default/115505950474496107'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/word-about-book-jackets-puzzling.html?showComment=1155059460000#c115505950474496107' title=''/><author><name>nationofulysses</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00299112677704821470</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/word-about-book-jackets-puzzling.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115503753040989427' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115503753040989427' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1572041669"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 08, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115505837345593751</id><published>2006-08-08T13:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-08T13:32:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Perhaps if you stored the staple book next to the ...</title><summary type='text'>Perhaps if you stored the staple book next to the sandpaper book, they would negate each other?  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;On a serious note, though, I think the recent proliferation of short-run small-distrution chapbooks is due, in part, to the proliferation of online resources for folks interested in expanding the reach and readership of their work.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;One no longer needs &quot;physical&quot; books to reach a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115503753040989427/comments/default/115505837345593751'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115503753040989427/comments/default/115505837345593751'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/word-about-book-jackets-puzzling.html?showComment=1155058320000#c115505837345593751' title=''/><author><name>Mark</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12907078718133120295</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/word-about-book-jackets-puzzling.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115503753040989427' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115503753040989427' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1006589168"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 08, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115505808531006237</id><published>2006-08-08T13:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-08T13:28:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>not so precious: A useful trait of Silver Standard...</title><summary type='text'>not so precious: &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;A useful trait of Silver Standard and a layer that Silliman missed in his critique of its construction is that the stapled dust jacket can be removed, or rather, is so non magnetic that it removes itself. Careful study reveals that the magnetic strips are a bar code (of a secret source), a more covert comment on “consumer” objects as the cover is kicked off and shelf </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115503753040989427/comments/default/115505808531006237'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115503753040989427/comments/default/115505808531006237'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/word-about-book-jackets-puzzling.html?showComment=1155058080000#c115505808531006237' title=''/><author><name>nationofulysses</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00299112677704821470</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/word-about-book-jackets-puzzling.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115503753040989427' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115503753040989427' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1572041669"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 08, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115505618343037094</id><published>2006-08-08T12:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-08T12:56:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The production of &quot;book&quot; has an interesting histor...</title><summary type='text'>The production of &quot;book&quot; has an interesting history.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The structure of bindings, and libraries, etc., is a fascinating subject.  Chained books, for instance.  Books with secret codes.  Giant books, tiny books.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Forbidden books.  Books and alphabets going backwards.  Or top to bottom.  Or written on palm leaves.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The concept (and purpose) of limitation is probably </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115503753040989427/comments/default/115505618343037094'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115503753040989427/comments/default/115505618343037094'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/word-about-book-jackets-puzzling.html?showComment=1155056160000#c115505618343037094' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/word-about-book-jackets-puzzling.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115503753040989427' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115503753040989427' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 08, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115505443846497217</id><published>2006-08-08T12:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-08T12:27:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>100 copies can go a lot further than 100 people. O...</title><summary type='text'>100 copies can go a lot further than 100 people. Or, I hope so. 100 copies get around to people, who hand them off to other people, or, at least, discuss it with other people. Small press runs have more to do with community and simple limitations (MONEY! for one) than a disregard for reaching the most readers possible--otherwise we&#39;d all retire to the internet and forget about paper all together.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115503753040989427/comments/default/115505443846497217'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115503753040989427/comments/default/115505443846497217'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/word-about-book-jackets-puzzling.html?showComment=1155054420000#c115505443846497217' title=''/><author><name>Logan Ryan Smith</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18315356369259909084</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/word-about-book-jackets-puzzling.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115503753040989427' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115503753040989427' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-277623651"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 08, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115504864053445225</id><published>2006-08-08T10:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-08T10:50:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>A primary underlying assumption of Ron&#39;s complaint...</title><summary type='text'>A primary underlying assumption of Ron&#39;s complaint is that (in his words) &quot;the function of publication [is] to expand one’s reach, to make the work available.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But there are other functions of publications.  Making money, for example, seems to be a prime function of many publications. That obviously doesn&#39;t to this book with the stapled cover (or most other poetry books). &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115503753040989427/comments/default/115504864053445225'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115503753040989427/comments/default/115504864053445225'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/word-about-book-jackets-puzzling.html?showComment=1155048600000#c115504864053445225' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04378273134042527425</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/word-about-book-jackets-puzzling.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115503753040989427' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115503753040989427' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1945919831"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 08, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115504799205794735</id><published>2006-08-08T10:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-08T10:39:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Good points, Ron.  This makes me glad my chapbook ...</title><summary type='text'>Good points, Ron.  This makes me glad my chapbook won&#39;t be destroying its neighbors.  Speaking of which, I never thought I&#39;d say this to you, of all people:  But instead of &quot; the jackets of the books to which it is next,&quot; how about &quot;the jackets of adjacent books&quot;?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115503753040989427/comments/default/115504799205794735'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115503753040989427/comments/default/115504799205794735'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/word-about-book-jackets-puzzling.html?showComment=1155047940000#c115504799205794735' title=''/><author><name>Helen Losse</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17091815827047472237</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/word-about-book-jackets-puzzling.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115503753040989427' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115503753040989427' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-713953301"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 08, 2006"/></entry></feed>