Pop-Ups and Moveables: An Introduction by Terry Stillman a Biblio.com Exclusive Feature

One of the most interesting subjects, and a major field of book collecting today is pop-ups and moveables. For the past 150 years, children have been surprised and thrilled to see a dynamic, three-dimensional scene pop up before them upon lifting or turning a page. Quite often, they can then pull a tab or move a lever to make characters move or change the scene. Today, some pop-up books have the added features of sound and lights, thanks to the aid of small implanted batteries. Read more >>

What One Book? U.S. Space Program brought to you by Bookmarks Magazine

Experts recommend books, fiction and non-fiction alike, for those of you who plan to colonize another planet or just want to read about it. Read more >>

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Book Review "Memoirs of a Book Snake: Forty Years of Seeking and Saving Old Books" by David Meyer courtesy of Fine Books and Collections Magazine

The malapropism "book snake" is applied to David Meyer by an acquaintance reaching for the word "bookworm." "Snake" suggests a creature that navigates hazardous terrain and tight corners in a single-minded pursuit of its prey. "You have to be willing to go anywhere, and climb over, dig through, and move around all manners of obstacles to get to the books," Meyer writes. Read more >>

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Tripping Over Lingo in the Language Trap by Bern Marcowitz and Margot Rosenberg author of "Care and Feeding of Books Old and New"

In the book world, one of the disagreements, or simple failures to agree, is one somebody ought to write a book about: what do you call much of the work that sustains the lives of books, the people who perform that work, and the realms in which they work? Read more >>