Andrew Pettegree, the author of The Book in the Renaissance, is interviewed here. (hat tip) See here for a review of the book. I wonder how the following comments of his relate to Hebrew printing. Q: What did you find most interesting of the trends that you uncovered in your study of the early book [...]
According to this post at the Inside Google Books blog, 129,864,880 is the estimated number of books in the world as of the other day.
According to this article in the Chronicle of Higher Education, (hat tip) bibliographers are not in such high-demand these days in institutions of higher education and academia. Lovers of the Hebrew manuscript and book should be grateful that frameworks such as the Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts and the Hebrew Palaeography Project exist. May their [...]
The Seforim Blog has posted a list of hard-to-find and out-of-print books for sale. This is only the first list, with more to come. It includes a number of titles from Magnes Press.
Ami Eden at JTA brings a very funny video from a friend of ours, Joel Chasnoff. Joel is extremely funny and his new book, The 188th Crybaby Brigade: A Skinny Jewish Kid from Chicago Fights Hezbollah: A Memoir, is the real reason (see here) that you should go to the YU book sale which will [...]
Today I heard a talk given by Rabbi Zvi Berger about religion in Israel. One thing that he pointed out which I found very interesting is that Avigdor Shinan’s commentary on Pirkei Avot is the number one non-fiction best seller in Israel and has been on the best seller list for sixteen weeks.
Aharon Shemesh has a new book coming out soon, Halakhah in the Making: The Development of Jewish Law from Qumran to the Rabbis. Halakhah in the Making offers the first comprehensive study of the legal material found in the Dead Sea Scrolls and its significance in the greater history of Jewish religious law (halakhah). Aharon [...]
The JNUL has recently added a service through which one can receive updates of all recently catalogued books through an RSS feed. A few times a week they publish listings, which on the average have been between 75-100, of newly catalogued items and through a link one can see the full listing in their catalogue. [...]
I just had to look up something in The Talmud-The Steinsaltz Edition: A Reference Guide. Luckily I was given one as a gift a number of years ago, but does anyone know why this hasn’t been reprinted? Used copies are selling for around $70 to $150 or more. While published by Random House, the copyright [...]
There is a recent post at Seforim which among many interesting topics, discusses some opinions as to “How much effort should people put into learning?,” or maybe more appropriately, “How much effort do people put into learning?” In medieval Ashkenaz, more than one teacher complained about both their students and the general level of learning. [...]
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