Creative 'books'

In spite of the constant increase in availability of online books, it's safe to say most people still prefer to read by leafing through actual pages instead of scrolling down a computer screen; experiencing a 'real' book is undoubtedly more personal than staring a rectangle of cold, lifeless pixels - for the forseeable future at least. And even though I've been guilty of using online resources on hundreds of occasions, I nevertheless hope that books as we know them - more or less - will weather the current technological maelstrom and re-emerge at the other end.

The images below, while they all exist mainly for the purpose of art and are mostly very difficult to actually read, show some really creative examples of publishing. Some of them are so wildly modified that they would be better described as pieces of art that were once books - something that I'm actually a little unsure about since I absolutely hate the idea of books being thrown away or defaced.



















































































































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