[BKARTS] Website with reference to printers, binders, supply sources, etc.

[Terry Belanger <belanger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

10:36 AM 5/2/2008 -----Original Message-----
> >From: Jim Karr <books@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >...shouldn't there be a website that lists artisan
> >bookbinders, letter press printers, sources for supplies in the local
> >areas, etc. Does such a thing exist and if not, would anyone be
> >interested in collaborating on such a project?
>
> I would like to point out the Book Arts Classified, which migrated 
> from print to web a couple of years ago: www.bookarts.com. The site 
> has both a directory and a classified listing section. We are 
> currently working on site improvements (which will enable easier 
> searching by location)...so watch for more on Book Arts Classified 
> in coming months.
> Best, Mary
> Mary Tasillo
> editor@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> www.bookarts.com

Book Arts Classified is a commercial website. No harm in that, but 
the site's rates (while reasonable) discourage many organizations and 
individuals from listing their services there.
    More generally, the principal problem in constructing a 
book-arts services linking website is quality control; e.g. one 
typically wants a good binder, not just a binder. But who is to do the ranking?
    By far the best place to find out the sort of information Jim 
Karr seeks is the enormous Links section of the Book Arts Web itself:
    http://www.philobiblon.com/
The bibliographical and book arts worlds continue to be greatly in 
Web owner Peter Verheyen's debt for maintaining this free service.


                                          Terry Belanger
        University Professor, Honorary Curator of Special Collections
                Director, Rare Book School : University of 
Virginia
      Rare Book School : PO 400103 : Charlottesville, VA  22904-4103
Email belanger@xxxxxxxxxxxx : Phone 434-924-8851 : Fax 434-924-8824
                      URL <http://www.rarebookschool.org>

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