On art and books and reading books on art (the thoughts of Hol publisher Greg Albers)

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Monday
Jul052010

Art books not in the art section

Just visited Books Inc. in Palo Alto. It's a terrific little independent, but frankly, they have a terrible art section. This is true for their Mountain View store as well. However, browsing around a bit, I found quite a number of art-related titles in other sections of the store. A couple non-fiction and numerous art novels. Some featured on tables, several in the book club section, and one with the bargain books. In the end, looking beyond the meager shelves of the art section, the store turned out to be quite a treasure trove of books on art. The experience reminded me of a longstanding dream of mine to develop a mobile phone app that would offer art lovers and bookstore browsers ideas for art books: classics they might find in the art section, new releases they might find on feature tables, or novels in the fiction section, mysteries, books of poetry, etcetera.

     

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