Category: Genres
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Children’s Publishing
Children’s publishing is a good example of the range of design approaches, with design styles adapted to suit the range of ages, from learner readers through to the teen and young adult market. Early reading books need to be robust – large, sturdy board books with thick pages strong enough to withstand heavy handling by toddlers. Young…
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Artists and Handmade Books
Book Arts Web: Discovering Artists Books: The Art, the Artist and the Issues Definition of Artist Books Artist Books 3.0 The Virtual Codex from Page Space to E-Space by Johanna Drucker
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Fanzines
It was first used by US sci fi enthusiast Louis Russell Chauvenet in 1940 and by 1949 was in common use. ‘Fanzine’ was abbreviated to ‘zine’ in 1970s. The rise of fanzines was part of the punk subcultural response to mainstream society – in this case, mainstream print. Distribution: Zines were hand-made publications produced in…