Taped-together books are those that are inexpertly repaired, using materials that are not designed for book repair: regular transparent tape, packing tape, blue masking tape, duct tape, that sort of thing. The reason a book gets taped together by a... Read More

Adding to a collection by happenstance is the yin way to do it and targeting specific acquisitions is the yang way—yang being specific and yin being less so. Do remember that a yin/yang symbol does not have a direct straight... Read More

Let the fun begin. This use of books and feng shui combines two of the most fun things I know of—the feng shui bagua and book covers. The covers I’ll be discussing are from The Art of American Book Covers... Read More