EL 336 Portfolio 1

Welcome to my first portfolio for my second round of EL 336. So far, we’ve covered mostly assigned texts regarding the materiality of books, which was a heavily covered topic last time around in this course. Our main reading, The Late Age of Print covered a historical perspective of where books have gone since the [...]

You, my dear, have the mark of the Grimm; a look at Harry Potter and the Conclusion of The Late Age of Print

While reading Chapter 5 and the Conclusion of The Late Age of Print, I felt mixed emotions regarding not only the future of printed books but also about the extreme security measures taken to protect Harry Potter‘s secrets until the designated global release date. While I think J.K. Rowling and her publishers did an excellent job [...]

Whether we like it or not, Oprah performed magic in the book industry

Indeed, “The Oprah Winfrey Show has been explicitly pedagogical with respect to how women might fit books and book reading into their everyday routines. On several occasions, book club episodes have featured segments in which club members—particularly others and wivesshared their strategies amid their daily responsibilities.     —Striphas (119)

Although I hate to say [...]

The rise and fall of Bookstores…Striphas, (2/4)

By supplying supermarket-style shopping carts to its patrons, Barnes & Noble encouraged them to purchase more books than they otherwise could carry comfortably around the store.  –Stiphas (67)

Although this assigned reading was mostly a history lesson dealing with the death of small-town bookstores and the rapid expansion of big-box stores as well as internet [...]

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