tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post5665787679980873576..comments2024-03-20T16:46:13.343-04:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: The House of Words (no. 16): Small presses: Phoenicia PublishingMarly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-59828574642544404892011-04-12T18:31:06.787-04:002011-04-12T18:31:06.787-04:00Good to know that you are glued together in the pr...Good to know that you are glued together in the proper way, Robbi!marly youmanshttp://www.marlyyoumans.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-20960215402330313562011-04-12T18:11:15.838-04:002011-04-12T18:11:15.838-04:00How lovely those cherries and the little poem are....How lovely those cherries and the little poem are... yes, Marly, how tactile, as you say. You can almost taste them! I am with you on books. I love the smell of library stacks. I think I even like the smell of library paste. There's still that eater of paste from kindergarten in me, I think.Robbi N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04881145195435485238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-4870472520630478782011-04-12T16:34:47.482-04:002011-04-12T16:34:47.482-04:00Gary,
I found you in Spam! And I think that retur...Gary,<br /><br />I found you in Spam! And I think that returning you here probably stripped out the hot links. Sorry.<br /><br />I'm with you on the dictionary in some ways but not in all. Just as browsing for books in bookstores is now a lost way of finding new authors and books, so digital dictionaries tend to eliminate the sort of word-browsing and word-learning that goes on in a rich marly youmanshttp://www.thepalaceat2.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-74264819856391273112011-04-12T15:42:59.094-04:002011-04-12T15:42:59.094-04:00For "beautiful" online options:
a) Chec...For "beautiful" online options:<br /><br />a) Check out Vooks (bad name, intriguing idea). See http://vook.com/what-is-a-vook.html<br /><br />b) Some people have done amazing "book" design for screens with PDF - not just straight black text but truly intriguing and useful designs for reading.<br /><br />An example of a simple design format that works for its purpose can be Gary Dietzhttp://www.6by7reports.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-2864652724122370292011-04-12T10:30:47.239-04:002011-04-12T10:30:47.239-04:00Yes, we are tactile creatures! And a book can be s...Yes, we are tactile creatures! And a book can be such a beautiful object, and much more fun to have in your bag than a machine.<br /><br />Yes, she has a lot of variety in her drawings and paintings, and there are some other simple ones online--I nabbed the cherry because of the poem.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-71781909599469173732011-04-12T10:11:12.949-04:002011-04-12T10:11:12.949-04:00Yes, for all the benefits of ebooks, I have to con...Yes, for all the benefits of ebooks, I have to confess I prefer the 'real' thing in my hand - so pleased to hear Beth has high hopes for POD!<br /><br />That entrance to Lincolns Inn Field is certainly evocative of the place - that unexpectedly wild entrance. And I like the cherries words and pictures just as much as I loved the olives earlier. Beautifully simple and very evocative.Clare Dudmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06197558842580794165noreply@blogger.com