pen almost any vintage volume. It’s elegant and easy to read. The binding is leather or cloth, perhaps with gold foil or embossing. There’s something solid, lyrical, and traditional about it that reminds us instantly of why we love books and reading.

Now grab today’s bestseller from a bookstore. The mass-produced contemporary book is built with tiny type, narrow margins, lightweight paper, and a cardstock cover. It’s fabricated to mitigate the risks publishers take when they ship boxcars of books to retail stores and pray those books aren’t returned unsold.

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