tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1753847889447710817.post4294243406403607855..comments2022-05-29T05:35:43.455+12:00Comments on Pania Press (Blog): Brandywine Bookman's RepositoryDr Jack Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01805945600952222957noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1753847889447710817.post-8940405190037371802011-01-18T09:40:40.382+13:002011-01-18T09:40:40.382+13:00I'm glad you liked it. Was it too positive?! B...I'm glad you liked it. Was it too positive?! But I get so tired of seeing always more of the same. It's nice to find someone who's doing something a bit more than the old handset type nicely printed &c &c. And I now know what Pania of the Reef looks like - thanks for the photo.<br /><br />I could only see bits of the contents of your publications and even if I could see more of them I would not have commented ... The newsletter is purely designed to "publicize and promote" an interest in books and printing in Australia and New Zealand. Maybe that's a bit unclear on my part because it means the physical side of books not their content. Quite apart from the fact that I'm hardly an expert in the literary side of things. Which is what most of the stuff to do with books and printing seems to be about. Ever thought that people who love books (as in "I love books") don't really love books at all - they only love their content? As do libraries. Libraries have little interest in books, rather their texts. I guess we all immediately associate meaning with what things are important to us.<br /><br />The NLA gets everything I do. I supply it to them for free even though I don't really need to. And they are pretty good in cataloguing stuff - though I must check what they have of mine. . A national library is worth supporting. I do also send copies free of charge to libraries occasionally but stopped when I realize that gifts to libraries often go straight into the bin. Even, it would seem, 100pp.+ reference bibliographies dealing with Australia produced in such limited editions they can never be replaced!<br /><br />There are copies of the newsletters about. I gave a set and some other stuff to the Otago University Library. I'll add to their set and donate other material whenever I get over to NZ. I'm also looking for a library on the North Island which may be interested. I might ask the ATL next time I'm in Wellington. Must do because of the NZ content. But (and I'm a librarian) "outsiders" often have a very rosy idea of what libraries are about. I tend to be a bit more sceptical. Sad to say but giving isn't necessarily appreciated. If they have to buy them they tend to be a bit more careful.<br /><br />Juergen 17/1/11<br /><br />PS: I'm open to exchangesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com