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VALPARAISO, Ind. -- An employee at a northwest Indiana library found a gun inside a hollowed-out book donated to the branch.

Assistant Library Director Phyllis Nelson says an employee at the Valparaiso branch of the Porter County Public Library discovered the antique-looking firearm when she opened the book earlier this week.

Police describe the weapon as a gold, wooden handled, 31-caliber, single shot, black powder gun.

Nelson says librarians have no way of knowing who donated the book. She says thousands of books are donated each month and no records are kept.

Police have determined the gun was not stolen.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/28/gun-found-inside-hollowed_n_2034802.html?utm_hp_ref=books&ir=Books

i ovde:
http://www.suntimes.com/news/crime/15995714-418/gun-found-hidden-inside-hollowed-out-book-donated-to-library.html

Massachusetts Man Finds $20,000 In Used Book, Searches For Rightful Owner



It's stories like this one that truly restore our faith in humanity.

A Massachusetts man was shopping at a used book-swap in Wellesley, Mass. last month when he discovered a book with $20,000 hidden in its pages, CBS Boston reports. Rather than keep the cash for himself, the man is now trying to locate the money's rightful owner.


"The first thing I was thinking was, 'let me see if I can find a name in this book, then I can give back the money,'" the man told CBS Boston. "But unfortunately, I looked and could not find anything."


Since he has chosen to keep his identity a secret, the man is asking anyone with any information on the book to email him at Ipatimga2005@comcast.net. If he can't find the book's previous owner, he plans to donate some of the money to charity and keep the rest for himself.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/12/massachusetts-man-finds-20000-in-used-book_n_2118056.html?utm_hp_ref=books&ir=Books

i ovde:

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2012/11/10/wellesley-man-finds-20000-in-recycled-book/

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2011/12/carved-book-landscapes-by-guy-laramee/

http://nobadtides.blogspot.com/2012/05/read-read-read-and-then-read-some-more.html

http://www.flavorwire.com/136196/books-as-visual-art

Quote from: Melkor on 15-11-2012, 12:26:16
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2011/12/carved-book-landscapes-by-guy-laramee/

 
samo, moju stariju macku ne bih mogla nikad da izvucem iz neceg ovakvog. 

The Monkey's Paw, an offbeat bookstore in Toronto, has invested in a novel concept (literally) -- a vending machine for books. The machine, which has what owner Stephen Fowler describes as an "intentionally vintage" look, dispenses a random book when buyers shell out $2.00.

"I pictured it as a painted refrigerator box with one of my assistants inside; people would put in a coin and he would drop a book out," Fowler said in an interview with Quill & Quire.

The eventual realization of his idea doesn't involve a disgruntled assistant, but an actual mechanical vending machine. For $2, the machine spits out a random used book. It's an inventive spin on the dollar cart that often resides in the front of used book stores, filled with quirky finds with little retail value.

Fowler says customers have been pleased with their purchases, often viewing the books as serendipitous selections. He says, "this is something I've observed in the used-book trade: people are always looking for meaning. They'll get a book and feel as though it was psychically selected for them."

This isn't the first instance of a literary vending machine. We've seen a number of libraries capitalizing on this concept, but this is the first time we've witnessed this quirkier and more romantic version, which takes the power of choice away from customers, and hands it over to the machine.

http://vimeo.com/53679084

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http://bookriot.com/2012/11/19/eat-this-book-cakes/