An Antiquarian’s View of the Internet
Daphne Wouts interviews Ton Kok, an antiquarian book dealer in Amsterdam, and the chairman of the Dutch Association of Antiquarians (NVva). This article provides an interesting insight into not only the current state of the antiquarian market, but also how it’s changed over time. The business has, unsurprisingly, been affected by the Internet and a lack … Read more
The Bore of the Book Biz
This article provides a critical analysis of the state of the book business for brick-and-mortar bookstores, discussing the economic issues facing bookstores today as well as the cultural implications of their potential disappearance. Author: Anne Bakker With the increase of digital books, newspapers,and magazines as well as the online marketplace for books, brick-and-mortar bookshops face a lot of competition. … Read more
Newspaper Formats: The Impact of Format on Story
This article is an investigation into the different format of newspapers and how they have changed over time as well as the role of the reader and how the way the news is read has changed. Author: Juliana Pitanguy The author attempts to make correlation between the different newspaper format sizes and readers’ impressions of the … Read more
Dear Reader
Dear Reader, In September 2011, a group of students from Leiden University’s ‘Book and Digital Media Studies’ MA program undertook the task of publishing a one-issue class magazine. Now, after several months of hard work, we are nearing the realization of our efforts and vision. We are proud to present RE Magazine. RE Magazine will … Read more
