Printer Error Irreverent Stories from Book History (Audible Audio Edition) Rebecca Romney J P Romney JP Romney Tantor Audio Books
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Since the Gutenberg Bible first went on sale in 1455, printing has been viewed as one of the highest achievements of human innovation. But the march of progress hasn't been smooth; downright bizarre is more like it. Printer's Error chronicles some of the strangest and most humorous episodes in the history of Western printing. Take, for example, the Gutenberg Bible. While the book is regarded as the first printed work in the Western world, Gutenberg's name doesn't appear anywhere on it.
Today, Johannes Gutenberg is recognized as the father of Western printing. But for the first few hundred years after the invention of the printing press, no one knew who printed the first book. This long-standing mystery took researchers down a labyrinth of ancient archives and libraries, and unearthed surprising details, such as the fact that Gutenberg's financier sued him, repossessed his printing equipment, and started his own printing business afterward.
Like the works of Sarah Vowell, John Hodgman, and Ken Jennings, Printer's Error is a rollicking ride through the annals of time and the printed word.
Printer Error Irreverent Stories from Book History (Audible Audio Edition) Rebecca Romney J P Romney JP Romney Tantor Audio Books
This is an extraordinarily worthwhile book that seeks to popularize the history of print. Today, we are immersed in the battle of "fake news" and lament some rather imaginary time when "truth" was more clearly presented to us. However, the canon of great works, which serve as the basis for our civilization and ideals, and which have advanced the human mind and spirit, often were the products of a messy process, fraught with error, mistakes, sabotage, and chicanery (not unlike today). Whether one views Huckleberry Finn as the source of American literature (as Hemingway did) or as a racist work that should be banned in schools, how refreshing and fun it is to focus on the "prank" of an erotic illustration of Uncle Silas that appeared in the first edition as a gateway to better understanding the literature and culture of 19th century America. And while many people seem to forget the history of science as being anything more than an apple falling on Newton's head or Steve Jobs inventing the iPhone, the authors take Galileo, and mixed with clues on the history of paper, weave a mini-thriller that could be the basis for a movie. Rebecca is often on television on Pawn Stars, and has an obvious talent for enthralling people with her insights and ability to distill history not into "sound bites" but into delectables. It is a pleasure to see that talent shine in print as well.Product details
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Printer Error Irreverent Stories from Book History (Audible Audio Edition) Rebecca Romney J P Romney JP Romney Tantor Audio Books Reviews
Rebecca Romney, who I have had a crush on since the first time I saw on Pawn Stars in 2011, can do no wrong in my book. So when I heard she and her husband JP were writing a book of their own, purchasing it was one of the easier decisions I've made. I highly enjoyed learning about the history of print in a lighthearted tone that anyone from 15 to 50 can appreciate. Printer's Error covers a wide gamut of topics; each chapter is something completely different from the last. The Romney's expertise in the world of books is on display here; they know their stuff and found an entertaining way to share it with us.
Although I take some pleasure in practical knowledge, I take an inordinate and probably unhealthy amount of pleasure in knowledge of the past, the esoteric, the impractical and the funny.
If any of the above apply to you, then I suggest "Printer's Error" is for you.
This is an anecdotal dance through the history of printing and those very odd people who championed it, despaired of it and even had an unhealthy lust for it. In here you will find fraud, torture, mystery, and the attempted murder of beauty over a bridge into the Thames.
Need I say more? Nope.
I really love this book. At first I was a little put off by the blurbs (and to some extent the subtitle) and was worried about it being billed a kind of "snarky, hipsters guide to the printed word". I set that aside and trusted what I know about Rebecca from her TV work and her work in the book world. I'm glad I didn't let the publisher's pitch get in my way because it's a wonderful and highly entertaining read.
My favorite chapter so far is "Bad Shakespeare" (I haven't completely finished the book because, frankly, I don't want it to end). Rebecca and J.P. pack a ton of research into each chapter and bring so many strange little facts to light that every page seems to have an "ah ha" moment. Their prose style is extremely easy to read and things keep moving at a rapid pace. Sometimes their style reminds me of the historian Giles Milton - kind of like reading you're reading history in the form of a good yarn or a detective novel.
To be fair I do have a minor quibble every once in awhile the snarky or modern day references feel a little wedged in. In one chapter they make a series of references to vaginas and penises but when the paragraph ends with the word "va-jay-jay" I found myself mentally screaming "I get the point"! That said, I get the feeling that Rebecca and J.P. would find this reaction exactly the thing they were going for. As I said, this is a minor issue for me and it's worth pointing out that the snark never gets in the way of the story or the research.
If you are looking to learn something new and looking to be entertained at the same time I can't recommend this book enough. It's a rare (book) find that can do both things so well. The best thing is that you don't need to be a book buff, a printing buff or any kind of buff to enjoy Printer's Error. I REALLY hope Rebecca and J.P. will do more like this. Bravo!
The preponderance of particular content is what makes a non-fiction book, and despite the cheekiness to its prose, the substance to 'Printer's Error' is in the dense historical detail that sucks the non-historian in and doesn't let go until the last page. While other criticisms aren't far off the mark about about the saturation of modern vernacular and middle-school puns, this tome isn't strangled by them. They are a mere annoyance, and, on a couple of occasions, even funny. These, though, do not stop the torrent of historical nuance that is the trademark of those whose study is the past. Most non-fiction books attempting to appease pop culture would subsist entirely on the above-mentioned juvenilia, peppering in abridged bits of history only when thought necessary. The Romney's resist this impulse beautifully. The complicated situation, for instance, between T.J. Cobden-Sanderson and Emery Walker over the Doves Type font could easily have been glossed over, yet instead was explicated in painstaking detail, all of which can be traced by the sizeable index of the book. The cheesy attempt at humorous prose isn't nearly enough to derail this marvelous and detailed look into some of printing history's most eccentric points. I fully recommend 'Printer's Error.'
This is an extraordinarily worthwhile book that seeks to popularize the history of print. Today, we are immersed in the battle of "fake news" and lament some rather imaginary time when "truth" was more clearly presented to us. However, the canon of great works, which serve as the basis for our civilization and ideals, and which have advanced the human mind and spirit, often were the products of a messy process, fraught with error, mistakes, sabotage, and chicanery (not unlike today). Whether one views Huckleberry Finn as the source of American literature (as Hemingway did) or as a racist work that should be banned in schools, how refreshing and fun it is to focus on the "prank" of an erotic illustration of Uncle Silas that appeared in the first edition as a gateway to better understanding the literature and culture of 19th century America. And while many people seem to forget the history of science as being anything more than an apple falling on Newton's head or Steve Jobs inventing the iPhone, the authors take Galileo, and mixed with clues on the history of paper, weave a mini-thriller that could be the basis for a movie. Rebecca is often on television on Pawn Stars, and has an obvious talent for enthralling people with her insights and ability to distill history not into "sound bites" but into delectables. It is a pleasure to see that talent shine in print as well.
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