For the Love of Books: Designing and Curating a Home Library

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Celebrating the meaning and comfort printed books bring to our homes and lives. In a keepsake worthy of any bibliophile's collection, book curators Thatcher Wine and Elizabeth Lane explore the significance of the home library, embellished with alluring photography and illustrations. For the Love of Books shares the vision of a business that thumbed its nose at the ebook revolution and placed all its bets on the glory of the printed book. It recounts the evolution of the printed book, reading habits, and private libraries, and cheers the resilience of our books in the digital era. Hardworking chapters provide useful details for creating and curating one's own home library, whether it be a single shelf or an entire room. Dive into understanding books as art, books as clutter, and books for children. For the Love of Books is a celebration and a rallying cry: Our books--the ones we choose to keep--tell the story of who we are. They remind us who we once were and inspire who we might become. Thatcher Wine is the founder of Juniper Books, which creates custom book collections for purchase and designs custom libraries for a variety of clients. Thatcher and his company have been featured in publications including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Departures.Juniper Books sets are regularly showcased in the gift guides of Oprah, Vanity Fair, Vogue, Elle, Glamour and other magazines. Thatcher lives in Boulder, Colorado, with his family. Elizabeth Lane is the founder of quarterlane, a quarterly subscription book service. She is also the sole book buyer for her local, independent bookstore, Partners Village Store and Kitchen in Westport, Massachusetts. Prior to working in books, Elizabeth worked in contemporary visual art--in galleries, non-profit initiatives and museums in New York, Austin, and Chicago. Elizabeth graduated from Davidson College with a degree in Art History.