{"product_id":"double-fold-libraries-and-the-assault-on-paper-paperback","title":"Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNicholson Baker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ostensible purpose of a library is to preserve the printed word. But for fifty years our country's libraries-including the Library of Congress-have been doing just the opposite, destroying hundreds of thousands of historic newspapers and replacing them with microfilm copies that are difficult to read, lack all the color and quality of the original paper and illustrations, and deteriorate with age. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith meticulous detective work and Baker's well-known explanatory power, \u003cb\u003eDouble Fold\u003c\/b\u003e reveals a secret history of microfilm lobbyists, former CIA agents, and warehouses where priceless archives are destroyed with a machine called a guillotine. Baker argues passionately for preservation, even cashing in his own retirement account to save one important archive-all twenty tons of it. Written the brilliant narrative style that Nicholson Baker fans have come to expect, \u003cb\u003eDouble Fold\u003c\/b\u003e is a persuasive and often devastating book that may turn out to be \u003ci\u003eThe Jungle \u003c\/i\u003eof the American library system.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ostensible purpose of a library is to preserve the printed word. But for fifty years our country's libraries-including the Library of Congress-have been doing just the opposite, destroying hundreds of thousands of historic newspapers and replacing them with microfilm copies that are difficult to read, lack all the color and quality of the original paper and illustrations, and deteriorate with age. \u003cbr\u003eWith meticulous detective work and Baker's well-known explanatory power, Double Fold reveals a secret history of microfilm lobbyists, former CIA agents, and warehouses where priceless archives are destroyed with a machine called a guillotine. Baker argues passionately for preservation, even cashing in his own retirement account to save one important archive-all twenty tons of it. Written the brilliant narrative style that Nicholson Baker fans have come to expect, Double Fold is a persuasive and often devastating book that may turn out to be \"The Jungle of the American library system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNicholson Baker has published five novels-\u003cb\u003eThe Mezzanine\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eRoom Temperature\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eVox\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe Fermata\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eThe Everlasting Story of Nory\u003c\/b\u003e-and two works of nonfiction, \u003cb\u003eU and I\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eThe Size of Thoughts\u003c\/b\u003e. He lives with his wife and two children in Maine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 8.08 x 5.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 09, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752524513568,"sku":"9780375726217","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7f4e405bdd81906a8718ba6d4ae31eef.webp?v=1779998072","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/double-fold-libraries-and-the-assault-on-paper-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}