I read real books. On paper. You know, those printed books? I feel like this is the last thing I do to support my industry. I think they smell great, too.
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I still buy actual books. The smell, having it in your hands - there's really no substitute.
Books have become products, like cereal or perfume or deodorant.
A book has got smell. A new book smells great. An old book smells even better. An old book smells like ancient Egypt.
I am very grateful to the electronic world for making my life easier, but there is something about holding a book - the smell and the world of association. Even when e-books are perfected, as they surely will be, it will be like being in bed with a very well-made robot rather than a warm, soft, human being whom you love.
I love old books. They tell you stories about their use. You can see where the fingerprints touched the pages as they held the book open. You can see how long they lingered on each page by the finger stains.
I do believe there will always be a place for beautiful cookbooks that are real books.
I've got lots of books sitting here that have never been published because nobody could make any marketing sense of them.
My experience is that books take on a life of their own and create their own energy. I've represented books that have been sold for very little money and gone on to great glory, and I've seen books sold for an enormous amount of money published to very little response.
I think of my books as mainstream and that's were most people who read them look for them in book stores.
Too many books are full of recipes that aren't doable at home. They are purely aspirational. They are quite frightening, even for me.
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