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Small/DIY books 4 a small/DIY world

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Some weeks ago there was a happy reunion of projects, people and interests around agile publishing and book formats during the 7th edition of the Kosmopolis festival, where the fest of amplified literature gathered writers, publishers and different book related tribes in Barcelona. There for three days, at one of the windy corners of the CCCB courtyard, you could see a blue van parked next to some wood tables stuffed with books, folded papers, a couple of laptops, a printer, a guillotine, a binder and some other suspicious tools for making books. It was the Booki van, Mediterranean edition. That’s […]

Pliegos at the 2nd Barcelona Exchange Fair

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Last Sunday we decided to “turn real” and opened our own small street market shop, along with many other open initiatives, at the 2nd Barcelona Exchange Fair organized by Ecoxarxa. We explained the pliegOs concept to many people and distributed free digital DIY samples, sold more than 30 copies of pliegos for/by kids (from the Panxa del Bou collection, soon to be published here too) that costed 1 Eco each (the local currency that day, 1 euro at change). We also managed to test some methods for what hopefully soon would be our first workshops at schools, with kids being […]

DIY microbooks: this new/old thing

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What’s a “pliego”? A “pliego” is a simple sheet of paper that once folded turns into a microbook (a real pocket-size one, indeed). It only needs a printer, a little do-it-yourself and an average 10 minutes for reading it. More info here… In other words HowTo pliego from pliegos on Vimeo. Like a Twitter for books What can be said on just both sides of a sheet? Imagine the smallest book possible, one that you can create writing only for a while, then upload and download straight to your printer. Where the focus is not quantity but quality, and reachable […]