library – Blookup Blog https://www.blookup.com/en/blog Turn and print all your digital contents, blogs and social networks into amazing real paper books on blookup.com Mon, 04 Nov 2019 16:23:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.24 https://www.blookup.com/en/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cropped-Rouge@2x-32x32.png library – Blookup Blog https://www.blookup.com/en/blog 32 32 113213443 Hashtag Shelfie: Sharing your library under the hashtag https://www.blookup.com/en/blog/sharing-your-library-on-shelfie/ https://www.blookup.com/en/blog/sharing-your-library-on-shelfie/#respond Wed, 11 Oct 2017 14:35:31 +0000 https://www.blookup.com/en/blog/?p=1535 We know that internet, blogs and social networks gave or maintained a general taste for writing and creation! It also  gave the world of books a second youth by putting self-publishing at everyone’s reach. Books and writing are part of the daily life for many of us. And the internet pays them tribute! What the […]

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]]> https://www.blookup.com/en/blog/sharing-your-library-on-shelfie/feed/ 0 1535 Books portage, when reading comes at home! https://www.blookup.com/en/blog/books-portage-when-reading-comes-at-home/ https://www.blookup.com/en/blog/books-portage-when-reading-comes-at-home/#respond Wed, 04 Oct 2017 13:53:44 +0000 https://www.blookup.com/en/blog/?p=1503 In France, the media library of Poitiers (named “Médiathèque François Mitterrand” as an hommage to one of France’s former Presidents who is said to be fond of arts and culture) has found a great solution to bring company and entertainment to the elderly, handicapped or isolated people. Books portage! Poitiers’ inhabitants are thus given the […]

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]]> https://www.blookup.com/en/blog/books-portage-when-reading-comes-at-home/feed/ 0 1503 [Update] The Book and Bed hotel in Tokyo : an original concept ! https://www.blookup.com/en/blog/the-book-and-bed-hotel-in-tokyo-an-original-concept/ https://www.blookup.com/en/blog/the-book-and-bed-hotel-in-tokyo-an-original-concept/#comments Fri, 21 Jul 2017 14:41:22 +0000 https://www.blookup.com/en/blog/?p=1406 Japanese people are known for having crazy ideas, and at BlookUp we love a concept that stands out! In Tokyo, the owners of this hostel just made every book lover’s dream come true: An accommodation bookshop. Don’t let the name fool you though, the books are not for sale; however you can read as many […]

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]]> https://www.blookup.com/en/blog/the-book-and-bed-hotel-in-tokyo-an-original-concept/feed/ 3 1406 20 of abandoned books leading to open a free library in Bogota! https://www.blookup.com/en/blog/after-20-years-saving-abandoned-books-this-man-opened-his-own-free-library-in-bogota/ https://www.blookup.com/en/blog/after-20-years-saving-abandoned-books-this-man-opened-his-own-free-library-in-bogota/#comments Tue, 18 Jul 2017 13:08:19 +0000 https://www.blookup.com/en/blog/?p=1375 Twenty years ago in Bogota, a man decided to save as many abandoned books as he could. José Alberto Guitierrez, to call him by his full name, drives a Garbage truck around the columbian city and found out that people threw away their books so he decided to save them by taking them to his […]

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]]> https://www.blookup.com/en/blog/after-20-years-saving-abandoned-books-this-man-opened-his-own-free-library-in-bogota/feed/ 5 1375 Back in the days, we had bookmobiles! https://www.blookup.com/en/blog/back-in-the-days-we-had-bookmobiles/ https://www.blookup.com/en/blog/back-in-the-days-we-had-bookmobiles/#comments Tue, 27 Jun 2017 13:38:02 +0000 https://www.blookup.com/en/blog/?p=1257 Many of you probably don’t remember that time before Amazon!  Before even the internet was a thing, people still managed to bring books home though. Most of them went to the local bookstore or to the library, but what about the country folks or the people living in the suburbs ? The ones who did […]

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]]> https://www.blookup.com/en/blog/back-in-the-days-we-had-bookmobiles/feed/ 3 1257 The automated library of the University of Chicago! https://www.blookup.com/en/blog/university-of-chicagos-automated-library/ https://www.blookup.com/en/blog/university-of-chicagos-automated-library/#respond Fri, 23 Jun 2017 13:40:16 +0000 https://www.blookup.com/en/blog/?p=1098 Let us continue our little tour of the libraries around the world with something a little bit different from what we have been showing you so far. We are crossing the Atlantic ocean, off to University of Chicago, Illinois! The Joa and Rika Mansueto Library, to call it by it’s official name, is unlike any […]

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]]> https://www.blookup.com/en/blog/university-of-chicagos-automated-library/feed/ 0 1098 Book lovers, discover Dublin’s ancient Library! https://www.blookup.com/en/blog/book-lovers-discover-dublins-old-library-ancient-library/ https://www.blookup.com/en/blog/book-lovers-discover-dublins-old-library-ancient-library/#comments Tue, 06 Jun 2017 14:01:26 +0000 https://www.blookup.com/en/blog/?p=1057 Next on our Libraries world tour. Dublin! If you are fond of old, beautiful books and picturesque places, the city has something you should absolutely see.  The Old Library of Trinity College! “Yeah, hi, I’d like to borrow them all, please.”  __________________________________________________ An ancient library This outstanding and ancient library, the largest in Ireland, contains nearly 4.5 […]

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]]> https://www.blookup.com/en/blog/book-lovers-discover-dublins-old-library-ancient-library/feed/ 5 1057 The Cincinnati’s Book Fountain in Ohio https://www.blookup.com/en/blog/cincinnatis-book-fountain/ https://www.blookup.com/en/blog/cincinnatis-book-fountain/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2016 15:38:19 +0000 https://www.blookup.com/en/blog/?p=664 It’s getting cold and it’s not really the time to talk about fresh water anymore. But some of you may be waiting for one thing !  Summer, and its 36 ° C in the shade! So before talking about snow, christmas trees and winter wind, we’ll do one last little favor to summer fans by making you do a […]

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]]> https://www.blookup.com/en/blog/cincinnatis-book-fountain/feed/ 3 664 Hemmeling Rom, the library in the woods… https://www.blookup.com/en/blog/hemmeling-rom-the-library-in-the-woods/ https://www.blookup.com/en/blog/hemmeling-rom-the-library-in-the-woods/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2016 13:52:09 +0000 https://www.blookup.com/en/blog/?p=627 Last year we had you discover Newmarket’s mobile library. But reading in town, even in a park, was still a little bit too… Déjà vu, right? So, you like to read but you can’t stand the metro alarms, the screeching of the tramway rails or being shaked onthe bus? Despite all the magic contained in […]

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]]> https://www.blookup.com/en/blog/hemmeling-rom-the-library-in-the-woods/feed/ 5 627 Books and Progress: Discover the National Library of France! https://www.blookup.com/en/blog/books-and-progress-discover-the-national-library-of-france/ https://www.blookup.com/en/blog/books-and-progress-discover-the-national-library-of-france/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2016 13:35:16 +0000 https://www.blookup.com/en/blog/?p=611 Okay, we saw great books, that’s good. But when large books are not buildings themselves, we must put them in large libraries, right? The National Library of France (“Bibliothèque Pierre Mendes France” or “BNF”), in Paris, seems to be the right place to house collections gathering nearly 14 million books and prints, and increasing  approximately of 670,000 documents per year! This […]

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