L.A. as Subject's latest contribution to KCET's SoCal Focus blog looks at how book manufacturing and the craft of the book have long been important parts of Southern California art and commerce:
This weekend, readers, authors, and other book lovers will congregate on the University of Southern California campus for the annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. While Los Angeles' publishing history may not have captured the popular imagination in the way New York's has, book manufacturing and the craft of the book have long been important parts of Southern California art and commerce.
In fact, the Los Angeles Times itself traces its origins back to a book binding shop in central Los Angeles. Known at the time of its 1881 founding as the Los Angeles Daily Times, the newspaper was initially printed at the Mirror Printing Office and Book Bindery, which specialized in a weekly advertising sheet but also manufactured books.
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