Faber Finds

Kind words for our endeavours here at Finds Towers from Gaby Wood, author, Booker judge, LK Bennett model, and the Daily Telegraph‘s lit-editor (who now rejoices in the splendid title of ‘Head of Books’), in the course of a column on the broader subject of the digital impact on print publishing:

“[D]igitisation is encouraging the growth of small magazines, fostering a new burst of creativity, and traditional publishers can print on demand. Schemes such as Faber Finds, an exceptional archaeology of lost books, haul up genuine treasures – for you, the individual reader. In other words, the demand does exist, and what’s being supplied is, if anything, a rather traditional bespoke service…”

Evidently Gaby has a strong feeling for printed books and a wish for their endurance, as do I. The familiar distinctive pleasures of page-turning, shelf-referencing etc she makes an eloquent case for, though not stinting on all the useful tricks and modern conveniences that come with the Kindle. Here at Finds Towers, where ebook and POD are our current delivery modes, we take no sides on the matter, our concern being only that people in appreciable numbers continue to seek out and read the very best kinds of writing, and that they encounter no unnecessary cost or obstacle to that great and common pursuit.