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Sideways Books

January 31, 2006

Bedbooks
Has anyone seen these sideways books?  To me they look like a frustrating neck cramp waiting to happen.  Bed Books is selling books that are printed sideways so you can lay on your side in bed and read the book without folding the book in half or craning your neck.  My thought is that staying on one’s side for very long isn’t comfortable either…we need books that can change orientation at a moment’s notice (eBooks potential here).

The 25 or so books they’re selling right now are all in the public domain, or as they call them, "literary classics."

found on the J-Walk Blog

“Sideways Books”

  1. Always Learning! Says:

    Strangest book layout yet: BedBooks

    I like reading books. But the inventor of BedBooks must like reading them at least couple of degrees more. So, he sells books printed sideways. It has to be seen to be believed. (via LibrarianInBlack)
    In fact, if he were not selling them, this method w…

  2. Scaffale aperto Says:

    Libri da letto

    L’inventore del , stampato per traverso in modo da consentire di leggere comodamente [?] sdraiati su un fianco, assicura che si tratta di un’innovazione epocale: acquistate uno dei volumi in vendita sul sito Bed Books e la qualità della vostra v

  3. ddvtek Says:

    About these sideways books, I once saw a person
    who set is tv on one side so that he could watch
    lying in side position.

    Maybe they will create a TV that has a menu that will turn the picture on its side?

    don

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